Peggy Lee - Then Was Then, Now Is Now / Bridge over Troubled Water (2009)

Unfortunately, Melvoin doesn't seem to have had time to come up with anything new and interesting on such songs as Bacharach and David's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," which had just gone to number one for B.J. Thomas, or Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," which was still at the top of the charts for Simon & Garfunkel as the recording sessions were held. And Lee just followed along, turning in competent but unremarkable readings. She and Melvoin were better at the uptempo material, such as covering B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone" and the Newman composition "Have You Seen My Baby." Among the ballads, "You'll Remember Me" (an entry on the Easy Listening chart) sounded like an attempt to follow "Is That All There Is?" with another world-weary performance, and the version of the Michel Legrand movie song "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" made a strong album closer. But Bridge Over Troubled Water was not a great Lee album (or a big seller), which may help explain why it went out of print and was not reissued for almost 40 years. It would have made more sense paired with its immediate predecessor, Is That All There Is?, but even in this package it will be welcome to Lee fans, even if it doesn't rank with her best work.

Tracklist:

01. Trapped (In the Web of Love)
02. Losers Weepers
03. Free Spirits
04. I Go to Sleep
05. Leave It to Love
06. Love Theme from 'The Sandpiper' (The Shadow of Your Smile)
07. They Say
08. Seventh Son
09. Then Was Then (And Now Is Now)
10. Ev'rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong (At Least Once)
11. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
12. Stop Living in the Past
13. Maybe This Summer
14. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
15. You'll Remember Me
16. Bridge over Troubled Water
17. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
18. Something Strange
19. Have You Seen My Baby
20. He Used Me
21. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
22. I See Your Face Before Me
23. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
24. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?