Disco de Brenda Lee: “In the Mood for Love: Classic Ballads”

Brenda Lee is a national treasure, and this CD shows why. She's completely at home singing classic ballads, and even though many are stamped indelibly with the mark of the artists who introduced or popularized them, Brenda makes each of them her own. Her versions of "In The Mood For Love", "Georgia on my mind", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "You Were Always On My Mind" and "For The Good Times" are just wonderful -- as is every song that's on this CD. I can only hope that this CD sells as well as it deserves, and that it serves as an impetus for some smart record company to get Miss Lee back in the recording studio for a sequel, recorded in the '90's. Her new gospel CD proves the voice is as golden as ever.

This is a wonderful compilation of Brenda Lee's ballads, no one a big hit for her, most of them are cover versions, but they sound beautifully with her gifted voice, some of them better than the originals. Waiting for more to come , she deserves more CD releases without repeating the hits , we already have all her hits, her catalog is very rich and more CDs like this one should be released.

For those who love ballads: Highly recommended!

Brenda Lee is best remembered these days for her Christmas classic (Rocking around the Christmas tree) but she had a long string of hits in the early sixties around the world. British buyers generally preferred her up-tempo rocking songs while American buyers generally preferred her love songs. This particular compilation of love songs avoids all the big hits (although a few minor hits are here) so makes an ideal companion to a collection of hits.

While Brenda's own hits are generally missing, many of the songs will be familiar as they are covers of other people's hits. One song that may appear to be a cover (Always on my mind) is actually a Brenda Lee original. Although written for Elvis Presley, Brenda recorded the song about six months before Elvis and had a minor country hit with it.

Elsewhere, Brenda does great covers of Georgia on my mind, Crying game, Teach me tonight, Always something there to remind me, End of the world, Softly as I leave you, You always hurt the one you love, You don't have to say you love me, Crying time, Sweet memories and many other classics, all of which Brenda sings in her own distinctive style.

If you already have a collection of Brenda's hits and you enjoy the love songs, you'll love this collection too.

Each tune brings me back to yesteryear with the great music and lyrics. This girl knows how to sing them with feelings and sincerity. Should fly high on the Charts

The best of Brenda Lee in a romantic mood. What more can I say?