The Singer
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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LP |
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Pop, R&B, soft rock, soul jazz |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
30m: 34s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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The Singer is the seventh studio album by Liza Minnelli . It appeared in 1973; It was named after the song of the same name by Walter Marks and contained current singer-songwriter hits.
background
Following the success of the Cabaret and Liza with a 'Z' soundtracks , both awarded gold, Liza Minnelli was signed to Columbia Records . After her international popularity through cabaret and the television produced concert film Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television was suddenly enlarged, hopes were made for the commercial success of a modern pop album through the skillful exploitation of Minnelli's potential.
No new songs were written especially for Minnelli; Popular songs such as Bill Withers ' Use Me and Stevie Wonders You Are the Sunshine of My Life found their way into the arrangements . She didn’t include a song by her favorite lyricist Fred Ebb in her repertoire.
Track list
- I Believe in Music ( Mac Davis ) - 3:39
- Use Me ( Bill Withers ) - 3:41
- I'd Love You to Want Me ( Lobo ) - 3:38
- Oh babe what would you say? (Smith) - 3:33
- You're So Vain ( Carly Simon ) - 3:32
- Where is the love? ( Ralph MacDonald , William Salter) - 2:50
- The Singer (Walter Marks) - 2:33
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight ( James Taylor ) - 3:51
- Dancing in the Moonlight (Sherman Kelly) - 3:20
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life ( Stevie Wonder ) - 2:39
- Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me (Mac Davis) - 2:51
Singles
The song The Singer was released as a single by Columbia in 1972; on its B-side was the song Mr. Emory .
reception
The music critic William Ruhlmann emphasizes that after Cabaret and Liza with a 'Z' it was hardly possible to find a comparable, similarly sophisticated concept to establish the entertainer Liza Minnelli in her entirety as a studio singer. On this album only the song The Singer demands her whole talent as a singer. All in all, it seems as if the artist herself had chosen the individual tracks at random while listening to the car radio on the way to the recording studio. They actually do their best, but the songs would have been presented much more credibly by the original singer-songwriters of the 1972/73 season (Mac Davis, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Bill Withers). The Singer was a missed opportunity to help Minnelli to a career as a pop singer as well as one as an actress and live entertainer.
The Singer entered the Top 40 of the Billboard Charts and is Minnelli's highest-ranked studio album on the US market to date .
Web links
- The Singer at Allmusic (English)
swell
- ↑ A detailed complete discography with recording and publication dates etc. can be found at Schechter: Scrapbook. Pp. 125-158.
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)