You Can't Go Home Again / The Best Thing For You

Artist: Chet Baker
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 731454351621
EAN: 0731454351621
ASIN: B00004STMD

Release Date: 2000-04-18

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Tracks:

Love For Sale
Un Poco Loco
You Can't Go Home Again (Master Take)
El Morro - Master Take
The Best Thing For You (Issued Take)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed (Issued Take)
Oh, You Crazy Moon
How Deep Is The Ocean? (Issued Take)
If You Could See Me Now (Issued Take)
You Can't Go Home Again (Alternative Take)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed (Alternative Take)

Tracks:

El Morro (Issued Alternative Composite Take)
Out Of Our Hands
Broken Wing
Paradox
Blues
The Best Thing For You (Alternative Take)
How Deep Is The Ocean? (Alternative Take)
If You Could See Me Now (Alternative Take)
El Morro (Incomplete Take)

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Customer Reviews:

Worth it.......2002-06-11

This album is certainly worth buying, although in my opinion it is uneven. It's a double disk that combines two albums that were previously released seperately, YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN (a commercial album put together by Don Sebesky), and THE BEST THING FOR YOU, (a more informal album with some of the players from the sebesky date, ie Kenny Baron and Ron Carter). The orders of the tracks are all a bit mixed up...they're not in the order they were on their original LPs.
The material from YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN is disappointing. Chet sounds like a Miles Davis impersonator and the arrangements are cheesy. THE BEST THING FOR YOU, however, is absolutely spellbinding and breathtaking. From what I understand this was the Paul Desmond's last session before he died, and to hear him play so melodically, but with a weak tone is tear jerking. Similarly, Chet also sounds physically weak, but the spirit and agression in his playing is indescribably inspiring. I've listened to How Deep is The Ocean almost every day for the past six months...it obviously stands as my favorite recording of the tune. For the tracks that were on THE BEST THING FOR YOU alone, this double disc really is essential if you're a big fan of Chet and Paul.

Most Poetic.......2000-12-19

I have been waiting for this album to come out on CD for 15 years. I've got a lot of Baker stuff, but somehow this is his most haunting and meaningful work. Worth it for some of the tunes that simply could not be played with this much soul by anyone else.

Chet - the immortal beloved........2000-10-01

This is by no means Chet at his zenith. In fact, this is when Chet was in his worst stage of his heroin addiction, However, he still manages to utter some beautiful yet painful experiences and his voice is just the same - full of sorrow and lament. Check out "Oh, You Crazy Moon" and "How Deep is Your Ocean", and you'll know what poignant sounds are really like. This is also the only time Chet gets the chance to jam with such jazz greats as pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Ron Carter, as far as I remember. Though in his worst shape, this is the same Chet we know, listen and love. Chet Baker is not a person. He's a sage, an immortal phenomenon that never dies with time. He's jazz at its best. In fact, he is jazz. Jazz is he...

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