old shut eyes

The lithe and suave club-hopping Italiano who made them swoon with his loose and boozy croon is a distant memory on this expansive collection of late night lullabies. As evidenced in the kitsch cartoon cover and sleepy song selection, the emphasis is on snooze (Dream, I'll Buy That Dream, All I Do Is Dream Of You, Dream A Little Dream Of Me)not booze, bright lights or broads. Unfortunately, Martin's laconic quavering isn't suited to a relentless pillow soft procession of beddy-bye drowsers so gooey and tame they rarely flutter above a deep sigh. Without even a slight variation in tempo, these 15 honeyed orchestrals with Mr. Moonlight only serve to illuminate the failing of his easy vocal style, unless of course you're an insomniac.

Smooth, easy perfection

This CD was the perfect addition to my ever growing Dean Martin collection. The track selection perfectly sets a warm romantic mood but can also create a lazy sleepy feel as i have found out myself. I have put this CD in many times late at night and fallen alseep listening to the nearly tangible smoothness of Dino's voice.
The only down point to the CD is that "Mean To Me"(a perfect musical score but a little cutesy), "Imagination" (also cutesy) and "I Wish You Love" (which has beat uncharacteristic to the rest of the album), although soft and romantic, seem slightly out of place. "You Belong To Me" or "My Heart Reminds Me" would be more befitting the mood the other songs create.
The other songs, however, are wonderful, each perfectly complimenting the one before it. The first track, "Everybody Loves Somebody" starts it off with the smooth, easy (almost lazy)style that is so distictive of Dino. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (which has a soft bluesy tone) and Let me love you tonight were tailor made for Dino's warm baritone voice.
Start you collection with this cd or add it to you collection either way you will NOT be dissappointed.

Too Marvelous For Words!

The title says it all. Very romantic and very nice compilation with very beautiful arrangements. If you want the gitl to fall in love with you, make a nice dinner and Dean Martin will do the rest. "Everybody Loves Somebody" has different arrangement than the one that is known.