Love, Life and Feelings
Love, Life and Feelings | ||||
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Studio album by Shirley Bassey | ||||
Released | May 1976 | |||
Genre | Vocal / MOR | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Martin Davis | |||
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Love, Life and Feelings is the 21st studio album from Shirley Bassey, released in 1976 on the United Artists label.[1] The album peaked at #13 in the UK album chart,[2] and charted at #149 in the Billboard 200. Love, Life and Feelings was awarded silver record status by the British Phonographic Industry, with sales of more than 60,000 copies.[3] It features covers of contemporary pop songs from the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as "Alone Again (Naturally)" the 1972 UK #3 single from Gilbert O'Sullivan and "The Way I Want to Touch You" from Captain & Tennille alongside "What I Did for Love", from the musical A Chorus Line written by Marvin Hamlisch.
Singles released from the album include "Natali", an Italian song with lyrics by Norman Newell, which was issued with the non-album track "Runaway" ("E poi..." Andrea Lovecchio, Shel Shapiro) as the B-side; the song was recorded in Italian and English by the Italian singer Mina. This track has of 2011 not been re-issued on CD.
Love, Life and Feelings was issued originally on 33⅓rpm vinyl and audio cassette with sleeve cover photography by Richard Avedon. The album was re-issued on a double CD set in 2006, by BGO Records, together with the 1974 album Nobody Does It Like Me.
Track listing
Side One.
- "What I Did for Love" (Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch) - 3.47
- "The Hungry Years" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) - 4.36
- "Born to Lose" (Sergio Bardotti, Dario Bembo, Norman Newell) - 5:46
- "Everything That Touches You" (Michael Kamen) - 3.22
- "Isn't It a Shame (Randy Edelman) - 3.47
- "Midnight Blue" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) - 4.11
Side Two.
- "The Way I Want to Touch You" (Toni Tennille) - 3.17
- "Natali" (Balsamo, Norman Newell) - 5.02
- "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson) - 3.41
- "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - 4.54
- "Feelings" (Morris Albert) - 4.46
- "If I Never Sing Another Song" (Don Black, Udo Jürgens) - 4.04
Personnel
- Shirley Bassey – vocal
- Martin Davis - producer
- Arthur Greenslade - arranger, conductor
- Martin Rushent - engineer
References
- ^ Shirley Bassey Love, Life and Feelings at AllMusic
- ^ Shirley Bassey on officialcharts.com
- ^ BPI (manual search) Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
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