Laughter & Tears

Fabulous music, but what have they done to the cover..? Crikey it’s awful….!! Still, buy it it’s great.

Purchased this for my Brother as he could not find the song The Hungry years.He is 76 and not computer literate.

It's great to see Neil enjoying the success and respect he so richly deserves and having bought this on CD and watching the recent BBC4 documentary, I was reminded of why he is one of my all-time favourites. I don't go much for his fifties bubble gum stuff although there's nothing wrong with it, but what you have here is real songwriting with depth and emotion that ranks up there with the very best. I'd even say that at least two or three of the songs on here are among the greatest songs ever written. I think that having gone through the hungry years when he virtually disappeared (How could we let this happen ?) he was able to tap in to this experience to re-emerge with these hard-earned and incredible songs that would relaunch his career in the 1970's. To my shame I've never seen him in concert (But if you're ever round my way again Neil I'll be first in the queue for a ticket). If you don't know how good Sedaka is then just buy this for less than three quid and prepare to be blown away by the magic that is Neil Sedaka performing his greatest ever songs. It's just a shame about the cover !

The cd arrived on time and was in great condition.

This is a brilliant CD. I remember buying the tape when it first came out many years ago and it was my favourite tape. When I was looking through Neil Sedaka CD's I could not remember the name of it, but directly I saw Laughter & Tears and the great selection of songs, including all the big hits and The Queen of 1964 and Betty Grable I realised that was the one. I think it is one of his best ones, it certainly takes me back. It has a brilliant selection of all his songs. I strongly recommend it.

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There are many Sedaka compilations out there. This one does not mix and match his 60's and 70's work as it is totally a representation of his best Seventies songs. With the exception of the badly dated 'Queen of 1964' every track is a gem. His slow and tender 'jazzy' re-working of 'breaking up is hard to do' is an absolute treat to my ears. The superb lyrics are better absorbed too in this ballad style. 'Bad blood', 'the other side of me' 'beautiful you' and 'the hungry years' are my other favourites. 'The hungry years' is not only Neil's best song by far it represents the pinnacle of song craft.

was disappointed with this CD because a lot of it was (in concert) which meant that although Sedaka is a brilliant singer and pianist he improvised on some of his hit songs for example Solitaire, its much too slow, that my opinion anyway.

I was looking for a 70s Neil Sedaka compilation . I always liked his early material from the 50s and early 60s.I turned 13 in 1963. This" Laughter and Tears " CD gave me his 70's hits at a reasonable price. Reccomended.Neil

私が子供の頃にはニール・セダカの曲はあちこちで聞かれるくらいポピュラーで、当時はまだ娯楽産業の花形だった映画館の休憩時のBGMでよく使われていたのを覚えています。その後はビートルズやローリングストーンズの時代の到来とともに、フェイドアウトしていった思っていました。　ですから持っているCDも60年代中期までのベストアルバムだけだったのですが、最近になりキャプテン＆テニールの「愛ある限り」がこの人の作品だったのを知りました。この頃は殆どロックしか聴いてなかったので、他にも70年代の中期には全米No1に2曲も送り込んいたのも後から知りました。　そこで70年代の曲が入ったCDを探したのですが、収録曲などの情報がないので苦労しました。前期の曲も収録したベスト盤でも良かったのですが、古い曲は再録音だったりとかで結局別々のCDになってしまいました。ただし1980年に娘のデラ・セダカと一緒に歌ってベスト19位に入った、「面影は永遠に（Should've Never Let You Go）」が入っていません。それで星一つマイナスにしました。　ただし他の後期のベスト盤を見てもこの曲が入っているのは見つからなかったので、別に探して買い求めるしかないかもしれません。なお私の購入したマーケットプレイスに出品されていたCDは、写真のようにジャケットが違う物でした（商品説明にはちゃんと書かれていましたので、問題はありませんでした）

懐かしい曲、久しぶりに堪能しました。CDも安くなりましたね、高音質で聴きたい方にはお勧めできませんがラジオで聞く程度でよいならおススメです。

Whether Neil Sedaka is singing "Oldies" or singing the Great American songbook, his voice rings true. Sedaka sings and each and every song either brings back memories or make its own memories. This is a CD that you have to have in your collection.

A gift which is loved by the person I bought it for.