The Chimes Meet the Videls (1995)

About this title: Eleven songs by the Chimes, including their two chart entries, "Once in a While" (and its two different B-sides, "Summer Nights" and "Oh How I Love You So," of which the latter is the stronger, with a catchier melody and arrangement) and "I'm In The Mood For Love." The sound is clean and the textures of the harmony vocals and the backing instruments are revealed in very fine detail. Their version of "Let's Fall in Love" is a revelation, a languid, radiant slow ballad interpretation of a song usually taken at a much faster tempo by everyone from Frank Sinatra to the Three Stooges. "Dream Girl, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Once in a While [Edwards/Green]
2. Summer Nights
3. Oh How I Love You So
4. I'm in the Mood for Love [Fields/McHugh]
5. Only Love
6. Let's Fall in Love [Arlen/Koehler]
7. Dream Girl
8. My Love
9. Paradise
10. If I Give My Heart to You [Brewster/Crane/Jaco]
11. On the Street Where You Live [Lerner/Loewe]
12. Mr. Lonely [Andreoli/Bouchard]
13. I'll Forget You [Andreoli]
14. Now That Summer Is Here [Andreoli]
15. She's Not Coming Home [Andreoli]
16. It's All Over
17. We Belong Together [Carr/Mitchell/Weiss]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.