New Arrangement [Import]

Jackie DeShannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Emi
• ASIN: B00000B7HD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,223 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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JACKIE DESHANNON New Arrangement (1995 Japanese only 13-track CD album originally released in 1975 including the bonus recordings Fire In The City & All Night Desire picture sleeve with fold-out lyric insert and Nice Price Line obi-strip SRCS-6454)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where are the songwriters of this caliber?, June 25, 2008

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Glen D. Spreen "Glen Spreen" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Arrangement (Mlps) (Audio CD)

I am now and have long been a huge Jackie DeShannon fan, even as a person. Before I met her I loved her music. After we met I had even a higher opinion of her. This album is wonderful. She still is one of the best writers I have listened to. Very few compare to this one's talent and grace.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked Masterpiece from Legendary Singer/Songwriter..., July 7, 2006

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Bradly Briggs (TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Arrangement (Mlps) (Audio CD)

Around the same time in the great musical sixties three legendary female singer/songwriters Jackie DeShannon, Laura Nyto and Carole King started writing great songs and slowly in the sixties began singing them and releasing their own Lp's while other singers and groups had huge hits with their original ground-breaking classics that filled volumes...Jackie has the greatest "singing" voice as witnessed by the awesome hit that defined the sixties "decade of love" the richly sung deeply soulful anthem "What The World Needs Now Is Love"...as riveting as they come along with the original Jackie DeShannon anthem "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" a mega-hit & timeless classic defining the sixties, but as fate would have it Jackie didn't have a Lou Adler and that was the major difference...spin forward to mid-seventies to "New Arrangement" and you have this stellar and hypnotic set of classic and diverse originals that should have been a huge success such as Carole King's brilliant "Tapestry" collection but no radio support or promotion this tremendous and uniquely original set was appreciated only by real music lovers who knew that Jackie hit another magical peak in her incomparable career...sadly general public missed out big time as this incredibly great work is filled with extraordinary songs and soulful performances making a must have musical treasure for any true music lover! Don't miss this awesome masterpiece from this amazing once-in-a-lifetime groundbreaking legendary artist in a stunning collection of originals all arranged to perfection...opening with a brilliantly arranged "Let The Sailor's Dance" co-written by husband Randy Edelman (another under-appreciated singer/songwriter great!), shows a missed opportunity for a blockbuster in an era filled with commercial junk & disco...wondrous collection is above and beyond and a rocking & riveting "Over My Head Again" is a stunner while "Bette Davis Eyes" with its funky dance-hall arrangement is another great version of the original DeShannon classic. Bravo Jackie...congratulations on your smash 2006 British concerts...check out new RPM Import releases of other Jackie DeShannon masterworks each one being a musical treat & original classic from an artist taken for granted for decades now...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Mid-70s MOR pop from songwriting legend, October 13, 2009

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Arrangement (Audio CD)

Early on, the world of pop music developed a division of labor that typically separated writing from performing. With the advent of the folk revival, the arrival of self-contained groups like the Beatles and the emergence of the singer-songwriter movement, many talented singers were afforded the opportunity to step out from behind their songwriting desks. DeShannon fits into this history as a writer whose songs became hits for others ("When You Walk in the Room," "Come and Stay With Me," "Break-a-Way," and others), and whose hits as a singer ("What the World Needs Now is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart") only raised her performing profile in short bursts of stardom.

DeShannon wrote and recorded throughout the 1960s and 70s, scoring her last major songwriting hit with Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes." Her original version of that song, in a strutting, swing-styled arrangement is included on this 1975 album, her last for a major label. Produced by Michael Stewart, who'd worked with John Stewart, Billy Joel and Kenny Rankin, the music sets sail for the middle of the road, with studio pros like Waddy Wacthel and Larry Knechtel laying on the slick mid-70s sounds. Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn join the backing chorus on the lazy dream "Boat to Sail," a song that caught Richard Carpenter's ear for a cover on the Carpenters 1976 LP A Kind of Hush.

Blues and soul influences are heard in the flute and vibes of "Sweet Baby Gene," gospel tinge of "I Wanted it All," and horn chart of "Over My Head Again," and steel guitar legend Buddy Emmons adds some real Nashville twang to "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Queen of the Rodeo." The latter suggests a fruitful road DeShannon might have travelled (and one Kim Carnes' later traveled herself) to Music City. Aside from the pair of country tunes, the most effective track is the closing cover of William Smith's ballad "Dreamin' as One." Intimately produced with a quiet guitar and choir-like backing vocals, the track has aged better than its album-mates.

Collectors' Choice's reissue adds five bonus cuts to the original eleven, highlighted by the soulful session track "Pure Natural Love." Also included are the non-charting 1976 single "All Night Desire" and its flip side "Fire in the City," and a pair from the same session, with the love song "Deep into Paradise" besting the mid-tempo dance number "Somebody Turn the Music On." On her last album for a major label DeShannon continued to prove herself a compelling writer and vocalist, but Stewart's arrangements often fail to ignite these performances. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]