It amazes me
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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LP |
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Jazz, musical, traditional pop |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
32m: 41s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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Si Rady |
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It Amazes Me is Liza Minnelli's second studio album . It was recorded in December 1964 and January 1965 and was released in March 1965. His songs are included in full on the compilation The Complete Capitol Collection (2006).
background
Just like with her first studio album Liza! Liza! Minnelli recorded musical songs and jazz standards by lyricists and composers such as George Gershwin , Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers , Cole Porter . Once again, Peter Matz was responsible for the arrangements and recording management. The tracks also include a contemporary song by Broadway duo John Kander and Fred Ebb ( Plenty of Time ), who wrote the musical Flora the Red Menace , in which Minnelli made her Broadway debut in April 1965. I Never Have Seen Snow , written by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote as I Never Has Seen Snow , comes from their musical House of Flowers from 1954, which had turned out to be a big artistic flop at the time.
Track list
- Wait Til You See Him ( Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers ) - 2:47
- My Shining Hour ( Harold Arlen , Mercer) - 3:23
- I Like the Likes of You (Duke, Harburg) - 2:17
- It Amazes Me (Coleman, Leigh) - 3:10
- Looking at You ( Cole Porter ) - 2:40
- I Never Have Seen Snow (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote ) - 4:52
- Plenty of Time ( Fred Ebb , John Kander ) - 4:19
- For Every Man There's a Woman (Harold Arlen, Robin) - 2:41
- Lorelei ( George Gershwin ) - 2:35
- Shouldn't there be lightning? (Alexander, Goldenberg) - 3:08
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Cox) - 2:49
None of the existing tracks was released as a single.
reception
Since her first LP, Scott Schechter (Liza Minnelli's biographer) has developed her performance skills, which can be seen here in the songs I Never Have Seen Snow and Plenty of Time . The orchestral accompaniment is more sumptuous and the sound quality is higher than in the previous work.
Music critic William Ruhlmann calls Liza Minnelli " Barbra Streisand's little sister" because of her musical style . She was gradually breaking away from just sounding like a younger version of her mother Judy Garland . Arranger Peter Matz is apparently in love with the melodies of old Broadway songwriters; here, however, he did not select her better-known songs for recording. Minnelli feels more comfortable with the more contemporary compositions (although also written by Broadway copywriters); the classical standards often sound wrong, even though Minnelli sings exactly as it is prescribed. More up-to-date songs, for example Ebbs and Kander's Plenty of Time, are clearly more believable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 14 and pp. 130-132.
- ↑ a b http://www.allmusic.com/album/it-amazes-me-mw0000848994 accessed on January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 131.
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, pp. 131-132.
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)