Billie Holiday is heard at her absolute best on this album. For these Decca sessions, she was accompanied by strings and large studio orchestras for the first time in her career. Her voice was at its strongest during the 1940s, and among the many high points here are her original versions of “Lover Man” (Holiday’s biggest selling record), “Don’t Explain,” and “Good Morning Heartache.” Holiday’s work here is often melancholy and resigned in the extreme, with sterling treatments of forlorn songs, such as “You Better Go Now,” and “What Is This Thing Called Love?”180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION. The Complete Album.
SIDE A
A1. LOVER MAN (OH, WHERE CAN YOU BE?)
A2. NO MORE
A3. THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE
A4. DON’T EXPLAIN
A5. YOU BETTER GO NOW
A6. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
A7. GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
A8. NO GOOD MAN
SIDE B
B1. BIG STUFF
B2. BABY I DON’T CRY OVER YOU
B3. I’LL LOOK AROUND
B4. THE BLUES ARE BREWIN’
B5. GUILTY
B6. DEEP SONG
B7. THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
B8. EASY LIVING
