Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25132 in Music
• Released on: 1996-08-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Compilation
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Only Thing Missing is the Lava Lamp
If you are looking for the music that bachelors set to come out of the Hi-Fi, then look no further. This is the ultimate tribute to the bachelor pad, complete with leopard print throw pillows and some kitsch for good measure.

The CD starts with the "Route 66" theme and then plunges right into "Caravan" and the sultry "Sexe" (which was probably extemely risque for its time). "Cool," an instrumental take on the West Side Story song, is a gem. You will find yourself slowly tapping your foot to "Night Train" and thinking about those old "gentlemen's clubs" featuring women in outrageous costumes slowly stripping their way to a one-piece swimsuit (Oh, the scandal!). The rest of the CD provides some great music of the era of bacehlor pads.

Interestingly enough, if you ever wondered what a true bachelor pad was like, you can watch "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" to see Dick Shawn at his smarmiest as he and his girlfriend burn incense and do pseudo-yoga in his bachelor pad.

This CD is perfect for cocktails or just to enjoy something very laid back. Just add a lava lamp and stir.

Ultra-Lounge Royale
Need a little spice in your CD collection? Well, my friend, Ultra-Lounge's "Bachelor Pad Royale" is the disc for you. This collection of cool, swingin instrumentals makes use of organs, trumpets, saxophones, pianos, and even the occasional "ooo wah" for a wild mix of tunes suitable for the wolf on the prowl. Every song -- from Milt Buckner's organ-piano conversation, "The Beast," to Sam Butera's brassy "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" -- exudes classy, but brazen sex appeal. In addition, you'll get so much more than just music. Ultra-Lounge includes drink recipes in each CD's booklet, as well as measurement & glassware tips, and a few blurbs relating to the selection.

This installment of the Ultra-Lounge series is a must-have mix of cocktail music for the hep bachelor or bachelorette. You'll find 18 melodies to make you feel like the whistling wolf in those steamy Tex Avery 'Red Hot Riding Hood' cartoons (or vice versa for us ladies). Sure, some of the tunes are more Spy-theme oriented, but on the whole this disc stays true to its title. Five stars for a series that never disappoints.

Great early addition to ultra lounge series
As usual, sparking and nostalgic music for the mature set. Mp3 dude from NYC apparently doesn't understand the ultra lounge project. Yes there are lots of instrumentals, but in the 25 cd's (that's twenty five cd volumes "mp3 dude") in this set there are tons of vocals. In fact absolutely everything, including several Christmas volumes. Perhaps mp3 dude should stay out of the pottery barn and ultra lounge's home page to learn about Ultra Lounge before down-rating something he knows very little about.