Tony Bennett - The Good Life (1990)

As discount compilations go, this one is just fine. There are 10 songs, and the album runs 27 minutes, so don't expect to pay anything like full price. But among the 10 tracks are such Tony Bennett hits as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," "Just In Time," "The Good Life," and "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)." There are also some good performances of standards, such as "My Funny Valentine" and "You'll Never Get Away From Me," and, notably, a couple of singles from the late '50s that rarely turn up on Bennett hit compilations--"In The Middle Of An Island" and "Young And Warm And Wonderful." But unless you're looking for a copy of one of those, this is the kind of album you buy so that you have at least one Tony Bennett album in your collection. And you should have at least one.~The Good Life [Sony 1990] Review by William Ruhlmann