Bobby Darin - Commitment - CD
Limited Edition of 3,000 on Opaque Blue vinyl. Includes 4 Bonus Tracks from the “Commitment” sessions. Includes 12 Page Booklet of Liner Notes by Critically Acclaimed Writer, Michael Krugman. Bobby Darin was, by any definition, a superstar – a chart-topping, multimillion-selling, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, a Golden Globe-winning actor, visionary entrepreneur, and committed political activist. Restless and daring, his refusal to be constrained by genre, resulting in an endless string of top 10 hits, including “Splish Splash,” “Queen of the Hop,” “Dream Lover,” “Beyond the Sea,” and “If I Were a Carpenter.” While his public persona was all bright lights and glamour, Darin was driven and inspired by the generational shifts and social upheaval of the 1960s. Despite his weakened health, Darin devoted nearly all of his free time towards multiple causes, tirelessly campaigning for his friend Robert F. Kennedy until his assassination in June 1968, after which Darin withdrew from the spotlight and embarked on an unlikely personal journey. He swapped his crooner’s tuxedo for folk singer denim, his toupee for an outlaw mustache, a Beverly Hills mansion for a secluded trailer at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur. Commitment is grittier and more audacious than Darin’s previous work. From the counterculture anthem “Me and My Hohner” (with its ironic reference to “The Star-Spangled Banner”) and the soul-searching “Sausalito” to the wryly autobiographical “Distractions (Part 1)” and the tense funk of “Light Blue,” the album’s experimentation and free-wheeling songcraft affirm Darin as a generational talent uniquely capable of crossing the borders of age and politics.
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Product Code | DR1937CD |
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Format | CD |
1 Me & Mr. Hohner
2 Sugar Man
3 Sausalito (The Governor's Song)
4 Song for a Dollar
5 The Harvest
6 Distractions (Part 1)
7 Water Color Canvas
8 Jive
9 Hey Magic Man
10 Light Blue
11 Sweet Reasons
12 Maybe We Can Get It Together
13 Baby May
14 RX-pyro (Prescription: Fire)
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