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1.StopWalk Hand in Hand – Andy Williams 02:52
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2.StopCanadian Sunset – Andy Williams 02:39
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3.StopBaby Doll – Andy Williams 02:04
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4.StopButterfly – Andy Williams 02:23
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5.StopI Like Your Kind of Love – Andy Williams 02:31
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6.StopLips of Wine – Andy Williams 02:24
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7.StopAre You Sincere – Andy Williams 02:41
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8.StopPromise Me, Love – Andy Williams 02:25
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9.StopThe Hawaiian Wedding Song – Andy Williams 02:28
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10.StopHouse of Bamboo – Andy Williams 02:08
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11.StopLonely Street – Andy Williams 02:45
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12.StopSummer Love – Andy Williams 02:52
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13.StopThe Village of St. Bernadette – Andy Williams 03:21
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14.StopI'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Andy Williams 02:42
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15.StopWake Me When It's Over – Andy Williams 02:17
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16.StopWe Have a Date – Andy Williams 02:57
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17.StopDo You Mind? – Andy Williams 02:16
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18.StopDreamsville – Andy Williams 02:58
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19.StopIn the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) – Andy Williams 02:15
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20.StopDon't Go to Strangers – Andy Williams 02:55
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21.StopThe Bilbao Song – Andy Williams 02:14
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22.StopHow Wonderful to Know – Andy Williams 02:22
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23.StopTwilight Time – Andy Williams 02:37
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24.StopSo Rare – Andy Williams 02:05
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25.StopUnder Paris Skies – Andy Williams 02:03
The title presents a somewhat mixed message: If this album has his 25 all-time greatest hits, it wouldn't cover just his 1956-1961 Cadence years. And sure enough, this couldn't be considered Williams' best greatest-hits collection, as it contains only material from those Cadence years and none from his subsequent hit-filled decade at Columbia. That carping done with, if you want a survey of his Cadence output, this is the best collection for that purpose, though it's not significantly different from the 1996 Varese Sarabande compilation The Best of the Cadence Years, other than dropping "Beyond the Reef" and adding six other tracks. Williams' Columbia hits might be a little better known, but he was indeed successful at Cadence. All of these 25 songs were released on singles (a handful after his early-'60s departure from the label), and about two-thirds made the charts, half a dozen making the Top Ten. Musically, it's lightweight and erratic, however, veering from good crooning standard pop to some pretty dull easy listening. Crooning is what he's known for, but actually some of the better cuts are those in which he swings to some degree, like "Canadian Sunset," "Butterfly" (actually a cover of a superior rockabilly hit by Charlie Gracie), the giddy male-female duet of "I Like Your Kind of Love," Lionel Bart's "Do You Mind?," and the mambo "House of Bamboo." On another trip altogether, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" manages to drain all of the country out of the Hank Williams standard with its schmaltzy orchestration. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Genre: Vocal, Rock
- Category Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, Standards, Soft Rock
- Label: VARESE SARABANDE
- Release Date: April 9, 2002
- Artist: Williams Andy [1]