George Benson - Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (WEA)

With its gentle, swinging, Sinatra-style big band feel, this sounds like it should be the backing for one of those Kodak adverts with all the Me kids prancing round and Granny walking in with jelly and balloons, while Dad gets out the Instamatic. Then again, maybe not. (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, April 11, 1985)

This old French cabaret standard is given the big band treatment. While the arranger gets full marks for some neat brass pyrotechnics, George comes over like Dean Martin with a hangover. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, April 20, 1985)

"Beyond The Sea" sounds like Andy Williams doing the theme from Top Cat. Puzzling. (Stuart Husband, No 1, April 20, 1985)