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| Artist |
Frankie Valli |
| Producer |
Bob Crewe |
| Label Name |
Collectors' Choice Music |
| Song List |
1: My Funny Valentine (2:43)
2: (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself (2:32)
3: Ivy (3:00)
4: Secret Love (3:38)
5: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (3:23)
6: My Mother's Eyes (3:40)
7: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) (3:31)
8: The Trouble with Me (2:59)
9: The Proud One (2:59)
10: You're Ready Now (2:23)
11: By the Time I Get to Phoenix (3:13)
12: Expression of Love (3:11)
13: For All We Know (2:19)
14: Sunny (3:47)
15: Watch Where You Walk (3:01)
16: To Give (The Reason I Live) (3:24)
17: Eleanor Rigby (2:35)
18: Fox in a Bush (3:02)
19: September Rain (Here Comes the Rain) (3:20)
20: Make the Music Play (3:28)
21: Stop and Say Hello (3:11)
22: Donnybrook (3:25) |
| Format |
CD |
| Release Date |
2008 06 24 |
| Genre |
Rock |
| Style.Categories |
Teen Idol, Doo Wop, Early Pop/Rock |
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In 1994, the British reissue label Ace Records combined Frankie Valli's first two solo albums, Frankie Valli: Solo and Timeless, plus the non-LP single "I Make a Fool of Myself," to create a 25-track CD. Fourteen years later, American mail-order firm Collectors' Choice Music has issued a slightly shorter version of the same combination that only includes the U.S. version of Frankie Valli: Solo (which had two fewer tracks than its U.K. counterpart) and Timeless for a 22-track disc. Valli, lead singer of the Four Seasons, re-launched his solo career (he had also recorded solo in the '50s) without leaving the group with a series of singles that began with 1965's "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)," the original version of a song that went on to become a hit for the Walker Brothers in an identical arrangement, though Valli's record flopped. More modestly successful singles followed until the spring of 1967, when "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" became a number two hit, leading to the release of the Frankie Valli: Solo, which was for the most part a compilation of previously released singles tracks with some newly recorded standards ("My Funny Valentine," "Secret Love") thrown in. More down-chart singles followed, and then in July 1968 Valli released Timeless, a more carefully considered collection that attempted to position him as a middle of the road pop singer with covers of songs like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "For All We Know," and "Sunny." Simultaneously, the Four Seasons were trying to keep up with the more psychedelic sounds coming from London and San Francisco, and the stylistic split may have been too much for their audience. Lacking a major hit, Timeless went almost unnoticed, and Valli and the Four Seasons went into a popular slump until 1975. Heard four decades later, Valli's mid-'60s solo work is a testament to his versatility, suggesting that he had the talent to be a traditional pop singer if he had wanted to pursue that sort of career full-time. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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