No Strings (album)
No Strings is the eleventh studio album by Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton released in 1993 by MCA Records. The album was a departure from the pop and R&B style of her earlier recordings with jazz-tinged production arrangements by Patrice Rushen.
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| Released | 13 August 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Patrice Rushen | |||
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| AllMusic |   link |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[1] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [2] |
The disc was recorded live in the studio, as Easton wanted to record the music in a similar fashion to Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records sessions of the 1960s. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack of Indecent Proposal. Easton appears in a cameo role singing the song with Herbie Hancock playing the piano during a pivotal moment in the film, and the song was released as a promo single in some European markets.
In 2007 No Strings was released on iTunes' available for download. The disc was reissued by Universal Distribution on July 26, 2013.
Track listing
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:18
- "Medley: I'm in the Mood for Love / Moody's Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody) – 4:14
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 3:17
- "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) – 3:40
- "If You Go Away" (Ne me quitte pas) (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 5:52
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour) – 5:51
- "Medley: Little Girl Blue / When Sunny Gets Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 6:10
- "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 3:25
- "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) – 4:23
- "I Will Say Goodbye" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 2:37
- "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 3:25
Personnel
Musicians
- Sheena Easton – lead vocals
- Patrice Rushen – acoustic piano
- Phil Upchurch – guitar (2, 6, 8)
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (5, 10)
- Reggie Hamilton – bass (1)
- Ken Wild – bass (2-11)
- John Guerin – drums (1)
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2-11)
- Valerie King – flute (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
- Marni Johnson – French Horn (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
- Richard Todd – French Horn (2, 6, 8)
- Fred Jackson, Jr. – alto and soprano saxophones (2, 5, 8, 10), tenor saxophone (6)
- Bob Sheppard – alto and tenor saxophones (4, 7), tenor sax solo (11)
- Larry Williams – tenor saxophone (6, 8), clarinet (6, 8)
- Lew McCreary – trombone (2, 6, 8), bass trombone (5, 10)
- Reggie Young – trombone (2, 6, 8)
- Rick Baptist – trumpet (2, 6, 8), flugelhorn (2, 6, 8)
- Raymond Lee Brown – trumpet (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), flugelhorn (2, 5, 6, 8), cornet (4, 7)
Production
- Producer and arranged by Patrice Rushen
- Recorded and mixed by Rick Winquest
- Assistant engineers – Eric Cowden and Dann Thompson
- Recorded and mixed at Group IV Recording (Los Angeles, California)
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Music copyist – Booker White
- Art direction – Vartan
- Design – Margo Chase and John Coulter
- Photography – Alberto Tolot
- Hair – Barron Matalon
- Stylist – Fleur Theimeyer
- Make-up – Francesca Tolot
References
- Woodard, Josef (13 August 1993). "No Strings". Entertainment Weekly.
- Gettelman, Parry (17 September 1993). "Sheena Easton". Orlando Sentinel.
- Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.