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Jackpot - The Best Bette |  | Artist: Bette Midler
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $10.99
as of 9/9/2010 04:15 CDT details
Seller: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 13577
Genre: alternative-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 4279 Minutes
ASIN: B001GCZNJ4
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Juggling the Divine November 13, 2009
Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
To be an artist that can jump from style to style and genre to genre is a rarity in any medium. And in this day and age, it's consider a surefire career snuffer. Which makes Bette Midler a national treasure. She has wrapped her pipes around popular standards, bawdy bathhouse songs, sentimental ballads and - in the process - created a few standards of her own. While "The Best Bette" nicely replaces Experience the Divine, it isn't a perfect set.
There are 19 songs here, but the emphasis is on the sentimental. It would have been nice to let some of Bette's naughtier moments pop in (even a routine from the out of print Mud Will Be Flung Tonight). I'm also not so sure listing the tracks out of chronological order helps with the listening experience, as hearing the 80's layer-cake reverb production of "Wind Beneath My Wings" next to the spare, breathy 1972 "Do You Want to Dance." The album as a continual platter is disjointed.
That doesn't mean Bette isn't worth listening to. From her first show on the scene, The Divine Miss M, she established herself as a unique entertainer, a singer who could slip into songs and styles with ease. Her version of John Prine's "Hello In There" from that album is probably my favorite version of a Prine song by another artist. She successfully made the leap to acting when The Rose Soundtrack took her to the number one position on the charts, and then Beaches gave her a lock on super-stardom. Only Barbra Streisand comes close to Bette as a contemporary, and Bette can rock harder.
While of late, Bette has been working the American Songbook (Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee), she can still knock any song she wants to out of the park. "The Best Bette" is not perfect, but almost every song here is.
 Review for Bette Middler's "Jackpot" October 19, 2009
Emily W. Wood (Boston, MA, USA)
Nothing, nada, niente on CD better -- her VOICE, her INTONATIONS, her breathless BREATHS -- sublime!
 Make your own "Best of Bette" June 28, 2009
D. Williams (Bossier City, LA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, all Bette fans know this ain't it! Guys and gals, grab up all your Bette Midler CDs, and I know all computers have a recording device or two, and clip your fave rave tunes! This CD is a rip! Someone is playing it so safe that Bette's real gem tunes are somehow omitted?
We all know which tunes need to be included on a "Best Of Bette." Don't be caught purchasing this mediocre collection. Bette fans, again, can make our own, and much cheaper! Save that $15 for the new Neko Case, or that totally rockin' outlaw ALejandro Escovedo or his collection! Geez - marketing today! Make your own Bette!!
The Best of Bette April 6, 2009
Diane A. Barrie (Torrance, CA United States)
This is a great compilation of Bette Midler that covers a good variety of genres and eras. There is a song for every mood in this CD. Bette Midler's wide range of vocalization covers it all and very well. A joy to listen to and great company for one's daily walk. Diane Barrie
Not Great February 9, 2009
Gordo (Santa Fe, NM USA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
This CD is a repackaging of songs from other records. There's not much new -- I was hoping for a live recording of the Vegas show which is where the cover art comes from. A disappointment for a long time Midler fan.
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