Dim The Lights - Music To Score By

Ultra Lounge Vol 6

Rhapsodesia

1996

Review
by Richie Unterberger
The sixth volume of Capitol's Ultra Lounge series, this focuses on the most sedate face of space age bachelor pad music: the sounds designed for dimming the lights, unwinding with martinis, and (stated implicitly; this was the '50s, remember) seduction. It might not have worked for those purposes then, and it certainly won't now, since prospective partners will be giggling too much at the cheesiness of it all to get it on. As far as sheer listening value, this, even more than other reissues of this sort, needs to be taken lightly or not at all. Julie London, Les Baxter, April Stevens, and a host of nonentities from the Capitol vaults may produce relaxing sounds, but not very involving ones. Those creepy organ lines that form the undercurrent of some of the selections provide the most fascination. At its worst, though, it's barely any better than the music you'll hear after you're put on hold by the airlines or the phone company.

1 Girl Talk Howard Roberts
2 Serenata Jonah Jones Quartet
3 Sleepwalk Henri Rene & His Orchestra
4 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Mallet Men
5 Go Slow Julie London
6 Ebb Tide Al Anthony Wizard of the Organ
7 If I Should Lose You George Shearing
8 Willow Weep for Me Muzzy Marcellino
9 Dansero Don Baker
10 Lunar Rhapsody Les Baxter
11 You're My Thrill Dolores Gray
12 Fever Richard Marino & His Orchestra2:43
13 Blues in My Heart John Buzon Trio
14 Tenderly Jackie Gleason
15 Theme from Picnic Terry Snyder
16 Turquoise Milt Buckner, Earle Warren
17 Do It Again April Stevens
18 Ruby Les Baxter & His Orchestra

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