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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern

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May 24, 2005

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Pop music, Standard

Length
  
36:08

Release date
  
24 May 2005

Label
  
Mercury Records

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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern is a 12-track collection of songs that Maureen McGovern recorded for 20th Century Records, which was the first label that she signed with. All seven of her singles for the label are featured on this CD, two of which make their first appearance on an album ("Even Better Than I Know Myself" and "Love Songs Are Getting Harder to Sing"). Inside the album cover are McGovern's discography for 20th Century and a biographical essay written by Gordon Pogoda. Eleven of the 12 songs make their compact disc debut on this release and had only been previously available on LPs and 45s. Three of McGovern's movie themes ("The Morning After," "We May Never Love Like This Again," and "Nice to Be Around") are featured on the CD, while a fourth movie theme that McGovern recorded for 20th Century Records, "Wherever Love Takes Me," can be found in the CD format on the Elmer Bernstein soundtrack to Gold. This CD covers McGovern's recording period from 1972 to 1975 and includes seven songs from her 1974 LP Nice to Be Around.

Contents

Critical reception

This album received four out of five stars from James Christopher Monger of Allmusic. In his review, Monger states that several of the songs featured on the collection are able to showcase McGovern's lovely four-octave range and that the collection is definitely worth looking into. However, he also mentions the fact that McGovern also added "cabaret and classical offerings" to her repertoire and that all the songs on this collection "remain firmly rooted in the pop idiom".

Album credits

  • Compilation Produced by: Gordon Pogoda and Bill Levenson
  • Mastered by: Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East
  • Essay by: Gordon Pogoda
  • Art direction: Vartan
  • Design: Add To The Noise
  • Photo coordination: Ryan Null
  • Photos: Michael Ochs Archives
  • Production manager: Adam Abrams
  • Licensing: Jenny Shapiro
  • Marketing: Ashley Culp
  • Songs

    1The Morning After (From the Poseidon Adventure)2:20
    2Where Did We Go Wrong3:26
    3We May Never Love Like This Again (Theme From ''The Towering Inferno'')2:12

    References

    20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern Wikipedia


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