Album Cover of the Week: Jackie Gleason, Music for Lovers Only
Last month I reviewed a new CD reissue of Jackie Gleason’s Music for Lovers Only album at Popdose. I meant to feature the album cover as part of this series but got distracted by something bright and shiny. So let’s look at it now!
Beautiful, ain’t she? While many of Gleason’s albums of “mood music” from the ’50s and ’60s tried to recreate the same feel, I think this is still the best of the bunch. Put another way, there is absolutely no doubt as to what the music on this record will sound like, even if you were totally unfamiliar with Gleason’s style of orchestral pop.