Audio CD review:
Frankie Valli - Definitive

Frankie Valli - Definitive

Band: Frankie Valli Title: Definitive Rating: Release Date: 13 January, 2008 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sherry 2: Big Girls Don't Cry 3: Walk Like A Man 4: Candy Girl 5: Marlena 6: New Mexican Rose 7: Dawn (Go Away) 8: Stay 9: Rag Doll 10: Silence Is Golden 11: Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) 12: Toy Soldier 13: Girl Come Running 14: Let's Hang On 15: Working My Way Back To You 16: You're Ready Now 17: I've Got You Under My Skin 18: Tell It To The Rain 19: Can't Take My Eyes Off You 20: Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 21: My Eyes Adored You 22: Who Loves You 23: December 1963 (Oh What A Night) 24: Silver Star 25: Grease 26: The Night

Customer Reviews Hear, Hear it for the Seasons It was startling, thrilling and not the last word from them. The brief drum roll followed by Valli's preternatural shrill notes ushered in Bob Gaudio's joyous,'Sherri'. Together with Bob Crewe, Gaudio would pen a string of pearls for the Seasons between '62 and '65, so compelling that Beatlemania was effectively muted during those heady days. the American Fab Four held me in abeyance. The unadulterated ecstasy of Valli's falsetto never fails to elevate my spirits. What a bonus, this year to discover,'Bye, Bye Baby' was the musical accompaniment to our 6 year-old's dance class. The Seasons may be synonymous with the sap rising and the budding of flowers, but were, aptly, a year-round pleasure during my adolescence. The thrills are all collected here with great production, though I find I've bathed sufficiently by around track 11. If you delve into the formula of Gaudio's constructions, you don't require savvy smarts to sense that a young Brian Wilson would activate the Season's harmonic portent for his own ends. Nothing but the best on this one. Better than the other Greatest Hits CD's It has more tracks then the latest "Very Best Of" CD and has slightly improved sound quality over the single-disc version of "Anthology". If you're looking for a good single-disc collection of Franki Valli & the Four Seasons, this is one to consider. The Four Seasons had 29 Top-40 hits and a bevy of other popular favorites, so any single-disc collection is bound to be missing a few. "Definitive" contains all the really big hits including a few from Franki Valli's solo years. Some missing hits include: Ronnie, Alone, Save It For Me, Big Man In Town, Opus 17, Beggin', C'mon Marianne, and Watch the Flowers Grow. And missing from Franki's solo years are: You're Gonna Hurt Yourself, I Make A Fool Of Myself, To Give The Reason I Live, The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low), Swearin' To God, Our Day Will Come, and Fallen Angel. If any of these exclusions bother you greatly, then you may wish to consider either of the Anthology sets (the single-disc or the double-disc version) as an alternative. If you're more of a casual fan and are looking for the cream of the Four Seasons along with Franki Valli's biggest solo hits, then this is a fine choice. The sound quality is excellent throughout and most of the tracks are presented in true stereo. The mono tracks are: New Mexican Rose, Dawn (Go Away), Rag Doll, Girl Come Running, and Let's Hang On. . You can see a complete list of all Frankie Valli discography, or go back to the Frankie Valli tabs