The Souvenir Album

Julie Andrews

AllMusic Rating
7
User Ratings (0)
Your Rating

The Souvenir Album Review

by William Ruhlmann

The 1992 Australian Julie Andrews compilation The Souvenir Album consists of recordings Andrews made for Columbia Records in the late '50s and early '60s. Specifically, her performances of "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Just You Wait," and "Without You" are drawn from the original London cast recording of My Fair Lady, and the rest of the material comes from her two studio albums of 1962, Broadway's Fair Julie (which found her covering show tunes by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, and others) and Don't Go in the Lion's Cage Tonight, a collection of English music hall novelties. Mixing up the material from the two studio albums certainly makes for contrasting moods, as, for example, a heavily echoed rendition of the sublime Gershwin ballad "How Long Has This Been Going On?" is followed by a raucous treatment of "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder." Andrews' versatility is demonstrated abundantly, but the album veers from one style to another.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I Could Have Danced All Night Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe	Julie Andrews	03:46	Spotify Amazon
2	Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin	Julie Andrews	02:24	Spotify Amazon
3	How Long Has This Been Going On? George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Julie Andrews	02:31	Spotify Amazon
4	Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder	Julie Andrews	02:28	Spotify Amazon
5	I Didn't Know What Time It Was Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Julie Andrews	02:38	Spotify Amazon
6	Just You Wait Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe	Julie Andrews	02:50	Spotify Amazon
7	The Honeysuckle and the Bee	Julie Andrews	03:40	Spotify Amazon
8	Baubles, Bangles and Beads George Forrest / Robert Wright	Julie Andrews	02:29	Spotify Amazon
9	Everybody's Doin' It Now Irving Berlin	Julie Andrews	02:07	Spotify Amazon
10	Smarty	Julie Andrews	02:45	Spotify Amazon
11	Without You Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe	Julie Andrews	02:09	Spotify Amazon
12	Don't Go in the Lion's Cage Tonight	Julie Andrews	02:51	Spotify Amazon
13	By the Light of the Silvery Moon Gus Edwards / Edward Madden	Julie Andrews	03:03	Spotify Amazon
14	This Is New Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill	Julie Andrews	02:31	Spotify Amazon

blue highlight denotes track pick

The Souvenir Album Review

Track Listing

Julie Andrews Discography Browser