Confessions (Liza Minnelli album)
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Decca Records | |||
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CD |
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jazz |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
42:08 |
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Bruce Roberts |
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Chalkboard Studios & Elsewhere, Los Angeles |
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Confessions is the eleventh studio album by Liza Minnelli . It was released on September 21, 2010.
background
Liza Minnelli, who stood out primarily as an interpreter of musical songs and pop standards with great orchestral accompaniment, specialized on this album in the ballad-like processing of jazz standards by several composers and songwriters of the Great American Songbook . This time the instrumental accompaniment was provided by the pianist Billy Stritch , who had worked with Minnelli for many years; Sometimes a rhythm section also played.
The album was advertised under the aspect that Minnelli was a sensitive singer with an emphasis on the intention of the individual songs. The statements of the songwriters should be in the foreground. Minnelli distanced herself from her energetic, dynamic interpretation. She herself described the songs she recorded as her favorite and most intimate, which she had previously only sung privately in front of friends and acquaintances.
Track list
- Confession ( Howard Dietz , Arthur Schwartz ) - 1:46
- You Fascinate Me So ( Cy Coleman , Carolyn Leigh) - 3:11
- All the Way ( Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 4:10
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You ( Ray Noble ) - 2:47
- This Heart of Mine ( Harry Warren , Arthur Freed ) - 2:47
- I Got Lost in His Arms ( Irving Berlin ) - 3:44
- Remind Me ( Jerome Kern , Dorothy Fields ) - 3:06
- Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere) - 2:53
- He's a Tramp ( Peggy Lee , Francis J. Burke) - 2:34
- I Must Have That Man (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy HeHugh) - 3:32
- On Such a Night as This (Marshall Barer, Hugh Martin) - 3:54
- Moments like This ( Burton Lane , Frank Loesser ) - 2:46
- If I Had You ( James Campbell , Ted Shapiro, Reginald Connelly) - 4:49
- At Last (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon ) - 3:29
reception
Most of the technical criticism criticized Minnelli's fragile voice, which sometimes no longer does justice to the melodies. In addition, the recording of the two songs I Got Lost in His Arms and Close Your Eyes, which had already been made for her studio album Gently (1996), was rated as not exactly original or creative. As the music critic John Bush notes, however, Minnelli ignores the negative voices and, despite her vocal weaknesses, gets everything out of herself without necessarily taking herself seriously.
Individual evidence
Studio albums: Liza! Liza! (1964) | It Amazes Me (1965) | There Is a Time (1966) | Liza Minnelli (1968) | Come Saturday Morning (1969) | New Feelin ' (1970) | The Singer (1973) | Tropical Nights (1977) | Results (1989) | Gently (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... (2009) | Confessions (2010)
Live albums: Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium (1965) | Liza Minnelli Live at the Olympia in Paris (1972) | Live at the Winter Garden (1974) | Liza Minnelli Live at Carnegie Hall (1981) | By Myself (1983) | Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall (1987) | Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall (1992) | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993) | Aznavour / Minnelli: Paris-Palais des Congrès. Intégrale du Spectacle (1995) | Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at The Palace (2000) | Liza's Back (2002)
Compilations: Maybe This Time (1978) | Lovely! Lively! Liza! (1987) | Highlights from the Carnegie Hall Concerts (1988) | The Liza Minnelli Foursider (1990) | Liza (1994) | Touch of Class (1997) | Collection (1998) | Blue Moon / Maybe This Time (1998) | Pink (1999) | All That Jazz (2000) | Magic Collection: Liza Minnelli (2000) | Millennium Edition (2000) | The Capitol Years (2001) | Simply the Best (2001) | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Liza Minnelli (2001) | Ultimate Collection (2001) | Blue Moon (2002) | Essential (2003) | The Best of Liza Minnelli (2004) | When It Comes Down to It, 1968-1977 (2004) | Say Liza (2005) | The Complete Capitol Collection (2006) | The Complete A&M Recordings, 1968–1972 (2008) | Best of Liza Minnelli (2008) | Finest (2008) | Cabaret ... and All That Jazz: The Liza Minnelli Anthology (2010)
Soundtracks: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. From the ABC TV Musical Comedy Special (1966) | Cabaret. Original Soundtrack Recording (1972) | Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television (1972) | Lucky lady. Original Soundtrack Recording (1975) | A matter of time. Soundtrack (1976) | New York, New York. Original Motion Picture Score (1977) | Journey Back to Oz (1980) | Stepping out. Music from the Original Soundtrack (1991) | Sex and the City 2. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Show Cast Albums: Best Foot Forward. Original Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording (1963) | Flora the Red Menace. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965) | The Act. Original Broadway Cast Album (1977) | The rink. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1984) | The Life. World Premiere Recording (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... Original Cast Recording (2009)