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- Date Released: January 1, 1976
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Film Soundtracks, Vocal Pop
- Label: DRG Records
Stormy, torchy songs to feed your inner drag queen.
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We Say...
Feed your inner drag queen with this stunning musical journey, recorded in 1976 by Hollywood's hard-living grande dame. The 68-year-old Miss Davis revisits some cinematic highlights — a Margo Channing monologue from All About Eve, an extra-terrifying rendition of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane's "I've Written a Letter to Daddy" — but the real highlights are a rendition of Buffy Sainte Marie's "Until It's Time for You to Go" (a song that makes for uncomfortable listening under the best of circumstances) in which Davis' bid for Channing-esque vulnerability comes out all graspy and clingy and creepy, and the tres dramatic "Mother of the Bride," which obliterates the line between camp classic and suicide inducer.
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They Say...
Bette Davis is not usually thought of as a singer, but her long career included several exceptions to that impression. In particular, in 1943 she gave a credible rendition of the comic war-related song "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" in the all-star World War II extravaganza movie Thank Your Lucky Stars, and in 1952 she starred in the Broadway musical Two's Company. In the mid-'70s, Davis, who was approaching her late sixties, accepted an invitation to cut an album for EMI Records at Abbey Road Studios in London. Producer Norman Newell and arranger/conductor Roger Webb obviously were students of her work and had an appreciation for the strengths and limitations of her voice. Not surprisingly, the album is in essence a musical précis of Davis' career. It includes a new recording of "They're Either Too Young or Too Old"; re-recordings of the two sides of her 1965 Bell Records single "Life Is a Lonely Thing"/"Mother of the Bride"; performances of songs from her films ("It Can't Be Wrong" from Now, Voyager, "I've Written a Letter to Daddy" from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, and the title song from Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte); and a re-created dialogue excerpt from the movie classic All About Eve. The other songs have a mature, philosophical tone appropriate to the singer's age, particularly "Growing Older, Feeling Younger," contributed by Newell and Webb. Davis was not a great singer, by any means, but she could carry a tune as well as, say, Marlene Dietrich, if not better, and like Dietrich she had a distinctive, identifiable voice that allowed her to inject a heavy dose of acting into her singing. The result was a perfectly respectable recording to be treasured by her fans.
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Overture / They're Either Too Young Or Too Old |
5:55 |
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| 02. | |
Life Is A Lonely Thing |
3:45 |
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| 03. | |
Until It's Time For You To Go |
4:46 |
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| 04. | |
Growing Older, Feeling Younger |
5:12 |
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| 05. | |
It Can't Be Wrong |
3:59 |
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| 06. | |
I've Written A Letter To Daddy |
3:30 |
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| 07. | |
Loneliness |
3:20 |
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| 08. | |
Mother Of The Bride |
3:56 |
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| 09. | |
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
3:23 |
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| 10. | |
As Margo Channing (Dialogue From The Car Scene) From The 20th Century-Fox Film All About Eve |
3:36 |
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| 11. | |
I Wish You Love |
4:54 |
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11 Total Tracks, 46:16 Total Length
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Credits
- Bette Davis - Main Performer // Peter Bown - Engineer // Gillian King - Associate Producer // Norman Newell - Producer // Alan Silverman - Mastering // Roger Webb - Arranger // Roger Webb - Conductor // Dan O'Leary - Producer // Dan O'Leary - Reissue // Michael Jarrett - Engineer
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