Name: Come Spy with Us: Secret Agent Songbook / Various
Brand: Ace
SKU: 51460677
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Come Spy with Us

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Album: Come Spy with Us: Secret Agent Songbook / Various
#	Song Title		Time
1)	A Man Alone (Theme from 'The Ipcress File')	More Info...
2)	Deadlier Than the Male	More Info...
3)	Arabesque	More Info...
4)	The Look of Love (Theme from 'Casino Royale')	More Info...
5)	Theme from Danger Man	More Info...
6)	The Silencers	More Info...
7)	Secret Agent Man	More Info...
8)	Who Needs Forever	More Info...
9)	Theme from 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'	More Info...
10)	The Last of the Secret Agents	More Info...
11)	Mission: Impossible	More Info...
12)	Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	More Info...
13)	One Man Flint	More Info...
14)	Wednesday's Child (Theme from 'The Quiller Memorandum')	More Info...
15)	Theme from 'Get Smart'	More Info...
16)	We Should've (Theme from 'Modesty Blaise')	More Info...
17)	The James Bond Theme (Dr No)	More Info...
18)	Burke's Law Theme	More Info...
19)	Where the Bullets Fly	More Info...
20)	High Wire (Theme from 'Danger Mouse')	More Info...
21)	Bye Bye (Theme from 'Peter Gunn')	More Info...
22)	Theme from Where the Spies Are	More Info...
23)	The Liquidator	More Info...
24)	I Spy	More Info...
25)	Come Spy With Me	More Info...

Album: Come Spy with Us: Secret Agent Songbook / Various
#	Song Title		Time
1)	A Man Alone (Theme from 'The Ipcress File')	More Info...
2)	Deadlier Than the Male	More Info...
3)	Arabesque	More Info...
4)	The Look of Love (Theme from 'Casino Royale')	More Info...
5)	Theme from Danger Man	More Info...
6)	The Silencers	More Info...
7)	Secret Agent Man	More Info...
8)	Who Needs Forever	More Info...
9)	Theme from 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'	More Info...
10)	The Last of the Secret Agents	More Info...
11)	Mission: Impossible	More Info...
12)	Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	More Info...
13)	One Man Flint	More Info...
14)	Wednesday's Child (Theme from 'The Quiller Memorandum')	More Info...
15)	Theme from 'Get Smart'	More Info...
16)	We Should've (Theme from 'Modesty Blaise')	More Info...
17)	The James Bond Theme (Dr No)	More Info...
18)	Burke's Law Theme	More Info...
19)	Where the Bullets Fly	More Info...
20)	High Wire (Theme from 'Danger Mouse')	More Info...
21)	Bye Bye (Theme from 'Peter Gunn')	More Info...
22)	Theme from Where the Spies Are	More Info...
23)	The Liquidator	More Info...
24)	I Spy	More Info...
25)	Come Spy With Me	More Info...

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.
Such a brilliant idea for a compilation, it's a wonder it hasn't been done before, Ace's 2014 set Come Spy with Us: The Secret Agent Handbook collects 25 secretive swingers from the '60s, splitting the difference between pop tunes and cinematic espionage. Impressively, the entire affair avoids both James Bond and Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" aside from covers (the signature Bond theme is handled by Johnny & the Hurricanes, while Al Caiola serves up an instrumental of the Rivers staple). Usually, compiler Tony Rounce -- who does give thanks to Matthew Jones -- prefers splashy arrangements built on bold brass and sweeping strings, but there are certainly a lot of echoing guitars and splashes of exotica, all suggesting danger and adventure. Naturally, novelties take up a fair amount of space here -- the best might be the Supremes' go-go parody "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" -- but most of this occupies a similar territory as Nancy Sinatra's "The Last of the Secret Agents," which is delivered with a straight face and a wink. Even during this secret agent peak, which ran roughly from 1965 to 1967, plenty of musicians were ready to good-naturedly send up spies and that mischievous humor keeps things lively, while the craft of the composers and songwriters give this music heft. John Barry, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, and Lalo Schifrin are responsible for those grand cinematic peaks, providing the context for Scott Walker ("Deadlier Than The Male," a classic Walker Brothers hit) and Smokey Robinson ("Come Spy with Me," the theme to a lost 1967 flick) to play with on their tunes. It's all fun but it's not really campy: it's a well-rounded portrait of a '60s fad that turned into a pop culture touchstone, a touchstone that is splendidly heard here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine