Captain & Tennille - Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits

fine album by Captain & Tennille--even if a track or two are missing...

Captain & Tennille's Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits really does a great job of giving us the very best (or almost all of the very best) by Captain & Tennille on just a single CD. The sound quality is awesome and the artwork is very nicely done. Oh, by the way, Captain & Tennille are really named Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille.

"Love Will Keep Us Together" starts the album with Captain & Tennille doing their trademark soft rock/70's pop style love song. They sing and play this very well; and it always brings back great memories for me. "The Way I Want To Touch You" is a softer rock/pop tune that features this duo singing and playing their hearts out. Toni Tennille sings passionately and she never misses a beat. You also get the feeling that she really is "into" the song; it's just something you can sense when you hear this number. Moreover, "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" is an excellent example of how well they could incorporate rock into a pop ballad and make it all come out so remarkably well. "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" played so frequently on the radio when I was a kid that I can't help thinking of junior high school years whenever I hear this torch song.

"Shop Around" has a great backup chorus to enhance the performance; "Shop Around" is a great cover that easily rivals the original version from the 1960s. The drums, percussion and guitar all work together to make "Shop Around" one of the very best hits ever for Captain & Tennille.

"Muskrat Love" is cute although it can strikes me as a bit silly. On the other hand, listen for the very touching "Come In From The Rain." This gets the royal treatment and I love every minute of this ballad. Toni Tennille sings this with all her heart and soul; this always tugs hard at my heartstrings whenever I hear it. "You Never Done It Like That" has a cool rockin' sound that is practically irresistible; and I also really like the highly romantic "Do That To Me One More Time." The flute on "Do That To Me One More Time" fits in just right!

"We Never Really Say Goodbye" is a ballad I am less familiar with; but I like it very much. The lush musical arrangement complements Toni Tennille's vocals very well. The album then ends with Captain & Tennille performing "Por Amor Viviremos;" this Spanish rendition of "Love Will Keep Us Together" is completely new to me but I love it very much. I always like Spanish music!

This is an excellent CD for people who love Captain & Tennille. I highly recommend this CD for people who enjoy great music from the `70s, too.
April 12, 2008

LOOKING BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS

This cd was a Christmas gift for my mom. We used to listen to it together when I was young. The look on her face when she opened it was priceless!!! It was a bigger hit than the expensive gifts she received.It's a great gift!!! January 18, 2008

The Captain and Tennille

Both my wife and I love the music in this CD. We both remember seeing them on various variety TV shows in the 1970s. It's an excellent CD! September 24, 2007

Not again.

Well, the labels did it again. First, when they released the album "Dream" on cd. Their biggest hit from that album "You never done it like that" turned out to be a re-recorded version on the cd release.
They did it again with this "Ultimate Collection." That being said, I love some of their other hits, especially "The way that I want to touch you." Luckily, the rest of the tracks are the originals. If you're looking for the original version of "You never done it like that", you would have to get the 20th Century Masters collection of theirs. March 3, 2007

Complete Hits Captain & Tennille

I really like the cd. There are songs I don't remember them singing but all in all it is very good. August 21, 2006

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