Paasport

Rating

Album: Paasport
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The White Rose Of Athens	More Info...	2:38
2)	I Have A Dream toi qui me ressembles	More Info...	3:37
3)	Day Is Done mon enfant	More Info...	3:34
4)	Ta Pedia Tou Pirea Album Version	More Info...	3:10
5)	My Friend The Sea Au Bord De L'Eau	More Info...	3:14
6)	Plaisir D'Amour Album Version	More Info...	3:21
7)	The Loving Song	More Info...	2:38
8)	Try To Remember Album Version	More Info...	3:11
9)	Turn On The Sun	More Info...	2:48
10)	Odos Oniron	More Info...	2:52
11)	Milisse Mou	More Info...	2:49
12)	Enas Mythos	More Info...	4:18
13)	Bridge Over Troubled Water	More Info...	4:17
14)	And I Love You So Album Version	More Info...	3:59
15)	If You Love Me (I Won't Care)	More Info...	3:29
16)	Seasons In The Sun Album Version	More Info...	4:03
17)	The Last Rose Of Summer	More Info...	3:22
18)	Over And Over roule s'enroule	More Info...	2:58
19)	Four And Twenty Hours (Seven Days Of Every Week I Love You) Album Version	More Info...	3:35
20)	Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma	More Info...	4:03
21)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	3:08

Album: Paasport
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The White Rose Of Athens	More Info...	2:38
2)	I Have A Dream toi qui me ressembles	More Info...	3:37
3)	Day Is Done mon enfant	More Info...	3:34
4)	Ta Pedia Tou Pirea Album Version	More Info...	3:10
5)	My Friend The Sea Au Bord De L'Eau	More Info...	3:14
6)	Plaisir D'Amour Album Version	More Info...	3:21
7)	The Loving Song	More Info...	2:38
8)	Try To Remember Album Version	More Info...	3:11
9)	Turn On The Sun	More Info...	2:48
10)	Odos Oniron	More Info...	2:52
11)	Milisse Mou	More Info...	2:49
12)	Enas Mythos	More Info...	4:18
13)	Bridge Over Troubled Water	More Info...	4:17
14)	And I Love You So Album Version	More Info...	3:59
15)	If You Love Me (I Won't Care)	More Info...	3:29
16)	Seasons In The Sun Album Version	More Info...	4:03
17)	The Last Rose Of Summer	More Info...	3:22
18)	Over And Over roule s'enroule	More Info...	2:58
19)	Four And Twenty Hours (Seven Days Of Every Week I Love You) Album Version	More Info...	3:35
20)	Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma	More Info...	4:03
21)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	3:08

Tracks

1. The White Rose Of Athens

2. I Have A Dream

3. Day Is Done

4. Never On Sunday

5. My Friend The Sea

6. Plaisir D'amour

7. The Loving Song

8. Try To Remember

9. Turn On The Sun

10. Odos Oniron

11. Milisse Mou

12. Enas Mythos

13. Bridge Over Troubled Water

14. And I Love You So

15. If You Love Me

16. Seasons In The Sun

17. The Last Rose Of Summer

18. Over And Over

19. Four And Twenty Hours

20. Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma

21. Amazing Grace

Performer Notes

Personnel: Nana Mouskouri (vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Hans Brethouwer.
Arrangers: Chapman; Joan Sakel; Newton.
The conceit of this double album-length set is that Nana Mouskouri is doing songs from different nations. However, even though Passport is a compilation recorded over a span of over a decade with a variety of accompanists ranging from Mouskouri's original backing group, the Athenians, to the easy listening specialists the Mike Sammes Singers, the albums sounds as if it could have been recorded during one lengthy session. Such is the strength of Mouskouri's jazzy, middle-of-the-road pop style that songs as varied as her biggest hit, "Never on Sunday" (here presented in its original Greek lyrics as "Ta Pedia Tou Pirea"), Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and the traditional "Amazing Grace" end up sounding pretty much the same. Passport's worth depends entirely on the listener's tolerance for this kind of Eurovision Song Contest style of pop, but few people working in this style in the '60s and '70s were better than Nana Mouskouri. (Only the great Petula Clark comes immediately to mind.) Although perhaps better known in the United States for her lovely olive-skinned looks and trademark glasses than for her singing, Mouskouri's a genuinely superb jazz-pop singer with a bewitching voice and an ear for material that rises above the occasionally gloppy easy listening arrangements she's often saddled with. Unfortunately, there's more than a few of those arrangements on Passport, but there's also a number of truly impressive songs. Two particular standouts come from rare sessions with producers other than Mouskouri's usual collaborator Andre Chapelle. The countryish "The Loving Song," produced by American hitmaker Snuff Garrett, is a surprisingly solid take on the genre, but 1972's "Four and Twenty Hours," written and produced by the early-'70s British hit factory Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, is one of Mouskouri's finest singles ever, a mature but remarkably catchy slice of AM radio fluff that predicts the sound that ABBA would take to the top of the charts later in the decade. ~ Stewart Mason

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