This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Smashing idea — get the one and only Engelbert Humperdinck to rework some of his classic croonfests like Spanish Eyes and Release Me for the dance floor and turn the King Of Romance into the King Of Rave. Sadly, the concept sounds a lot cooler than this CD does.
Don’t blame Humpety-Hump; he still has it (whatever it is) in spades. It’s the tunesmiths — Chris Cox and Barry Harris of Thunderpuss 2000 — who let down the side. Their idea of updating the Humpopotamus involves laying down track after track of generic, HiNRG disco thump, layering on a tacky, cliche synth line and letting poor Humpbert Humpbert pretend he’s at karaoke night at Studio 54. Where’s Fatboy Slim when you need him? Now that would be a version of Man Without Love anyone would love to hear.
