Valentine’s Day Desperation

These all came out over the past two weeks:

That’s right, two different Frank Sinatra ballad collections, both released on the same day. Keep in mind that’s in addition to 2001’s Love Songs, 2007’s Romance: Songs from the Heart, and 2008’s Beautiful Ballads and Love Songs.  Amazon shows that Dean Martin has four additional love song collections in print and another one coming out in a couple of weeks.

I guess I really don’t have a point with this except that the whole thing stinks of desperation from the recording industry.  Maybe this is the first time I noticed this, but that seems like a lot of romance-themed collections to come out in the span of two weeks.

Here’s another thing, wouldn’t the Air Supply romance collection essentially be the same as their greatest hits?  I’m too lazy to check but my spidey-sense tells me that yes they are.

And for fuck’s sake people, instead of buying that Miles Davis collection just pick up Kind of Blue.