Out of This World (Maureen McGovern album)
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| Out of This World | |||||
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| Studio album by Maureen McGovern | |||||
| Released | March 12, 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Standards, Cover album | ||||
| Length | 48:08 | ||||
| Label | Sterling | ||||
| Producer | Maureen McGovern and Brian Panella | ||||
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Out of This World was Maureen McGovern's ninth studio album (and her first album in four years), released in 1996.
This is a cover album of 16 songs that were written or co-written by Harold Arlen. The third track is a two-song medley, and the fourteenth track is a three-song medley. The album was reissued in November of 2003 with two bonus tracks.
[edit] Track listing
- Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1946 - from the musical production St. Louis Woman) - 4:29
- Come Rain or Come Shine - (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1946 - from the musical production St. Louis Woman) - 2:52
- Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive/Get Happy - (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1944 - from the motion picture Here Come the Waves/lyric: Ted Koehler; 1929 - from the musical production Nine-Fifteen Revue) - 3:01
- It's Only a Paper Moon - (lyric: Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg; 1933 - from the musical production The Great Magoo) - 2:16
- A Sleepin' Bee - (lyric: Truman Capote; 1954 - from the musical production House of Flowers) - 4:07
- Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead - (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1938 - from the motion picture The Wizard of Oz) - 2:39
- Over the Rainbow - (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1938 - from the motion picture The Wizard of Oz) - 3:40
- Let's Take a Walk Around the Block - (lyric: Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg; 1934 - from the musical production Life Begins at 8:40) - 3:54
- Don't Like Goodbyes - (lyric: Truman Capote; 1954 - from the musical production House of Flowers) - 3:18
- Right as the Rain - (lyric: E.Y. Harburg; 1944 - from the musical production Bloomer Girl) - 3:14
- Out of This World - (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1945 - from the motion picture Out of This World) - 4:49
- The Man That Got Away/Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)/Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) - (lyric: Ira Gershwin; 1954 - from the motion picture A Star Is Born/lyric: Ted Koehler; 1933 - from Cotton Club Parade - 2nd Edition/lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1941 - from the motion picture Blues in the Night) - 7:09
- My Shining Hour - (lyric: Johnny Mercer; 1943 - from the motion picture The Sky's the Limit) - 2:40
[edit] Album credits
- Produced by: Maureen McGovern and Brian Panella
- Executive producer: Pat Moran
- Arranged by: Mike Renzi ("Stormy Weather" and "Blues in the Night" based on piano arrangement by John Oddo)
- Piano and keyboards: Mike Renzi
- Bass: Jay Leonhart
- Alto sax, soprano sax, and flutes: Lou Marini
- Drums: Allan Schwartzberg
- Acoustic and electric guitars: Joe Beck
- Percussion and vibes: James Saporito
- Percussion: Cyro Baptista
- Synth programmers: Jamie Lawrence/Ken Bichel
- Digitally recorded, mixed and mastered by: Ed Rak at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY
- Music copying and contracting: Kaye - Houston Music
