Various Artists - Sleepless In Seattle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

GEOGRAPHY WEEK (JANUARY 8-14, 2012)

A hit-or-miss soundtrack compilation of romantic pop standards and old c/w tracks sung by everyone from Jimmy Durante to Carly Simon to Tammy Wynette. Beware! Sleepless In Seattle: The Musical is premiering this summer: http://www.sleeplessinseattlemanagement.com/

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #1 (1 week, Aug 21, 1993)

Tracks: The CD is unforgivably short: 12 tracks, 36 minutes. The highlights are:

• A Kiss To Build A Dream On, performed by Louis Armstrong
• In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, performed by Carly Simon
• Bye Bye Blackbird, performed by Joe Cocker
• A Wink And A Smile, performed by Harry Connick, Jr.

You'll recognize the remaining tracks, but they don't do anything for me. By all means, skip the final track, an otherwise decent arrangement of When I Fall In Love destroyed by Celine Dion's caterwauling.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: I have no idea why I bought this CD nor why it has remained in my collection. Maybe, deep down, I'm a hopeless romantic? That's crazy talk.