GOLD

Personnel: Engelbert Humperdinck . Liner Note Author: Andrew Sandoval. Hip-O's sprawling 44-track Gold compilation may be more Engelbert Humperdinck than most folks can handle, but it's as definitive a collection as one could hope for. The legendary crooner was blessed with one of the smoothest sets of pipes to ever wrap themselves around a ballad, and Gold has plenty of slow dances to offer, including "Release Me," "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize," "Quando, Quando, Quando," and "There Goes My Everything." ~ James Christopher Monger

• Genre: Pop
• Format: CD
• Released: 4/26/2005