The Last Waltz (Engelbert Humperdinck album)

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The Last Waltz is the second studio album by singer Engelbert Humperdinck, the second of two albums released in 1967.

Production

Packaging and title

The album was named after his #1[1] single "The Last Waltz," released on August 18, 1967.[2]

Release

Decca Records released the album in the UK on November 10, 1967.[3] Parrot Records issued a version of the album in the US that same month.[4] The US album omitted "Dance With Me", "Walk Hand in Hand", and "Nature Boy" while adding "Misty Blue" and "If I Were You" from the UK version of the Release Me album, plus "Am I That Easy to Forget," which was released as a single in December 1967.[5]
Decca re-issued the UK version of the album on CD in 1988 on the London and Deram labels with 4 additional bonus tracks;[6][7] they released the UK version again in 2017 as disc 2 of The Complete Decca Studio Albums.[8]

The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz album UK.jpg
Studio album by Engelbert Humperdinck
Released November 10, 1967
Recorded 1967
Genre Easy listening, pop
Length 30:59 (UK), 30:22 (US), 43:58 (CD)
Label Decca (UK), Parrot (US)
Producer Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck chronology
Release Me
(1967)		 The Last Waltz
(1967)		 A Man Without Love
(1968)
American LP cover

Track listing

UK version

Side 1
  1. "The Last Waltz" (Les Reed, Barry Mason) 2:58
  2. "Dance With Me" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Lewis Lebish, Irving Nahan, George Treadwell) 2:15
  3. "Two Different Worlds" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) 2:30
  4. "If It Comes to That" (Les Reed) 2:36
  5. "Walk Hand in Hand" (Johnny Cowell) 2:57
  6. "A Place in the Sun" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) 2:41
Side 2
  1. "Long Gone" (Les Reed) 2:40
  2. "All This World and the Seven Seas" (Cindy Walker) 2:51
  3. "Miss Elaine E.S. Jones" (Paul Nicodemus) 2:00
  4. "Everybody Knows" (Les Reed, Barry Mason) 2:20
  5. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) 2:41
  6. "To the Ends of the Earth" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) 2:30


US version

Side 1
  1. "The Last Waltz" (Les Reed, Barry Mason) 2:58
  2. "A Place in the Sun" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) 2:41
  3. "Misty Blue" (Bob Montgomery) 2:06
  4. "If I Were You" (Bob Crewe, Eddie Rambeau) 2:10
  5. "Two Different Worlds" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) 2:30
  6. "If It Comes to That" (Les Reed) 2:36
Side 2
  1. "Am I That Easy to Forget" (Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson) 3:00
  2. "Everybody Knows" (Les Reed, Barry Mason) 2:20
  3. "To the Ends of the Earth" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) 2:30
  4. "Miss Elaine E.S. Jones" (Paul Nicodemus) 2:00
  5. "All This World and the Seven Seas" (Cindy Walker) 2:51
  6. "Long Gone" (Les Reed) 2:40


1988 CD with bonus tracks

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Last Waltz"   Les Reed, Barry Mason 2:59
2. "Dance With Me"   Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Lewis Lebish, Irving Nahan, George Treadwell 2:15
3. "Two Different Worlds"   Al Frisch, Sid Wayne 2:30
4. "If It Comes to That"   Les Reed 2:35
5. "Walk Hand in Hand"   Johnny Cowell 2:57
6. "A Place in the Sun"   Ron Miller, Bryan Wells 2:42
7. "Long Gone"   Les Reed 2:37
8. "All This World and the Seven Seas"   Cindy Walker 2:49
9. "Miss Elaine E.S. Jones"   Paul Nicodemus 1:58
10. "Everybody Knows (We're Through)"   Les Reed, Barry Mason 2:18
11. "Nature Boy"   eden ahbez 2:41
12. "To the Ends of the Earth"   Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman 2:28
13. "That Promise" (non-album B-side, August 18, 1967 [2]) Gordon Mills 2:49
14. "Three Little Words (I Love You)" (non-album B-side, September 20, 1968 [9]) Gordon Mills 2:32
15. "Those Were the Days" (released on Love Letters, 1978) Gene Raskin 4:39
16. "What Now My Love" (September 22, 1966 recording [3] released on Love Letters) Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman 3:09

Charts

Peak positions

Country Position Entry date
UK Official Charts [1] 3 November 25, 1967
US Billboard 200 [10][11] 10 December 23, 1967
Norway VG-lista [12] 5 December 16, 1967

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK Official Charts - Engelbert Humperdinck
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 45cat - "The Last Waltz" record details
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 This Is My Life (Greatest Hits 1967-1969) booklet at Discogs Note: User required to open images.
  4. ↑ 45worlds - The Last Waltz US vinyl album
  5. ↑ 45cat - "Am I That Easy to Forget" record details
  6. ↑ The Last Waltz 1988 CD (London) at Discogs
  7. ↑ The Last Waltz 1988 CD (Deram) at Discogs
  8. ↑ Discogs - Engelbert Humperdinck - The Complete Decca Studio Albums
  9. ↑ 45cat - "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" record details
  10. ↑ Billboard 200 - Engelbert Humperdinck chart history
  11. ↑ Billboard 200 - week of December 23, 1967
  12. ↑ norwegiancharts.com - Engelbert albums

External links

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