It's All in the Game (2001)

About this title: Ricky Martin can see a vision of his own future by listening to "Dance the Night Away," the opening track by the '60s crooner who had nine Top 20 hits over a span of nine years, from 1967-1976. There are no revelations here; it is classic Engelbert, 12 new songs, including covers of Tommy Edwards' 1958 hit "It's All in the Game," a disco rendition of Sinatra's 1966 hit "Strangers in the Night," and a unique reading of Dan Hill's 1978 Top Five hit "Sometimes When We Touch." His version of Tommy Edwards is solid, while his interpretation of Dan Hill could garner him an adult contemporary hit in ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dance the Night Away [Malo]
2. It's All in the Game [Dawes/Sigman]
3. Strangers in the Night [Singleton/Snyder/Ka]
4. Sometimes When We Touch [Hill/Mann]
5. Nothing in This World [Bacharach/Lowis]
6. Dancing in the Rain [Astley]
7. Blame It on the Night [Agee/Collins/Dorsey]
8. Hopelessly [Astley/Fisher]
9. How to Win Your Love [Reid/Stack]
10. Maybe the Feeling Will Go [Reed/Mason]
11. A Little More Time [Masterson/Reid]
12. You're What Love Should Be [DeSilva/Jordan]
13. Release Me [Live] [Miller/Williams/You]
14. Quando, Quando, Quando [Live] [Renis/Testa]
15. A Man Without Love [Live] [Livraghi/Mason/Pace]
16. Spanish Eyes [Live] [Kaempfert/Snyder/Si]
17. After the Lovin' [Live] [Adams/Bernstein]
18. The Last Waltz [Live] [Mason/Reed]

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