Kitschy And Enjoyable

Bobby Darin had a soulful voice and even though most of these songs are kind of hokey, I always enjoy listening to this album. My favorite track is "Since You've Been Gone", it really kicks. "The Sermon of Samson" is fun as is "Wait By the Water", or as Bobby says it "de Wada". "18 Yellow Roses" is catchy. And "When I Get Home" is kind of funky.

These are tracks Bobby recorded in the 60's for Capitol so "Mack The Knife" is not included. I guess that is what he is best remembered for, that and "Splish Splash". But I like this album and enjoy hearing the quirky tunes.

Not quite as good as other titles in the Cap. Coll. Series

I mainly bought this album due to the fact that other items in the Capitol Collector's Series have original studio outtakes included between the songs, however, Bobby Darin's only included very limited audio of that sort. Although, hearing him warm up before the track Goodbye Charlie was a bit of a treat for me. The version of Wait By The Water was different than what I'd heard before on another Capitol release, so the alternate take was also a plus. My favorite track would have to be Sermon of Samson - which is a nice rockin' bible tale and Mr. Darin sounds quite a bit like Elvis on this particular recording. Overall, this is a good cd, however, due to the more obscure tunes on it, it is not an album that I would want to start a Bobby Darin collection with.