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The Best Of Bond (Capitol)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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This will appeal to one group of people only: fans of the James Bond flicks. Fortunately for Capitol Records, that only narrows it down to a few hundred million people. As a fan myself, I have to admit it's great fun to listen to these 19 theme songs, each one bringing back a flood of escapist cinema memories. Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger," awesome under any circumstances, conjures memories of golden women, laser beams getting personal, and "no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to DIE!" Paul McCartney's "Live And Let Die" rocks, but I hear the jazz musicians at the New Orleans funeral procession. Every song is a mini-movie for those of us who have grown up waiting for the next Bond flick, be it a Connery, Moore, Lazenby, Brosnan or Dalton. Doesn't matter which. Bond is Bond, and nobody does it better.

Track List:

James Bond Theme (from Dr. No) (Monty Norman Orchestra) * Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) * Nobody Does It Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me) (Carly Simon) * A View To A Kill (Duran Duran) * For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) * We Have All The Time In The World (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service) (Louis Armstrong) * Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) * All Time High (from Octopussy) (Rita Coolidge) * The Living Daylights (A-Ha) * License To Kill (Gladys Knight) * From Russia With Love (Matt Monroe) * Thunderball (Tom Jones) * You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) * Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) * On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry Orchestra) * The Man With The Golden Gun (Lulu) * Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) * Goldeneye (Tina Turner) * Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow)

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