New feelin '
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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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Bluegrass, country soul, pop |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
27 m, 17 s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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New Feelin is the sixth studio album by Liza Minnelli . It was released in 1970.
background
Despite Liza Minnelli's growing international popularity, her albums continued to sell poorly on A&M Records ; Already at this time it became clear that she was much more successful as a stage singer than with her studio recordings.
Although Minnelli had released a pop album, Come Saturday Morning , contrary to the record label's expectations, this album did not enter the charts either. A compromise was therefore reached with the singer: She was allowed to play standards from the musical and jazz sectors - but these should be reproduced in a contemporary sound. For this purpose, the individual songs were mixed in country - soul style.
For this album Liza Minnelli again recorded her signature song Maybe This Time by the musical duo Kander / Ebb .
Track list
- Love for Sale ( Cole Porter ) - 2:36
- Stormy Weather ( Harold Arlen , Koehler) - 2:42
- Come Rain or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Mercer) - 3:11
- Lazy Bones (Carmichael, Mercer) - 2:32
- Can't Help Lovin 'That Man of Mine (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein ) - 2:38
- (I Wonder Where My) Easy Rider's Gone (Brooks) - 2:59
- Main I Love ( Ira Gershwin , George Gershwin ) - 2:48
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) - 3:02
- God Bless the Child (Holiday, Herzog) - 3:32
- Maybe This Time ( John Kander , Fred Ebb ) - 3:17
reception
In terms of conception and execution, New Feelin 'is considered to be their worst album by Minnelli's biographer Scott Schechter. Jazz standards by Porter, Hammerstein, Gershwin and Holiday were arranged in bluegrass and country-soul acoustics, and wrong decisions were made with the vocal arrangements. The album was at number 158 on the charts for three weeks and Minnelli appeared on many television shows for promotional purposes.
The music critic William Ruhlmann attributes the fact that this album was also a commercial failure to Minnelli's musical direction: Despite her young years, she was not a fan of contemporary rock music , but still clung to traditional pop. However, New Feelin ' advanced to one of their most modern albums , although all songs can be attributed to the classic Great American Songbook , as all tracks were recorded in contemporary acoustics. Due to the background and instrumental accompaniment, Minnelli sang louder and more energetically than necessary. Packing the traditional pieces in a contemporary musical garb is neither their personal style nor the way they are performed. She is not like Aretha Franklin or Dusty Springfield , whose element are the soulful numbers. Ruhlmann therefore describes the album as a failed experiment.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 138.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-feelin-mw0000848837 , accessed on January 18, 2014.
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)