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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 38:28 | |||
| Label | Decca (UK) Parrot (US) | |||
| Producer | Peter Sullivan | |||
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Engelbert Humperdinck is an album released in 1969 by Engelbert Humperdinck. It spent many weeks on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1970. It contained the hits "I'm a Better Man" and "Winter World of Love".
After seven weeks on the Billboard albums chart, the album peaked at No. 5 on February 14, 1970. [1]
| No | Title | Composer |
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| A1 | "I'm a Better Man" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David |
| A2 | "Gentle on My Mind" | John Hartford |
| A3 | "Love Letters" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young |
| A4 | "A Time For Us" (Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet) | Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder, Larry Kusik |
| A5 | "Didn't We" | Jimmy Webb |
| A6 | "I Wish You Love" | Albert Beach, Charles Trenet |
| B1 | "Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In" | Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado |
| B2 | "All You've Gotta Do Is Ask" | Gualtiero Malgoni, Jack Fishman, Mogol |
| B3 | "The Signs Of Love" | Bert Kaempfert, Gordon Mills, Herbert Rehbein |
| B4 | "Café" (Cosa Hai Messo Nel Caffe) | Giancarlo Bigazzi, Riccardo del Turco |
| B5 | "Let's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (Un Nuovo Mondo) | Daniele Pace, Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri |
| B6 | "Winter World of Love" | Barry Mason, Les Reed |
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