| Hymn to Love: All Her Greatest Songs in English |  | Artist: Edith Piaf
Label: Musicrama/Koch
Category: Music
Buy Used: $43.69
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 755967
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 738476979826
EAN: 0738476979826
ASIN: B00000DZFK
Release Date: June 27, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Hymne a l'Amour - Edith Piaf, Monnot, Marguerite | | • | Le Petit Homme - Edith Piaf, Contet, Henri | | • | La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf, David, Mack | | • | Chante-Moi - Edith Piaf, Monnot, Marguerite | | • | Simply a Waltz - Edith Piaf, Wallace, Norman | | • | My God (Mon Dieu) - Edith Piaf, Dumont, Charles | | • | Don't Cry (C'Est d'La Faute) - Edith Piaf, Constantine, Eddie | | • | Les Autumn Leaves - Edith Piaf, Kosma, Joseph | | • | I Shouldn't Care (J'M'en Fous Pas Mal) - Edith Piaf, French, Rick | | • | Les Trois Cloches - Edith Piaf, Reisfeld, Bert | | • | 'Cause I Love You (Du Matin Jusqu'au Soir) - Edith Piaf, Constantine, Eddie | | • | My Lost Melody (Je N'En Connais Pas la Fin) - Edith Piaf, Monnot, Marguerite | | • | Misericorde - Edith Piaf, Gerard, Philippe | | • | Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf, Dumont, Charles | | • | Lovers for a Day - Edith Piaf, Monnot, Marguerite | | • | Heureuse - Edith Piaf, Monnot, Marguerite |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Frankly, it feels a bit weird to listen to Edith Piaf perform in English. There aren't many singers so associated with a country as Piaf is with France. And yet she did record some of her hits in English in an attempt to facilitate her career in the United States. While newcomers to the singer's oeuvre should start with her French albums, this CD is fascinating for advanced Piaf listeners. Most of the sides were cut 1950 and show Piaf in fine vocal form on tracks such as "La vie en rose" (she switched from English to French for the title) and "Autumn Leaves" ("Les feuilles mortes"), a strangely compelling hybrid that alternates between French and English. Piaf was certainly more at ease singing in French, but her charismatic sense of drama could break through in just about any language. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
2003 compilation features material recorded in English & a live version of 'Heureuse'. EMI Music France.
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Collection of the "Little Songbird's" Hits that She Re-recorded in English.
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| Customer Reviews:
 An old treasure unearthed! October 2, 2008
C. J Schulte (Springboro, Ohio United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had heard this singer's voice in movies but never knew who she was?? Now I do, and I really enjoy hearing her music especially in English. Now I will be able to know what she is singing about even if I hear her songs sung in French!
 Great Value September 29, 2008
Grandma (Lakewood, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great value for cost. I especially enjoyed listening to this CD and was surprised at the English selections. For anyone who enjoyed La Vie en Rose movie, I would recommend this CD.
The Sparrow Sings in English June 4, 2008
Melvin Hoskins
Until I heard this CD, I was unaware that Edith Piaf had ever recorded any songs in English. I was aware, however that she didn't learn much English until very late in life. Someday, I hope to have heard everything she ever recorded. She died when I was 21, but I have enjoyed hearing her sing from the time I was about 12, maybe earlier. One does not need to understand the words in her songs to appreciate the power and feeling she puts into all her work; the meaning is clear enough.
Power-House Singer!!! May 22, 2008
Alex Honda (Los Angeles, CA USA)
HYMN TO LOVE:ALL HER GREATEST SONGS IN ENGLISH by Edith Piaf is a wonderful cd for the English translations of some of her most famous songs.
Piaf is another one of those songbirds who have distinctive voices. In either French or English, she sounds like Piaf.
Her French accent makes these songs all the more alluring, and I love the English versions of "La Vie En Rose," "No Regrets" and "Autumn Leaves."
Of course the versions of these songs are not to replace her original French editions, just add a little complimentary color.
The cd comes with small cover/booklet including French and English liner notes with biography and song information and pictures of Piaf. The remastering is done well and the songs are nice, clear and loud.
Makes for great dinner music, so get your copy today!
 Hymn to love: All her greatest songs in English April 7, 2008
Louella O. Marquez (Denver, CO USA)
I enjoyed listening to Edith Piaf's songs in English, now I enjoy HER original songs because I understand them a more.
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