50 (Engelbert Humperdinck album)

50 is a 2017 compilation album by singer Engelbert Humperdinck.

Background

Engelbert celebrated the 50th anniversary of his hit song "Release Me" with a new album of his greatest hits. The album featured 36 of Engelbert’s best-loved songs plus two brand new recordings, "I Followed My Heart" and "I Don’t Want To Call It Goodbye." A DBU remix of "Release Me" was also added to close the album.

Production

• Producer: Engelbert Humperdinck
• Product Management: Lana Hunter
• Production: Nadina Challoner
• Production, Recording and Engineering: Richard Scott ("I Don't Want to Call It Goodbye")
• Producer: Johnny Harris ("I Followed My Heart")
• Remixing: DBU ("Release Me - DBU Remix")
• Mastering: Oli Morgan
• Design: Rumney Design
• Cover photography: Jamie Overton

Packaging and Title

50 was a double CD set subtitled "The Legend Continues."

Release

Decca Records released the album worldwide on May 19, 2017, and on June 2, 2017 in the US.

50
Compilation album by Engelbert Humperdinck
Released	May 19, 2017
Recorded	1966 - 2017
Genre	Easy listening, pop, pop standards
Length	2:08:05
Label	Decca
Producer	Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck chronology
Runaway Country (2015) 50 (2017) The Complete Decca Studio Albums (2017)
Engelbert Humperdinck compilation chronology
Duets EP (2015) 50 (2017) The Complete Decca Studio Albums (2017)

Track listing

CD 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Release Me" (from Release Me, 1967)	Eddie Miller, James Pebworth, Robert Yount	3:20
2.	"There Goes My Everything" (non-album single, May 12, 1967 )	Dallas Frazier	2:56
3.	"The Last Waltz" (from The Last Waltz, 1967)	Les Reed, Barry Mason	3:02
4.	"Am I That Easy to Forget" (non-album single, January 5, 1968 )	Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson	3:08
5.	"Quando Quando Quando" (from A Man Without Love, 1968)	Tony Renis, Alberto Testa	3:19
6.	"Spanish Eyes" (from A Man Without Love)	Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder	3:12
7.	"Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" (from Engelbert, 1969)	Les Reed, Barry Mason	3:11
8.	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (from A Man Without Love)	Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	3:37
9.	"My World (Il Mondo)" (from Release Me)	Carlo Pes, Lilli Greco, Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Robert Mellin	3:06
10.	"There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" (from Release Me)	Les Reed, Geoff Stephens	3:00
11.	"Everybody Knows (We're Through)" (from The Last Waltz)	Les Reed, Barry Mason	2:16
12.	"My Cherie Amour" (from We Made It Happen, 1970)	Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby	3:05
13.	"Sweetheart" (from Sweetheart, 1971)	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb	3:01
14.	"Love Letters" (from Engelbert Humperdinck, 1969)	Edward Heyman, Victor Young	2:20
15.	"Stand By Me" (from Let There Be Love, 2005)	Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	3:39
16.	"Let There Be Love" (from Let There Be Love)	Lionel Rand, Ian Grant	2:43
17.	"Have I Told You Lately" (from Christmas Eve, 1994)	Van Morrison	4:02
18.	"If" (from I Want to Wake Up with You, 2001)	David Gates	3:34
19.	"I Don't Want to Call It Goodbye"	Kelvin Andrews, Richard Scott, Scott Ralph	4:35

CD 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just the Two of Us" (from Let There Be Love)	Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers	3:35
2.	"A Man Without Love (Quando m'innamoro)" (from A Man Without Love)	Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Roberto Livraghi, Barry Mason	3:19
3.	"The Way It Used to Be" (from Engelbert)	Francesco Cassano, Corrado Conti, Gianni Argenio, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway	3:09
4.	"Winter World of Love" (from Engelbert Humperdinck)	Les Reed, Barry Mason	3:19
5.	"Ten Guitars" (from Release Me)	Gordon Mills	2:37
6.	"My Marie" (non-album single, May 22, 1970 )	Tony Macaulay, Barry Mason	3:07
7.	"Strangers in the Night" (from At His Very Best, 2000)	Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder	3:30
8.	"Another Time, Another Place" (from Another Time, Another Place, 1971)	Eddie Seago, Mike Leander	3:03
9.	"Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (February 10, 1967 recording released on Love Letters, 1978)	Mickey Newbury	2:56
10.	"Dance the Night Away" (from At His Very Best)	Raul Malo	4:17
11.	"A Place in the Sun" (from The Last Waltz)	Ron Miller, Bryan Wells	2:43
12.	"Stardust" (August 11, 1967 recording officially released on 1989 CD re-issue of A Man Without Love')	Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish	2:59
13.	"It Had to Be You" (from Let There Be Love)	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	3:49
14.	"Too Beautiful to Last" (from In Time, 1972)	Paul Francis Webster, Richard Rodney Bennett	3:06
15.	"This Guy's in Love with You" (from I Want to Wake Up with You)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	4:20
16.	"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)" (from Engelbert Humperdinck)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:48
17.	"She" (from I Want to Wake Up with You)	Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer	3:42
18.	"What a Wonderful World" (from A Man Without Love)	George Douglas, George David Weiss	2:43
19.	"I Followed My Heart"	Jon Allen	4:30
20.	"Release Me - DBU Remix"	Eddie Miller, James Pebworth, Robert Yount	3:27

Personnel

• Horns: Richard Scott ("I Don't Want to Call It Goodbye")
• Drum Programming, Bass, Keyboards, Piano: Drew Horley ("Release Me - DBU Remix")
• Pecussion, Additional Programming: Howard Lewis ("Release Me - DBU Remix")
• Guitar: Kwadjo Amponsem ("Release Me - DBU Remix")
• Background Vocals: Lynieve Austin ("Release Me - DBU Remix")

Charts

Peak positions

Country	Position	Entry date
UK Official Charts	5	June 1, 2017
Belgium Ultratop (Flanders)	76	May 27, 2017

External links

• 50 (Decca 5761933) at Discogs

• AllMusic - 50 overview

• engelbert.com - 50 album detail