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DISCID=9a07580c
DTITLE=Dion / Runaround Sue
DYEAR=1961
DGENRE=Rock & Roll
TTITLE0=Runaround Sue
TTITLE1=Somebody Nobody Wants
TTITLE2=Dream Lover
TTITLE3=Life Is But A Dream
TTITLE4=The Wanderer
TTITLE5=Runaway Girl
TTITLE6=The Majestic
TTITLE7=Little Star
TTITLE8=Lonely World
TTITLE9=In The Still Of The Night
TTITLE10=Kansas City
TTITLE11=Take Good Care Of My Baby
EXTD=Originally Released 1961\nRight Stuff CD Edition Released Septemb
EXTD=er 7, 1993\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Dion as a solo artist was initia
EXTD=lly a kind of hybrid performer, known for his teen idol image but
EXTD= trying for a harder and also a more advanced sound, as revealed 
EXTD=on this album. The hits included here, "Runaround Sue," "The Wand
EXTD=erer," and "The Majestic," are so familiar that they tend to ecli
EXTD=pse the rest of this 14 song album -- all of the rest, however, i
EXTD=s well-sung, -played, and -arranged, ranging from basic hard rock
EXTD= & roll ("Kansas City") to smooth teen pop, which always keeps at
EXTD= least one foot up to the ankle in rock & roll (hence the electri
EXTD=c guitar solo on "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"). "Little
EXTD= Star" has rated inclusion on several key collections, while "Lon
EXTD=ely World" is perhaps the lost single off of this album, with a g
EXTD=reat beat, killer hooks, and a beautifully shaped performance by 
EXTD=the singer and his backup vocalists. What's more, even the covers
EXTD= of familiar material such as "Dream Lover" and "In the Still of 
EXTD=the Night" are performed in a style unique to Dion and are worth 
EXTD=hearing and owning. The singer was still straddling the gap betwe
EXTD=en teen idol and serious rock & roller, and between late-'50s doo
EXTD= wop and a harder early-'60s sound, although the more serious lov
EXTD=e songs and the surprisingly articulate guitar solo on "Kansas Ci
EXTD=ty" clearly showed that he was winning the musical battle for his
EXTD= own distinct sound. It wasn't a long jump from the repertory her
EXTD=e to his distinctive covers of R&B classics like "Ruby Baby."  --
EXTD= Bruce Eder\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of Dion's best a
EXTD=nd a great early rock LP, June 11, 2003\nReviewer: Harley P. Paye
EXTD=tte (Phillipsburg, New Jersey United States)\nWhile this isn't th
EXTD=e place to start your Dion collection, (Get either the Repretoire
EXTD= Greatest Hits or the King of the New York Streets Box first.)if 
EXTD=you're already a fan you should definitely dive in. This album is
EXTD= definitely one of the better LP from its era and some of Dion's 
EXTD=best work. \nIn format, it's not a lot different than most other 
EXTD=LPs of the time with a couple hits ("The Wanderer" and the title 
EXTD=track), a handful of remakes and some token original tunes. Howev
EXTD=er, this is a far more personal LP than you'll find from any othe
EXTD=r artist of the time. This LP truly represents the taste and pers
EXTD=onality of the Prince of the Bronx.\n\nThe covers here are not ch
EXTD=osen randomly. "Dream Lover" is a tribute to one of Dion's most f
EXTD=ormative influences Bobby Darin. "Little Star", "In the Still of 
EXTD=the Night" (the Five Satins song), "Kansas City" and "Life is But
EXTD= a Dream" were all the kind of stuff that Dion used to listen to 
EXTD=on the street corner growing up. This is not to say that are all 
EXTD=perfect. \n\nSome of these like the Darin number and Bobby Vee's 
EXTD="Take Good Care of My Baby" are a little too close to the origina
EXTD=ls. And Dion doesn't quite have the pipes to convert "In the Stil
EXTD=l of the Night" as well as Fred Parris. \n\nBut "Kansas City real
EXTD=ly kicks with an astonishing guitar solo. It stands proudly along
EXTD= "Sue" and "The Wanderer". And "Life is But A Dream" is Dion musi
EXTD=cally naked pushing his voice to its limit, expressing not just h
EXTD=is love for the song but an outlook on life. \n\nThe original son
EXTD=gs are also of a high quality. Dion co-composed "Lonely World" wh
EXTD=ich features a great arrangement with the Del Satins and could ha
EXTD=ve been a hit on its own. The lilting "Runaway Girl" and "Somebod
EXTD=y Nobody Wants" express the other side of Dion's personality, the
EXTD= wounded lover. It's almost affecting as his swagger. There are n
EXTD=o tracks originals or remakes that are anything less than respect
EXTD=able.\n\nWhat can you say about the hits? They are ageless and so
EXTD=und better here than on any other re-issue. Even more recent albu
EXTD=ms haven't captured what the engineers did here. You can hear the
EXTD= saxophone buried in the mix on "Sue" and the piano under the Del
EXTD= Satins' harmonies on "The Wanderer". \n\nThe new liner notes are
EXTD= brief but informative with input from Dion himself. The original
EXTD= notes are here as well. The main packaging drawback is that ther
EXTD=e are no additional photos to the ones on the front and back cove
EXTD=rs.\n\nOverall, this is a splendid buy, especially if you want to
EXTD= prove to friends that great rock albums did not start with the B
EXTD=eatles.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFairly Typical of the Er
EXTD=a, September 20, 2005\nReviewer: Tony Picc "Tony" (Old Greenwich,
EXTD= CT USA)\nAlthough 2 of Dion's biggest are here, the rest of the 
EXTD=LP/CD is typical of the early 60's LP formula; hits, covers & fil
EXTD=ler. The fact that this is Dion makes it more attractive, but I'd
EXTD= either go for a hits compliation or the Ace release from several
EXTD= years ago, "Runaround Sue/The Best of the Rest".\n\n\nAMAZON.COM
EXTD= CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA real classic, December 17, 2000\nReviewer: G.
EXTD= Sawaged (Canada)\n\nReleased originally in 1961, this album inst
EXTD=antly became a classic and remained on the billboard charts for 5
EXTD=1 weeks. I am quite sure that most people will know almost every 
EXTD=song on this album, which, seeing as it is not a greatest hits al
EXTD=bum, is astonishing. He does an excellent cover of Bobby Darins '
EXTD=Dream Lover' and a few other covers, but it's the song 'Runaround
EXTD= Sue' and the two blues 'Kansas City' and 'The Wanderer' that rea
EXTD=lly make this album such a hit. A lot of people these days dismis
EXTD=s the old classics from the 50's and 60's as mere bubblegum, but 
EXTD=I defy anyone to listen to this and not feel like dancing.\n\n\nH
EXTD=alf.com Album Notes\nPersonnel includes: Dion (vocals); Sticks Ev
EXTD=ans (drums); The Del-Satins (background vocals).\n\nIncludes line
EXTD=r notes by George Werthener.\n\nLike his contemporaries the Four 
EXTD=Seasons, Bronx, NY native Dion DiMucci provided a bridge from 195
EXTD=0s doo-wop and early rock & roll to '60s pop, much as the first M
EXTD=otown artists were doing in Detroit. Though Dion (one of the firs
EXTD=t rockers to earn single-name status) scored plenty of hits in th
EXTD=e early '60s--not least of which being the raw, sassy title track
EXTD= of this disc--he never came across stronger than on "The Wandere
EXTD=r." This paean to waywardness was full of fun, freedom, lust--in 
EXTD=short, all the things that made rock & roll important, not just g
EXTD=reat, to begin with. A hearty take on Wilbert Harrison's classic 
EXTD="Kansas City" also stands to prove that Dion was no slouch at sin
EXTD=ging the blues if that's what the situation demanded.
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