Search - David Cassidy :: Touch of Blue

DAVID COULD DO BETTER !

S. Hogey Hodgson | Watertown, WI United States | 12/06/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"First off, I'm a huge DC fan, and try to get to 1 or 2 concerts a year. I'm a little disappointed that David has sooooo much material over his career, yet he seems to keep redoing the same old stuff. There are a ton of old PF songs that weren't big hits, but that would sound great today. RAINMAKER, BANDALA, 24 HOURS A DAY, would be a few..... also, in his concerts he does an OUTSTANDING job on HUSH - the old Deep Purple hit. Why hasn't he ever recorded it? This would have been the perfect album! Other than that, SPOOKY is darn good, HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS just doesn't cut it, but he keeps playing it.... in concert, too."

David's talent does more than shine in this CD, His best!

diana1960 | Riverton, WY United States | 12/18/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Who can sing " A Song For You" with as much intensity as the song's writer, Leon Russell? ---- David Cassidy Yes!
This is by far David's best work in my opinion. Every song shows his musical depth and the great care taken in the recording there of. I hope he can continue to break away from the Partridge Family pop hits that we so dearly love and bring us more of his own personal flavor and style. David's true talent has shown forth, bucking against his huge early success as a teen idol. What is my number one favorite on this album - "A Song For You" and all the others are closer than second. Diana"

David Cassidy's Vocals are Like A Fine Wine

Music Fan-atic | Hogwarts | 03/16/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This tasty import is just a repackaging of the Universal U.S. version with a bonus disk of songs taken from David's "Then & Now" pevious release. The bonus disks contain the remakes of "Could It Be Forever", "Cherish","How Can I Be Sure", Daydreamer", "Some Kind Of Summer","I Write The Songs","If I Didn't Care","Looking Throuh The Eyes Of Love", "It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)", and "I Think I Love You". If you have "Then And Now" just buy the US version. Now, having said that, this is another great David Cassidy CD inspired one would think by his stage performances in "EFX" and "At The Copa". It has a very mature, bluesy aspect to it that is like a fine, mellow wine. David's vocals are still beautiful after all these years and he still sounds good in his mid-fifties as he did in the late seventies! Awesome remakes abound here and David embraces them and makes them his own. A smokey vocal version of the popular 60s song "Spooky" starts the disk off then segues into a bluesy "New York City Life". Silky smooth vocals follow on Paul McCartney's "Blackbird" and the beautiful "Since I Fell For You" The fifth cut is the wildly popular 60s remake of "Walk Away Renee" smoothly executed and brings the tempo up a beat. Next is the slower version of his Partridge hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" which he has done often in concert as well as the following "Hollywood Nights" yes, the Bob Seger song which takes the pace up even more. I love the way he does this here as much as he does it in concert. He sings the song with soul and a breathy sexuality. A wonderful rendition. "A Song For you" brings him back into the dark stage witha single spotlight. These are the ballad tunes David does so well. He still has it. The mood quickly changes to a mellower slower version of "Mother and Child Reunion". Great version. The background vocalists are clear and the ooh-oohs are reminiscent of the Partridge years. Rounding out the set is a mellow version of Extremes megahit love song "Mor Than Words". Nice harmonies that are reminiscent of his later RCA years. A great blues CD that proves that David just keeps maturing and getting better! Worth a spin!! But get the US version and save the high import costs if you already have "Then & Now" and forego the wasted extra disk of repeated material."