Description
State of the art (back in 1960 and 1961, respectively) teen idol fodder. WISH UPON A STAR, Dion's final album with the Belmonts, is unsurprisingly the more doo-wop oriented of the two, with its title tune, a Bizarro World version of "Swinging on a Star," and a version of "In the Still of the Night" that doubtless would have puzzled composer Cole Porter.
ALONE, on the other hand, veers between portraying Dion as a sensitive hearththrob in the brilliantly sung and brilliantly exploitive "Lonely Teenager," and as an all-around pop entertainer now grown up enough to sing standards in front of a big swing band, a la Bobby Darin ("North East End of the Street") or string orchestra a la Johnny Mathis ("Fools Rush In").
- Format: CD
- Genre: Rock
- Released: 1993-12-20