Whether you're hosting a small gathering of fellow martini lovers or enjoying a martini alone, you
must have the proper music to set the mood. You won't find any Top 40 here. This music is set to slow things down. The flowing
tunes are perfectly suited to enjoying a cocktail and relaxing.
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 | Best of Tom Jones, The
Despite the killing hokiness of some of his material--"The Young New Mexican Puppeteer," anyone? Anyone?--Tom Jones has always had an ear for songs and the hefty voice to apply to them; Prince's "Kiss," with its line about watching Dynasty, was made for Jones. 
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 | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
How can you go wrong with a name like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy? To paraphrase Ricardo Montalban “Quienes tu Padre?”
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 | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - This Beautiful Life
We find the cover art to be very disturbing. If they hadn’t have done a tribute to Frank on the final track we probably never would have taken it out of the wrapper. Alien Kiwanis’ scare us…
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 | Brompton's Cocktail
contemporary yet evocative of many decades past. All songs on this record allude to all eras of Pop and Rock past in an exquisite hi-ball that is shaken and stirred.
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 | Chill Out Lounge
Soothing melodic rhythms, flowing silky tones and a naked woman with headphones on the cover…
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 | Cocktail Hour
A wonderful collection of American classics -- great to listen to, fun to dance to
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 | Cocktail Hour: Danny Kaye
I can't think of a more virtuosic and versatile entertainer than Danny Kaye. Comedian, actor, singer, orchestra conductor, television host, and master of language.
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 | Cocktail Hour: Doris Day
Best remembered as the squeaky clean, quintessentially wholesome American professional-virgin-next-door in a successful series of light romantic Hollywood comedies
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 | Cocktail Hour: Perry Como
Before there was laid back, there was Perry Como. And if anyone's vocal delivery could make Bing Crosby's seem jittery and angst-ridden, it was Como's.
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 | Cocktail Mix
This is a selection of tunes any jazz lover or party goer will be able to groove with. With classic tracks like Baby Elephant Walk, this album offers lots easy fun.
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 | Dean Martin - Capitol Years
2 CD’s – which means there are roughly 34 songs on here you’ve never heard before. So, to fool people into thinking you know all the classic Dean material just hold out your arms every couple songs, look to the sky and sing something like “mmmmrrraaaaaa!!”. Nobody will be able to tell the difference.
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 | Dean Martin - King of Cool
Only Dino could call himself the King of Cool and not be ridiculed while being pelted with backgammon pieces until he burst into blubbery tears. Believe us, we know from experience.
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 | Eighteenth Street Lounge Soundtracks - Jet Society
Falling loosely under the rubric of the '90s lounge/exotica craze--specifically the revival of interest in bossa nova, samba, and Brazilian-inflected jazz-funk styles--this CD culls a consistently interesting set of tracks from a widespread network of musicians and record labels.
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 | Frank Sinatra - Capitol Years
75 of the classiest songs ever made. Frankie’s greatest to remind you that music in the new millennium sounds like aluminum siding (bland and tinny).
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 | Frank Sinatra - Duets II
Frank salvages the careers of some washed up, over-the-hill rock stars (except Willie Nelson – he will forever rock!). Frank was such a charitable guy!
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 | Jazz Moods
This record is a great one for both jazz fans and newcomers alike. Classic stuff that you can listen to where ever and when ever you want.
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 | Lounge Against the Machine
Lounge remakes of heavy hits from Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Limp Bizkit. Funny and unnerving, all in one. A most have!
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 | Lounge Brigade - Put Some Style in It
A collection of great modern rock hits reworked for the lounge. This CD is what you'd get if you threw Nirvana, Beck, No Doubt, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frankie in a blender and hit Puree. Goes down smooth.
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 | Lounge Music Goes Latin
This CD features two of the biggest hits of the era; The Girl from Ipanema and Guantanamera. Both are fondly and easily recollected.
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 | M*A*S*H Soundtrack
The "soundtrack" album for the Robert Altman film version of "M*A*S*H" is an interesting combination of music and clips from the film. You have to remember that way back when, before there were VCRs in every room of every house, you could not enjoy your favorite films back at home. Albums like this were the exception.
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 | Nervous Cocktail Mix, The
a perfect blend between being in a low-slung, dark club in New York and a fabulous dance floor in San Francisco.
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 | Om Lounge
From San Francisco's Om Records, Om Lounge Vol.5, like it's predecessors, takes you on a journey of pleasant, melodic mid-tempo beats and international vocal and instrumental gems. Perhaps this should be called Cocktails Del Mar. 13 tracks.
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 | Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam!
Sammy Davis Jr ruined his reputation by playing the ultra-cool hipster with a 4-inch cigarette, high heels and day-glo feather boas for most of the 1970s. It's a shame he's most remembered as the target of Billy Crystal's rather lame humor, instead of as the incredible singer he really was.
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 | Swingers
It's ironic that the success of director Doug Liman's microbudgeted Swingers brought the sensibilities of the underground lounge music revival to a broader American audience; in many other countries, Frank, Dino, Sammy, Bobby Darin, and Count Basie have long been revered as cultural heroes.
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 | The Fantasticks
The longest running musical in the history of the world, The Fantasticks is actually the sequel to the surprisingly less successful 'The So-So's'.
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 | Three Martini Jazz
This is an amazing CD--2 great prewar Ella tracks, Fats Waller's
"Honeysuckle Rose", the "Casa Loma Stomp," and Joe Venuti's "Stringin' the Blues," maybe the greatest jazz violin track ever.
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 | Tom Sings the 60's
he is one of the enduring personalities in the music entertainment business.
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 | Ultra Lounge
Eighteen tracks, plus a bonus, and probably 7 really good ones. All in all, a good collection.
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 | Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
One of a handful of pop groups in the latter half of the 1990s to exploit the renewed interest in American roots (swing, big band, soul) music, this Eugene, Oregon ensemble scored big with a neat modern update of the old school.
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