Name: The Best of Reparata and the Delrons
Brand: Ace (Label)
SKU: 159994
Price: 13.21 USD
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The Best of Reparata and the Delrons

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Album: The Best of Reparata and the Delrons
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Boys and Girls	More Info...	0:01
2)	Captain of Your Ship	More Info...	0:02
3)	Whenever a Teenager Cries	More Info...	0:02
4)	Tommy	More Info...	0:02
5)	The Kind Of Trouble That I Love	More Info...	0:02
6)	It's Waiting There for You	More Info...	0:02
7)	Panic	More Info...	0:02
8)	Look In My Diary	More Info...	0:02
9)	Do Wah Diddy	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Have A Boyfriend	More Info...	0:02
11)	I'm Nobody's Baby Now	More Info...	0:02
12)	Take a Look Around You	More Info...	0:02
13)	Mama's Little Girl	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Can Hear the Rain	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Boy I Love	More Info...	0:02
16)	In My Diary	More Info...	0:02
17)	He's My Guy (And I Love Him So)	More Info...	0:02
18)	Bye Bye Baby	More Info...	0:02
19)	I Found My Place	More Info...	0:02
20)	Loneliest Girl In Town	More Info...	0:02
21)	I Can Tell	More Info...	0:02
22)	(Do You) Remember When	More Info...	0:02
23)	Leave Us Alone	More Info...	0:02
24)	He's The Greatest	More Info...	0:02
25)	He Don't Want You	More Info...	0:02
26)	Weather Forecast	More Info...	0:02
27)	(We're Gonna) Hold The Night	More Info...	0:02
28)	Saturday Night Didn't Happen	More Info...	0:02
29)	Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?	More Info...	0:03
30)	Shoes	More Info...	0:03

Album: The Best of Reparata and the Delrons
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Boys and Girls	More Info...	0:01
2)	Captain of Your Ship	More Info...	0:02
3)	Whenever a Teenager Cries	More Info...	0:02
4)	Tommy	More Info...	0:02
5)	The Kind Of Trouble That I Love	More Info...	0:02
6)	It's Waiting There for You	More Info...	0:02
7)	Panic	More Info...	0:02
8)	Look In My Diary	More Info...	0:02
9)	Do Wah Diddy	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Have A Boyfriend	More Info...	0:02
11)	I'm Nobody's Baby Now	More Info...	0:02
12)	Take a Look Around You	More Info...	0:02
13)	Mama's Little Girl	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Can Hear the Rain	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Boy I Love	More Info...	0:02
16)	In My Diary	More Info...	0:02
17)	He's My Guy (And I Love Him So)	More Info...	0:02
18)	Bye Bye Baby	More Info...	0:02
19)	I Found My Place	More Info...	0:02
20)	Loneliest Girl In Town	More Info...	0:02
21)	I Can Tell	More Info...	0:02
22)	(Do You) Remember When	More Info...	0:02
23)	Leave Us Alone	More Info...	0:02
24)	He's The Greatest	More Info...	0:02
25)	He Don't Want You	More Info...	0:02
26)	Weather Forecast	More Info...	0:02
27)	(We're Gonna) Hold The Night	More Info...	0:02
28)	Saturday Night Didn't Happen	More Info...	0:02
29)	Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?	More Info...	0:03
30)	Shoes	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

There have been Reparata & the Delrons compilations before this 2005 release with the bootleg Magical Musical History Tour being the most thorough. This 30-track anthology, however, has the considerable advantage of being an authorized production with correspondingly superior fidelity, as well as a 16-page booklet of historical liner notes with rare photos and comments from Reparata herself. As with every artist where you can't fit everything onto a single CD, there's room for argument on the track selection; one of their better cuts ("Summer Laughter") is missing, and there are a few unimaginative covers of girl group tunes that were hits for other acts. Still, it does include the songs everyone would agree need to be on a best-of ("Whenever a Teenager Cries," "Captain of Your Ship," "I'm Nobody's Baby Now"), as well as a few rarities credited to Reparata alone (and one to the Delrons alone). It still doesn't make an argument for them being among the best girl groups; the material's not always that strong, and the style's often derivative, whether of the Dixie Cups, the Shangri-Las, or other artists and trends. If nothing else, however, it's an impressive feat of cross-licensing, drawing from more than a half-dozen labels. And it does include some tracks that are definitely above average girl group goodies, like the Phil Spector-esque production of Jeff Barry's "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" and the moody, slightly psychedelic-influenced late-'60s obscurities "Saturday Night Didn't Happen" and "Weather Forecast." ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[They] peddled piquant melodrama, the kind that came in tasty three-minute bites of bubblegum soul....Their back catalogue never sounded sweeter."