Dear Lonely Hearts/I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore (1999)

About this title: Capitol U.K. released this mid-price two-fer containing two thematically and musically similar Nat "King" Cole albums from the early '60s. Both LPs found the singer tackling lovelorn subjects, but employing midtempos to keep contemporary. Both title tracks were hits, but there were relatively few memorable songs (exceptions were the near-standards "Near You" and "You're My Everything"), and arranger/conductors Belford Hendricks ("Dear Lonely Hearts") and Ralph Carmichael ("I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore") were not the most inspired. While these albums were a cut above Cole's overtly pop ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dear Lonely Hearts [Anton/Halley]
2. Miss You [Tobias/Tobias]
3. Why Should I Cry Over You? [Miller/Conn]
4. Near You [Craig/Goell]
5. Yearning (Just for You) [Burke/Davis]
6. My First and Only Lover [Kaufman/Keller/Kapl]
7. All over the World [Tobias/Frisch]
8. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight [Burke/Davis/Fisher]
9. Lonesome and Sorry [Conrad/Davis]
10. All by Myself [Berlin]
11. Who's Next in Line? [Otis/McCoy]
12. It's a Lonesome Old Town [Kisco/Tobias]
13. I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore [McCarthy]
14. You're Crying on My Shoulder [Kaye/Lippman/Wise]
15. Only Yesterday [Carmichael/Scott]
16. I'm Alone Because I Love You [Schuster/Miller/You]
17. Don't You Remember [Dinning]
18. You're My Everything [Dixon/Warren/Young]
19. I Don't Want to See Tomorrow [Morris/Wayne]
20. Brush Those Tears from Your Eyes [Watts/Haldeman/Lee]
21. Was That the Human Thing to Do? [Fain/Young]
22. Go, If You're Going [Johnson]
23. Road to Nowhere [Kane/Ecton]
24. I'm All Cried Out [Worth/Walker]

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