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I Love You (Eddie Fisher album)

I Love You is a studio album by American singer Eddie Fisher, released in early 1955.

Background

By 1955 Eddie Fisher was at the peak of his career; he just had some big hits in 1955, plus a number-one hit song the previous year and a number 4 album as well.

Overview

Recorded and released in early 1955, the album consists as the title suggests, of love songs. Eight out of the twelve songs have the word "love" in them. The album, as the one before, was successful, reaching No. 8 on Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Pop LP's chart, and peaked at No. 10 on the Cashbox Top 15 Best-Selling Albums chart. The album became a bestseller. This was Fisher's last charting studio album for the next decade, until he released Eddie Fisher Today! in 1965. Subsequently another album featuring older standards was released, but it wouldn't chart nor be considered successful.

Reception

William Ruhlman of AllMusic believed that, Hugo Winterhalter was RCA Victor's answer to Capitol's Nelson Riddle, and Decca's Gordon Jenkins, and that "he whipped up contemporary arrangements that boasted sprightly rhythms, swirling strings, and the oohing and aching of a vocal chorus here and there." Ruhlman added "Fisher tended to approach every song the same way, taking a lyric and throttling it to within an inch of its life. He could be more delicate ('The Girl That I Marry') and even playful ('I Can't Give You Anything but Love') when given a chance, but he and Winterhalter had forged a formula they were for the most part unwilling to vary".

Track listing

Charts

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