Marlene

La Femme Dietrich's career lasted several decades, and when she inked a deal with Decca Records in 1939, her first recording assignment was to produce an album of her "greatest hits," so already pervasive was her fame. This 16-track collection rounds up selections recorded over a 25-year period between her signing to Decca and her later recordings for Dot and Kapp, all of which parent company MCA-Universal now owns. Besides the definitive, elegant orchestral reading of 'Falling In Love Again', Marlene also puts her pipes and personality to other hits like "The Boys in the Backroom" and "You've Got That Look (That Makes Me Weak)" from the movie Destry Rides Again, as well as a batch of classy readings of "You Do Something to Me," "You Go to My Head," and uncharacteristic, almost surreal 1957 rock & roll stabs at "Near You," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and the campy spins of her final single in 1965, "If He Swing By the String" and "Such Trying Times." All in all, a great little career overview to add to the pop vocal side of the collection.

Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich is a terrific 18-track collection that showcases the seductive, sophisticated pop songs Dietrich recorded for Columbia Records. Among the tracks included on the disc are "Lili Marlene," "Mean to Me," "Time on My Hands," "Taking a Chance on Love," "I Never Slept a Wink Last Night," "No Love, No Nothin" and "Miss Otis Regrets."

Des cabarets miteux de Berlin aux plateaux d'Hollywood. Du front de l'Ouest durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale aux casinos de Las Vegas. Des soirées paisibles aux côtés de Jean Gabin aux engueulades homériques avec Fritz Lang… Marlene Dietrich a connu tous les extrêmes et a traversé le siècle avec une passion qui la démarque de Garbo, sa grande rivale des débuts. Jusqu'à la fin, dans un appartement parisien devenu son empyrée, elle restera « le Mythe », clamant que sa carrière n'a commencé qu'avec L'Ange bleu, son premier film parlant. Comme si ses films muets n'avaient jamais existé. …

Marlène Jobert lit Prévert avec une apparente naïveté mais sa conscience de l'esprit poétique de l'auteur en fait une interprète intelligente qui connait jusqu'au bout des mots la démarche du poète. Certains textes sont peut-être un peu difficiles (ex: "La grasse Matinée" ou encore "Dans ma maison") en regard de la maturité de certains enfants, mais la poésie de Prévert est tellement "colorée" que chacun peut en goûter les délices à sa façon. …