Alone Together/A Time for Us

by Donny Osmond

Overview

Packaged together as part of the 7Ts label's series of Osbros two-fers, Donny Osmond's fifth and sixth albums maintain the lightweight sheen that characterized their predecessors, but does one sense things toughening up around the edges? You bet. Old enough by now to have a loud say in the kind of songs he was recording, and steering further away from the lackluster ballads that he was handling so adroitly earlier in his career, young master Osmond turns in more genuinely heartwarming performances here than at any time in the past -- his version of "Twelfth of Never" is all but definitive, "Young Love" and "Tears on My Pillow" likewise. And then there is his vision of "Unchained Melody," which may not deviate from any previous version but does prove the power of the Osmond vocal chords, even as you're still recovering from his glorious hijacking of "Are You Lonesome Tonight." Of course, you can have too much of a good thing, and whoever handed him "Hawaiian Wedding Song" to croon through was not doing listeners' ears many favors. But 20 songs slip seamlessly by and, of all the albums Osmond recorded while fame was all around, these two are probably the best. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2008
Label:	7T's
UPC:	5013929046320
Rank:	87367

Tracks

1. Life Is Just What You Make It
2. The Twelfth of Never
3. Sunshine Rose
4. Do You Want Me?
5. It's Hard to Say Goodbye
6. Young Love
7. Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)
8. Other Side of Me
9. Tears on My Pillow
10. It Takes a Lot of Love
11. A Time for Us
12. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
13. When I Fall in Love
14. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
15. I Believe
16. Guess Who
17. Young and in Love
18. A Million to One
19. A Boy Is Waiting
20. Unchained Melody

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Donny Osmond   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Michael J. Lloyd   Producer
Jesse Belvin   Composer
Merrill Osmond   Composer
Tommy Oliver   Arranger
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Don Costa   Arranger,Producer
Humberto Gatica   Engineer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Mike Curb   Producer
Tim Turan   Remastering
Tim Smith   Design
Alan Osmond   Composer,Producer
Wayne Osmond   Engineer
William R. Eastabrook   Photography
Saul M. Saget   Art Direction
Tyler Thornton   Cover Photo
Trevor St. John   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Phil Hendriks   Liner Notes