| 1. Give Me the Night |
| 2. Love Ballad |
| 3. This Masquerade |
| 4. Love X Love |
| 5. I Just Wanna Hang Around You |
| 6. Turn Your Love Around |
| 7. Inside Love (So Personal) |
| 8. 20/20 |
| 9. Everything Must Change |
| 10. Never Give up on a Good Thing |
| 11. Kisses in the Moonlight |
| 12. Lady Love Me (One More Time) |
| 13. Lady Blue |
| 14. On Broadway |
Editorial Reviews
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When Benson included a vocal version of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" on an instrumental album (Breezin') in 1976, he suddenly launched on a new career. With a great tenor voice and a distinctive way of combining wordless vocals in unison with his bright guitar sound, he soon became one of the most successful R&B/pop singers of the era. The emphasis in this collection is on Benson the singer rather than the jazz guitarist, and it includes the biggest hits of his career, like Lieber and Stoller's "On Broadway," "Give Me the Night," and his duet with Aretha Franklin, "Love All the Hurt Away." The result is superior pop-soul with Benson's fine guitar work often percolating in the background, only occasionally breaking through to take center stage, with solos often fading out on the singles versions included here. Listeners seeking a collection that balances Benson's vocal hits with some of his instrumentals should turn to The George Benson Collection or Breezin', which remains a classic of mostly guitar instrumentals. --Adam Rains
When Benson included a vocal version of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" on an instrumental album (Breezin') in 1976, he suddenly launched on a new career. With a great tenor voice and a distinctive way of combining wordless vocals in unison with his bright guitar sound, he soon became one of the most successful R&B/pop singers of the era. The emphasis in this collection is on Benson the singer rather than the jazz guitarist, and it includes the biggest hits of his career, like Lieber and Stoller's "On Broadway," "Give Me the Night," and his duet with Aretha Franklin, "Love All the Hurt Away." The result is superior pop-soul with Benson's fine guitar work often percolating in the background, only occasionally breaking through to take center stage, with solos often fading out on the singles versions included here. Listeners seeking a collection that balances Benson's vocal hits with some of his instrumentals should turn to The George Benson Collection or Breezin', which remains a classic of mostly guitar instrumentals. --Adam Rains
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Jazz Music:
- The Grass Roots/The Grass Is Greener
- The Howard Alden Trio Plus Special Guests Ken Peplowski & Warren Vache
- The Road Less Traveled
- The Small Groups
- The Swinging Mr. B
- Thelonious Monk in Action
- Third Floor Richard
- This Is Gold [Import]
- Troika
- Two Too [Import]
Jazz Music
Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon [Extra tracks]
R. Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration
Six Sonatas for Piano-Forte & Mandolin
Music: And Out Come the Wolves
Second Line Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; En Saga; Finlandia
Songs and Folk Tunes of the Smolensk Region
The Best of Jimmy Smith: The Blue Note Years