You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me | ||||
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Released | December 14, 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop, country pop | |||
Length | 28:30 | |||
Label | Reprise – R/RS 6428 | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen | |||
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You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me is a 1973 studio album by Dean Martin, arranged by Ernie Freeman and Larry Muhoberac, and produced by Jimmy Bowen. [1]
Bowen returned to the country pop format that he had abandoned for Martin's previous album, and included Traditional pop standards, R&B songs, and an Italian song. [1] Four of the songs, "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," "I Don't Know Why," and "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?", had previously appeared on his 1964 album Dream with Dean . [1]
It was reissued on CD by Hip-O Records in 2009. [2]
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Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "The idea, it seemed, was to try a little everything, and Martin, as usual, was game. But he really needed to have displayed such versatility earlier". [1]