The three-CD box set Golden Greats offers, at a budget disc's price and with a budget disc's meager additions, a complex view of Nat King Cole's career. The set includes 76 tracks from his 25-year span as a pop icon, spread well throughout his various periods, and neglecting very few of his classics (among the hits on tap: "Unforgettable," "Orange Coloured Sky," "Nature Boy," "Sweet Lorraine," "Route 66," "Embraceable You"). It compiles early classics from the King Cole Trio -- "Gone With the Draft," "Are You fer It?," "I Like to Riff" -- and correctly focuses on the first half of his career, including a variety of lesser known songs that work perfectly in context ("When I Take My Sugar to Tea," "Save the Bones for Henry Jones," "It's Only a Paper Moon"). Just like any well-done budget collection, it includes much music yet little context.
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AllMusic Review by John Bush
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | 02:35 | ||||||
| 3 | 02:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 4 | 02:54 | ||||||
| 5 | 03:16 | ||||||
| 6 | 02:47 | ||||||
| 7 | 03:01 | ||||||
| 8 | 03:22 | ||||||
| 9 | 02:43 | ||||||
| 10 | 02:57 | ||||||
| 11 | 02:52 | ||||||
| 12 | 02:23 | ||||||
| 13 | 02:36 | ||||||
| 14 | 03:09 | ||||||
| 15 | 02:51 | ||||||
| 16 |
feat: Irene Higginbotham
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03:15 | |||||
| 17 | 03:07 | ||||||
| 18 | 02:46 | ||||||
| 19 | 02:55 | ||||||
| 20 | 02:31 | ||||||
| 21 | 03:03 | ||||||
| 22 | 02:36 | ||||||
| 23 | 02:52 | ||||||
| 24 | 02:37 | ||||||
| 25 | 03:10 |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:19 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 3 | 02:58 | ||||||
| 4 | 02:33 | ||||||
| 5 | 02:38 | ||||||
| 6 | 03:05 | ||||||
| 7 | 03:22 | ||||||
| 8 | 02:30 | ||||||
| 9 | 02:13 | ||||||
| 10 | 02:53 | ||||||
| 11 | 02:47 | ||||||
| 12 | 03:02 | ||||||
| 13 | 03:01 | ||||||
| 14 | 03:11 | ||||||
| 15 | 02:24 | ||||||
| 16 | 02:50 | ||||||
| 17 | 03:01 | ||||||
| 18 | 02:24 | ||||||
| 19 | 02:41 | ||||||
| 20 | 03:15 | ||||||
| 21 | 02:40 | ||||||
| 22 | 02:44 | ||||||
| 23 | 02:29 | ||||||
| 24 | 02:39 | ||||||
| 25 | 02:19 |
