Tropical nights
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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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Disco, pop |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
33m: 58s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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Rik Pekkonen, Steve March (Waylentsote Productions) |
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Studio (s) |
Hollywood Sound Recorders, Western Studio One |
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Tropical Nights is a studio album by Liza Minnelli . It was released in July 1977; the recordings were made at the end of January 1977. Six of the nine songs are by Jim Grady; it is named after the song of the same name by Mark Winkler.
background
As a studio artist, Minnelli had previously had little success; and Tropical Nights sold only moderately and the Billboard charts did not reach. After over four years, she took on another studio album for Columbia. Biographer Schechter describes the musical genre of the LP as "'California'-type sound": Minnelli mainly recorded songs by Jim Grady in the current pop and disco style. The album was recorded after the shooting of her film New York, New York and before her engagement as leading actress on the Broadway musical The Act .
In February 2002 the album was also released on CD (Sony / DRG Records). Individual tracks from Tropical Nights can be found on the compilation When It Comes Down to It. 1968-1977 .
Track list
- Jimi Jimi (Jim Grady) - 3:59
- When It Comes Down to It (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph) - 3:36
- I Love Every Little Thing About You ( Stevie Wonder ) - 3:12
- Easy (Jim Grady) - 3:43
- I'm Your New Best Friend (Jim Grady, Dave Miller) - 3:07
- Medley: Tropical Nights (Mark Winkler) / Bali ha'i ( Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein ) - 6:17
- Take Me Through / I Could Come to Love You (Jim Grady) - 4:30
- Come Home Babe (Jim Grady) - 3:27
- A Beautiful Thing (Jim Grady) - 3:27
reception
The renowned music critic William Ruhlman ascribes the failure of the album to Liza Minnelli's busy work as an entertainer and actress in the mid-1970s; she would not have had enough time to advertise the album Tropical Nights and, moreover, the responsible label Columbia Records would not have made any effort to do so. But even if Columbia had got involved, it would not have been certain that Tropical Nights would actually have been a success. Minnelli's excursion into disco and funk music was not a success; her talent as a singer - especially her emotional style of interpretation - would literally be buried in the acoustics. The last two songs Come Home Babe and A Beautiful Thing alone could present her as a serious artist. The downright confusing album would have crippled Liza Minnelli's work as a studio singer for years.
literature
- Scott Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook . New York City: Citadel, 2004 (here: pp. 142–143). ISBN 0-8065-2611-4 .
Web links
- Tropical Nights at allmusicguide.com ( accessed July 15, 2009) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, pp. 142-143.
- ↑ a b http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Minnelli,_Liza/Discography/album/P3130/R449582/
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)