Long Ago and Far Away (Tony Bennett album)
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| Long Ago and Far Away | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | April 7–9, 1958 | |||
| Venue | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Length | 35:18 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Long Ago and Far Away is the sixth studio album by American singer Tony Bennett, released by Columbia Records in 1958.
It features a mixture of slow ballads with a few slightly jazzy songs including "It Could Happen to You", "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)", "Long Ago (and Far Away)", and "The Way You Look Tonight".[1]
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Billboard |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard described the album as "a fine mood album"[3]
Cashbox said Bennett "plays a wistful tune on some of the finest wistful melodies ever written.[5]
