Gently
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Angel Records | |||
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CD |
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Jazz, soft rock, traditional pop |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
40m: 25s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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Gently is Liza Minnelli's tenth studio album . It was released in 1996. It was released without single releases.
background
Gently was Minnelli's first studio album in seven years. She primarily recorded jazz standards from the Great American Songbook . An exception is her duet with Donna Summer : Does He Love You is the reinterpretation of the hit of the same name by country singer Reba McEntire and her colleague Linda Davis , which reached number one in the country charts in 1993.
Track list
- Chances Are (Duet with Johnny Mathis ) (Allen, Stillman) - 3:15
- You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown, Kahn) - 3:37
- Embraceable You ( Ira Gershwin , George Gershwin ) - 4:29
- Close Your Eyes (Petkere) - 3:36
- Some Cats Know (Leiber, Stoller) - 3:58
- Lost in You (Leiber, Stoller) - 3:59
- I Got Lost in His Arms ( Irving Berlin ) - 3:32
- It Had to Be You (Jones, Kahn) - 3:32
- Never Let Me Go (Evans, Livingston) - 3:16
- Does He Love You (duet with Donna Summer ) (Knox, Billy Stritch ) - 4:54
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (with Herbie Hancock ) (Hilliard, Mann) - 4:17
reception
Liza Minnelli's biographer Scott Schechter noticed a certain sobriety in Minnelli's singing, but at the same time a rich depth. Minnelli herself commented on her work with the words: “My singing is not ostentatious or lively. That's just me. "
The well-known music critic William Ruhlmann added Liza Minnelli's expressiveness as a singer as a plus point for the album. However, the listener is misled by the title of the album ( Gently = "in a gentle way"), because Minnelli does not sing softly and gently. Her voice is filled with warmth, strength and dynamism. With this varied album, she also referred to her musical roots in the admission that she could no longer reach a younger audience.
Gently was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996 for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance” .
swell
- Official website of the Grammy Awards
- All Music Guide by William Ruhlmann
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 154.
- ↑ http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Minnelli,_Liza/Discography/album/P3130/R235140/
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)