Eh, Paisano! 100% Italian-American Classics

1	That's Amore / Dean Martin 3:07
2	Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) / Domenico Modugno 3:36
3	Mama / Connie Francis 3:58
4	Angelina/Zooma Zooma / Louis Prima 4:21
5	Mala Femmina / Jerry Vale 2:34
6	Pepino the Italian Mouse / Lou Monte 2:40
7	Spanish Eyes / Al Martino 2:46
8	Eh, Cumpari / Julius LaRosa 2:26
9	Cara, Mia / Jay & the Americans 2:34
10	Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina) / Domenico Modugno 2:15
11	Runaround / The Three Chuckles 3:07
12	Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody / Louis Prima 4:43
13	Here in My Heart / Keely Smith 3:00
14	For the First Time (Come Prima) / Tony Reno & The Sherwoods 2:10
15	Al-Di-La / Emilio Pericoli 2:05
16	Love Is a Many Splendored Thing / The Four Aces 2:59
17	Darktown Strutters' Ball / Lou Monte Italian Style 2:41
18	Innamorata / Jerry Vale Sweetheart 2:52

Barnes & Noble

It's nice to be Italian. The wine is good, the food can't be beat, and it's comforting to know that you probably have a distant cugino who can take care of "that little problem you had upstate." Eh, Paisano! is another reason to celebrate the Italian-American experience, whether or not you're Italian. This collection of crooner classics reads like a set list for the local goodfella wedding singer. The immortal "That's Amoré" by Dean Martin (real name Dino Paul Crocetti) is almost as good as momma's homemade gravy (or sauce, as Americans like to call it). Songs like Louis Prima's "Angelina and Zooma Zooma" and Lou Monte's "Peppino, the Italian Mouse" will get all the grandmas away from the buffet and doing the tarantella. And not even Tony Soprano could resist Julius LaRosa's hysterical "Eh, Cumpari?" There are also plenty of beautiful ballads that will leave you weeping in your chianti, dreaming of the homeland. So what if there's no Frank Sinatra on this disc? All the real Italians have all his music already anyway. Mangia! Chris (my mother's Italian) MacDermott

All Music Guide

The concept behind Eh, Paisano! 100% Italian-American Classics -- namely, 18 tracks of pop standards and Italian songs from the '50s and '60s, sung by crooners like Dean Martin, Louis Prima, and Lou Monte -- may be a little cutesy, but it works surprisingly well. Even with tracks by pop acts like Jay & the Americans and Connie Francis, the album is a focused, if occasionally campy, collection of classics like "Volare," "That's Amore," and "Eh Cumpari." It may be designed to appeal to the kitsch-addled hipsters of the '90s cocktail nation, but the music on Eh, Paisano! is so strong, such quibbles don't matter -- it's one of the most enjoyable collections of mainstream pop assembled in the mid-'90s. Stephen Thomas Erlewine