{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = The Ed Ames Album | type = studio | artist = [[Ed Ames]] | cover = File:The Ed Ames Album LP by Ed Ames.png | released = {{start date|1964|10}} | studio = RCA Victor's Studio "A", [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<ref name="Billboard Review" /> | length = {{Duration|m=33|s=06}} | label = [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Jim Foglesong]]}} | prev_title = Try To Remember | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = [[My Kind of Songs]] | next_year = 1965 | misc = {{Singles | name = Ed Ames | type = studio | single1 = [[Love Is Here to Stay]] | single1date = December 1964 }} }}
'''''The Ed Ames Album''''' is a self-titled [[studio album]] by American singer and actor [[Ed Ames]] released in late 1964. It was his second original album for [[RCA Victor Records]]. It contained a total of 12 tracks, including one single. The album received a positive critical reception following its release, though it missed the US [[Billboard 200|album charts]].
==Background, recording and content== Ed Ames had been a recording artist for RCA Victor since the 1950s, gaining prominence during his time with the [[Ames Brothers]].<ref name="Billboard Review" /> ''The Ed Ames Album'' followed his debut ''Try To Remember'', which contained his first charting single with the same title. The self-titled LP was Ames' first to be produced by [[Jim Foglesong]], and was his only one recorded at RCA Victor's Studio "A", located in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title=''The Ed Ames Album'' (Disc Information) |journal=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] |date=October 1964 |id=LSP-2781 – (Stereo); LPM 2781 – (Monaural)}}</ref> Foglesong would produce for Ames for the rest of the decade.<ref name="Liner Notes" />
''The Ed Ames Album'' consisted of 12 tracks in total.<ref name="Apple">{{cite web |title=''The Ed Ames Album'' album by Ed Ames |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-ed-ames-album/875191867 |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref> Selections included various musical and film songs, such as "[[I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face]]" from [[My Fair Lady (film)|''My Fair Lady'']], "Monica" from ''[[The Carpetbaggers (film)|The Carpetbaggers]]'', "[[Gigi (song)|Gigi]]" from the Award-winning namesake film, and "[[It's Magic]]" from ''[[Romance on the High Seas]]''.<ref name="Pop Songs">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Record Research |location=Menomonee Falls, WI |page=various}}</ref> "[[Love Is Here to Stay]]" was a [[standard (music)|standard]] from the [[MGM films|MGM]] film ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' (1938) and "[[Willow Weep for Me]]" was a [[jazz standard]] which became a pop hit in 1964.<ref name="Liner Notes" /> "[[What Now My Love (song)|What Now My Love]]" was a popular pop hit at the time.<ref name="Pop Songs" />
== Release ==
The album was originally released in October 1964 by RCA Victor.<ref name="Billboard Release">{{cite magazine |title=New Album Releases |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 3, 1964 |page=34 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1964/Billboard%201964-10-03-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22the%20ed%20ames%20album%22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260215045950/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1964/Billboard%201964-10-03-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22the%20ed%20ames%20album%22 |archive-date=February 15, 2026 |access-date=May 27, 2026}}</ref> It was the second studio album of Ames' career.<ref name="goldmine" /> The label originally offered it as a [[Gramophone record|vinyl LP]], with six songs on "Side A" and six songs on "Side B".<ref name="Liner Notes"/> It was available in [[stereo]] and [[monaural]] sound.<ref name="goldmine">{{cite book |last=Kinslow |first=Chris |title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide |publisher=Penguin |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-68145-973-8 |page=1881 |url=https://www.google.lt/books/edition/Goldmine_Record_Album_Price_Guide/vBVjDwAAQBAJ?hl=lt&gbpv=1&dq=ed+ames+love+of+the+common+people&pg=PA1881&printsec=frontcover |access-date=May 27, 2026}}</ref> Since then, it has been digitized onto streaming platforms in the 2020s as well.<ref name="Apple" />
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] | rev1Score = ''Positive'' (Pop Pick)<ref name="Billboard Review" /> }} The album was given a positive review from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine following its original release. Putting the album in its "Special Merit Pop Spotlight" section, the publication stated that "Ed Ames has come a long way since he was one of the singing Ames Brothers. Broadway and TV work, as an actor and as a singer, has broadened his style, delivery and impact." They said, "to listeners, seeking a warm, romantic album of outstanding songs, like 'Gigi" and 'Fly Me to the Moon;' need look no further if they want want them sung by an oustanding talent."<ref name="Billboard Review">{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews: Special Merit Pop Spotlight |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 24, 1964 |page=30 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1964/Billboard%201964-10-24-OCR-Page-0030.pdf#search=%22the%20ed%20ames%20album%22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260527142536/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1964/Billboard%201964-10-24-OCR-Page-0030.pdf#search=%22the%20ed%20ames%20album%22 |archive-date=May 27, 2026 |access-date=May 27, 2026}}</ref> {{Clear}}
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Side one | total_length = 16:40
| title1 = [[It's Magic]] | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Jule Styne]]|[[Sammy Cahn]]}} | length1 = 2:32
| title2 = [[Gigi (song)|Gigi]] | writer2 = {{hlist|[[Alan Jay Lerner]]|[[Frederick Loewe]]}} | length2 = 3:35
| title3 = [[Love Is Here to Stay]] | writer3 = {{hlist|[[George Gershwin]]|[[Ira Gershwin]]}} | length3 = 2:09
| title4 = [[Can't Get Out of This Mood]] | writer4 = {{hlist|[[Frank Loesser]]|[[Jimmy McHugh]]}} | length4 = 2:52
| title5 = [[I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Alan Jay Lerner]]|[[Frederick Loewe]]}} | length5 = 3:20
| title6 = Strong as a Mountain | writer6 = [[Johnny Marks]] | length6 = 2:12 }}
{{track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 16:26
| title1 = You Will Wear Velvet | writer1 = {{hlist|Buddy Kaye|[[Ben Raleigh]]}} | length1 = 2:20
| title2 = [[Willow Weep for Me]] | writer2 = [[Ann Ronell]] | length2 = 3:03
| title3 = [[But Beautiful (song)|But Beautiful]] | writer3 = {{hlist|[[Jimmy Van Heusen]]|[[Johnny Burke]]}} | length3 = 3:00
| title4 = Monica | writer4 = {{hlist|Bob Shuman|[[Bernie Wayne]]}} | length4 = 2:13
| title5 = [[What Now My Love (song)|What Now My Love]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Carl Sigman]]|[[Gilbert Bécaud]]|[[Pierre Delanoë]]}} | length5 = 2:55
| title6 = [[Fly Me to the Moon]] | writer6 = [[Bart Howard]] | length6 = 2:55 }} ==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Region !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Format !scope="col"| Label !scope="col"| Ref. |- ! scope="row" | North America | October 1964 | {{hlist|LP Stereo|LP Mono}} | [[RCA Victor Records]] | <ref name="Liner Notes"/> |- ! scope="row" | Worldwide | Circa 2020 | {{hlist|Music download|streaming}} | [[Sony Music Entertainment]] | <ref name="Apple"/> |- |}
== Personnel == All credits are adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''The Ed Ames Album''.<ref name="Liner Notes" />
* [[Ed Ames]] – vocals * Harvey Siders – liner notes * [[Frank Hunter (musician)|Frank Hunter]], (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B5) – arranger, conductor * [[Marty Manning]], (tracks: A1, A2, A5-B1, B3, B4, B6) – arranger, conductor * [[Jim Foglesong]] – producer * [[Ed Begley]] – recording engineer
==References== {{reflist}}
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