And I Love You So/It's Impossible

Perry Como

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And I Love You So/It's Impossible Review

by William Ruhlmann

Collectables Records' two-fer CD reissue of 1973's And I Love You So and 1970's It's Impossible combines on one disc Perry Como's last two successful albums, each of which made the Top 40, as did their title songs. In each case, it was the title song that inspired the album. By the early '70s, Como was recording less frequently, and with "It's Impossible" and "And I Love You So" he scored surprise crossover singles that topped the easy listening charts and also scaled the pop charts. The albums were rushed out to take advantage of those hits, with Como quickly cutting his own versions of some contemporary hits. Thus, this disc can be thought of as "Perry Como Sings the Hits of the Early '70s." Songs associated with the Carpenters ("Sing," "[They Long to Be] Close to You," "We've Only Just Begun") are especially prominent, along with music associated with the Beatles ("Something") and Simon & Garfunkel ("El Condor Pasa"), and there are three songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "A House Is Not a Home," "[They Long to Be] Close to You"). Producers Chet Atkins and Don Costa use contemporary soft rock arrangements similar to the hit versions, which means Como, a former big-band singer used to lightly swinging, has to be more on the beat than he may have been accustomed to. The rendition of the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You" gives him particular trouble in this regard, in addition to being a singularly unsuitable piece of material for him. But he negotiates most of the songs well, and, of course, the two title songs remain signature songs for him.

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	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	And I Love You So Don McLean	Perry Como	03:21	Spotify Amazon
2	Killing Me Softly With Her Song Charles Fox / Norman Gimbel	Perry Como	04:31	Spotify Amazon
3	For the Good Times Kris Kristofferson	Perry Como	03:41	Spotify Amazon
4	Aubrey David Gates	Perry Como	03:37	Spotify Amazon
5	Sing Joe Raposo	Perry Como	02:43	Spotify Amazon
6	I Want to Give Juan Eduardo / Juan Marcelo / Gene Nash	Perry Como	03:07	Spotify Amazon
7	Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree Russell Brown / Irwin Levine	Perry Como	03:04	Spotify Amazon
8	I Thought About You James Van Heusen / Ronald McCown	Perry Como	02:19	Spotify Amazon
9	It All Seems to Fall into Line Al Stillman / Ben Weisman	Perry Como	02:53	Spotify Amazon
10	I Believe in Music Mac Davis	Perry Como	02:59	Spotify Amazon
11	It's Impossible Armando Manzanero / Sid Wayne	Perry Como	03:17	Spotify Amazon
12	Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Perry Como	03:20	Spotify Amazon
13	Something George Harrison	Perry Como	03:34	Spotify Amazon
14	Snowbird Gene MacLellan	Perry Como	03:03	Spotify Amazon
15	A House Is Not a Home Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Perry Como	03:22	Spotify Amazon
16	Everybody Is Looking for an Answer	Perry Como	03:24	Spotify Amazon
17	El Condor Pasa Paul Simon	Perry Como	03:42	Spotify Amazon
18	(They Long to Be) Close to You Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Perry Como	03:16	Spotify Amazon
19	I Think I Love You Tony Romeo	Perry Como	02:47	Spotify Amazon
20	We've Only Just Begun Roger Nichols / Paul Williams	Perry Como	03:25	Spotify Amazon

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