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Favorite Post-1974 Bing Album?
Personally out of the ones that I've heard the whole way through my favorite would have to be South Memoir. Although out of what I've heard Feels Good, Feels Right is shaping up to be my favorite.
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Re: Favorite Post-1974 Bing Album?
I voted - Feels Good, Feels Right (hands down for me)
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Although I find Seasons to be the best one it'd have to be tied in a 3-way tie for 1st for me.
1. Seasons-A Southern Memoir-Feels Good, Feels Right, they all have their own special flair that makes them all great, but unique. Seasons is one of my favorite concept albums in total, but if you listen to some of the recordings individually they aren't as good as stand alone songs, because of Bing's vocals which are still great, but a bit weaker this go around. A Southern Memoir has Bing in great voicce and it'd be my favorite, if it weren't for the real clunker that is Georgia On My Mind. Feels Good has some great songs and performances, but there are a good few mediocre ones to my ears.
2. A Couple Of Song And Dance Men, I love Bing's duets, so this was a no-brainer.
3. Bingo Viejo - I really like this one, I can't really explain why, but I do.
I find most of the UA albums disappointing in the way they were put together with At My Time Of Life being the best of the bunch. These songs work a lot better to me as stand alone songs. A lot of the songs are nicely done, but the way the albums were put together didn't really strike my fancy.
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Re: Favorite Post-1974 Bing Album?
Seasons. I was 8 when Bing died and my Granddad was a big Bing fan. He bought the album and I remember him playing it. When he died I inherited it. Still has happy memories for me.
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I voted Feels Good Feels Right a very good album.
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My favorite is Feels Good, Feels Right, followed closely by Seasons.
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I rate "Thar's What Life Is All About" second and "At My Time Of Life" third
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I also put "Feels Good..." as my #1 post-1974 album pick. Lke Anton, "Seasons" is #2 for me. Both are well programmed albums and I especially like Alan Cohen's orchestrations on "Feels Good...". There are excellent moments in all of Bing's 1974-77 recordings. What a "vocal renaissance" he had during this period!
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Seasons. I love it, and have recently managed to track it down on CD (having to import it from the US). My late Granddad was a massive Bing fan and I remember him buying it when it first came out. I inherited his Bing albums and singles, and although it can be argued he made better post 1974 albums, Seasons has always stuck with me.
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It was a hard choice, but I voted for Seasons. Ultimately, I believe it stands as one of the finest concept albums ever created. The album offers a cohesive narrative from season to season, providing each song with profound meaning. It’s a testament to the passage of time, of seasons, and of a life. The fact that an album with such a theme was recorded just days before Bing's death makes it my choice. The series of tracks was perfect, and Bing's voice had a mellow quality and interpretational depth that stood out.
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Anton G.-F. wrote:
My favorite is Feels Good, Feels Right, followed closely by Seasons.
I would choose them the other way around, Seasons as the best closely following by Feels Good, Feels Right.
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Though no one has voted for it yet, Bing Viejo is somewhat underestimated. Barnes compares it unfavorably to Southern Memoir, but objectively, it stands as one of Bing's most interesting projects in Mexican music. Over time, I have come to find it superior to El Bingo and El Señor Bing, his other albums with Latin influence.
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I agree "Bing Viejo" the American version of the album is superior to "El Senor Bing" while Bing's voice was superior on the latter cause obviously it was recorded earlier Billy May's cha cha arrangements wore thin very quickly i regarded it as one of Bing's worst albums.
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It's "Seasons" for me. I appreciate Bing's voice is a little frailer on this one than some of the earlier albums listed but I believe this to be our man at the top of his interpretive powers. His age gives wisdom to many of the songs - particularly, "September Song", "Autumn in New York" and "The Summer Wind" where here, he gives Sinatra a definite run for his money. Fond as I am of the other albums ("At My Time of Life" and "Feels Good, Feels Right", in particular), I feel with Seasons, Bing is particularly as one with those shimmering, vibrant Pete Moore arrangements. It's my favourite of all of Bing's solo album works. The near perfect song choices and the various depths of the moods struck between singer and musicians really drive home so many emotions throughout.
I have on a couple of occasions, played selected tracks from it for friends and family who were doubting Bing's interpretive skills and on both occasions, they were impressed (they weren't just being polite). I believe this often reflective work to have been the perfect album exit for dear Bing, recorded just a month before his final golf game.
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