Liza Minnelli (album)
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | A&M Records | |||
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LP |
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Musical, pop, traditional pop |
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11 |
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27m: 17s |
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Larry Marks |
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Liza Minnelli is the fourth studio album by Liza Minnelli . It was recorded in Los Angeles from October to December 1967 and was released in the summer of 1968. All songs are included in their entirety on the compilation The Complete A&M Recordings (2008).
background
In 1967 Minnelli was signed to A&M Records . With the first studio album named after her, she expanded her repertoire to include contemporary pop songs such as the title song Look of Love written by Burt Bacharach for the movie Casino Royale , the Beatles song For No One and Sonny Bono's You'd , in line with the current requirements of the music industry Better sit down, kids . Also with (The Tragedy of) Butterfly McHeart a song penned by her former husband Peter Allen included on the album. Minnelli also recorded a few stage standards, here for example My Mammy , an old signature song by her mother Judy Garland . With Married and Happy Time , two songs by the musical duo Kander / Ebb also flowed into the arrangements, for which Peter Matz , Nick DeCaro, Bob Thompson and J. Hill were responsible.
Track list
- Debutante's Ball ( Randy Newman ) - 2:55
- Happyland (Randy Newman) - 2:26
- Look of Love ( Burt Bacharach , Hal David ) - 3:30
- (The Tragedy of) Butterfly McHeart ( Peter Allen ) - 2:19
- Waiting for My Friend ( John Addison , George Melly ) - 2:49
- Married ( John Kander , Fred Ebb ) - 1:32
- You'd Better Sit Down, Kids ( Sonny Bono ) - 3:22
- So Long Dad (Randy Newman) - 2:07
- For No One ( John Lennon , Paul McCartney ) - 2:28
- My Mammy ( Walter Donaldson , Sam M. Lewis) - 3:03
- Happy Time (John Kander, Fred Ebb) - 2:46
reception
The critic JT Griffith describes the album Liza Minnelli as a dynamic and successful compilation of many singer-songwriter hits with classic Broadway numbers. The Hi-Fi / Stereo Review Magazine has named it the "Best Album of the Year".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. Citadel, New York 2004, ISBN 0-8065-2611-4 , pp. 134-135.
- ↑ a b Liza Minnelli [1968]. from: allmusic.com , accessed January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Schechter 2008: Pre-Z. Liza Before the Z. Liner Notes for The Complete A&M Recordings 2008.
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)