James Darren, Because of You - 50m 54s

Tracks & Durations

1. Just One of Those Things	3:12
2. My Kind of Girl	3:10
3. Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	4:46
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	2:44
5. More Today Than Yesterday	2:57
6. Blame it on My Youth	4:54
7. Because of You	2:19
8. Good Life	3:07
9. I'm a Fool to Want You	5:14
10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams	4:04
11. Our Day Will Come	2:32
12. I Can't Give You Anything But Love	2:39
13. My Old Flame	4:42
14. Dream a Little Dream of Me	4:26

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Review

Vic Fontaine is back! The holographic crooner from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has delivered Because of You as a 2001 follow-up to his terrific 1999 set of jazz standards, This One's from the Heart. Fontaine, of course, is played by James Darren, a former '50s teen idol and actor (remember the young sharpshooter who sang a Greek song in 1961's The Guns of Navarone?). Darren is clearly indebted to Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett (and singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" surely won't dispel that), but that's OK when a talented singer is armed with a great pack of songs, a top orchestra, and solid arrangements (half of them by conductor Patrick Williams). There are some surprises--"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in a ballad setting (Monica Mancini adds a little vocal harmony), an up-tempo "Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"--and some conventional but still welcome treats, including "More Today Than Yesterday," "Blame It on My Youth," and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love." Vic sings, Vic swings. --David Horiuchi

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