No Strings (Sheena Easton album)
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No Strings is Sheena Easton
's 11th album and a departure from the Pop and R&B style of her earlier records. With jazz-tinged arrangements by Patrice Rushen
, Easton sings standards
but without any string instruments performing. The album was released August 3, 1993. The album was critically acclaimed by Jazz critics and Allmusic.com gave it 4 stars.
The disc was recorded live. Easton wanted to record the disc in a similar fashion to Capitol Records
sessions of the 1960s. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack of "Indecent Proposal
" and released as a promo single in some European markets.
Entertainment Weekly (08/13/1993)
No Strings—Sheena conquers the cabaret scene; the album works.
Jazz Times, June 1994
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
's 11th album and a departure from the Pop and R&B style of her earlier records. With jazz-tinged arrangements by Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...
, Easton sings standards
Standard (music)
In music, a standard is a tune or song of established popularity.-See also:* Blues standard* Jazz standard* Pop standard* Great American Songbook-Further reading:* Greatest Rock Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0793588391...
but without any string instruments performing. The album was released August 3, 1993. The album was critically acclaimed by Jazz critics and Allmusic.com gave it 4 stars.
The disc was recorded live. Easton wanted to record the disc in a similar fashion to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
sessions of the 1960s. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack of "Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal is a 1993 drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Jack Engelhard. It was directed by Adrian Lyne and stars Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson.-Plot:...
" and released as a promo single in some European markets.
Editorial reviews
...a warm, assured stylist, whose affection for these American classics is infectious... Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (08/13/1993)
No Strings—Sheena conquers the cabaret scene; the album works.
Jazz Times, June 1994
Track listing
- Someone to Watch Over MeSomeone to Watch over Me (song)"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! , where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence...
- Medley: I'm in the Mood for LoveI'm in the Mood for Love"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1935. It was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight released that year...
/Moody's Mood For LoveMoody's Mood for Love"Moody's Mood for Love" is jazz saxophonist James Moody's 1949 instrumental solo based on Jimmy McHugh's 1935 song "I'm in the Mood for Love" with lyrics later added by Eddie Jefferson.-History:... - The Nearness of YouThe Nearness of You"The Nearness of You" is a popular song, written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington.The biggest selling 1938 version was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with a vocal by Ray Eberle...
- How Deep Is The Ocean
- If You Go AwayIf You Go Away"If You Go Away" is a song in English based upon the French song "Ne me quitte pas" , written by Jacques Brel. The English lyrics were written by Rod McKuen as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work. "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists,...
(Ne me quitte pasNe me quitte pas"Ne me quitte pas" is a song written and sung in French and in Dutch by the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel in 1959. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages...
) - Body And SoulBody and Soul (song)"Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011 on iTunes, MTV and VH1....
- Medley: Little Girl BlueLittle Girl Blue (song)"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo....
/When Sunny Gets Blue - The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
- The Man That Got AwayThe Man that Got Away"The Man that Got Away" is a popular song, published in 1953 and was written for the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin...
- I Will Say GoodbyeI Will Say GoodbyeI Will Say Goodbye is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1977.-Reception:At the Grammy Awards of 1981, I Will Say Goodbye won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and We Will Meet Again won the Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group awards.The Allmusic review...
- Never Will I Marry