With Love (Amanda Lear album)

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With Love
With Love cover
Cover album by Amanda Lear
Released 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop, Jazz, Evergreens.
Label Dance Street, France
DST 77065-2
Producer Leonard Raponi
Professional reviews

All Music Guide[1]
Amanda Lear chronology
The Sphinx - Das Beste Aus Den Jahren 1976-1983 With Love
See also: Amanda Lear discography

With Love is a cover album by French singer Amanda Lear, first released in France in October 2006, and launched in the rest of Europe in early 2007. The aptly titled With Love covers evergreens and jazz standards by the disco divas own favourite divas, among them Eartha Kitt, Dalida, Peggy Lee, Mae West, Nina Simone, Marlene Dietrich and Juliette Gréco. This tribute is a continuation of the ballad classics included on 2001's Heart, "Hier Encore (Yesterday When I Was Young)", "The Look Of Love" and "Lili Marleen", as well as 2005's compilation Amanda Lear Sings Evergreens.
The album was released by ZYX Music Germany in 2007 with a bonus live recording of the track "Johnny", and in 2008 in Italy under the title Amour Tojours with two recent re-recordings of Lear's Seventies hits "Queen Of China-Town" and "Tomorrow" as bonus tracks.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "C'est Magnifique" (Cole Porter) - 2:29
  2. "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 3:07
  3. "Is That All There Is?" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 4:24
  4. "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) - 3:36
  5. "I'm In The Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:48
  6. "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:37
  7. "Si La Photo Est Bonne" (Barbara) - 2:53
  8. "Johnny" (Hollander) - 3:04
  9. "Bambino" (Fanciulli, Nisa) - 3:20
  10. "Senza Fine" (Gene Paoli, Alec Wilder) - 3:17
  11. "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" (Julien, Timothy) - 2:35
  12. "Déshabillez-Moi" (Nyel, Verlor) - 4:18

[edit] Liner notes

"Long before it became trendy,I covered songs of my favourite singers.

I convinced my record company, German at the time, to include some evergreens among the disco tracks, such as "Lili Marleen", "As Time Goes By", "Fever", "Magic Moments" etc.

Today I want to pay tribute to the female singers who so beautifully have sung of Love, Passion and Desire. "Torch singers" that everybody remembers. Many of the songs included here were sung by different artists, as it was usual in the fifties and the sixties. I discovered them through the artists that I dedicate each song to, but don't forget, of course, there are other fabulous singers; Doris Day, Judy Garland, Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday, Mina, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross etc.

The lyrics talk about the most important thing in life: Love!

Some are happy (Cole Porter's "C'est Magnifique"), some are ironic ("Si La Photo Est Bonne", "Whatever Lola Wants"), others are blue and disillusioned ("Love For Sale", another Cole Porter song). I also chose signature songs from Juliette Gréco ("Deshabillez-Moi") and Nina Simone ("My Baby Just Cares For Me"). We could not forget Marlene Dietrich, Hildegard Knef, Dalida and the most touching of them all; Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?"

Oui, tonight I'm in the mood for love...

With love

Amanda Lear"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Concept and titles selection: Amanda Lear.
  • Produced by Yvon Chateigner and Alain Mendiburu.
  • Produced and arranged by Leonard Raponi.
  • Recorded between May and August 2006 at Blue Sound Studio, Levallais-Perret and LR Studio, Villeneuve.
  • Sound engineer: Vincent Lépée.
  • Co-arranger on "Love For Sale": Alain Bernard.
  • Concert master: Lionel Campana.
  • Production assistant: Jun Adashi.
  • Pro-tools assistant: Romain Joubert.
  • Photography: Julien Daguet.
  • Amanda Lear's hairstyle by: Christophe at Claude Maxime, Paris.
  • Design: Vincent Malléa and Aurélien Tourette, inthemoon.

[edit] Release history

  • 2006: France, Dance Street DST 77065-2

[edit] Alternate album editions

  • 2007: German Edition. Bonus track; 13. "Johnny" (Live). ZYX Music YC151166.
  • 2008: Amour Toujours; Italian release of With Love with 2 new songs. Track 1: a modern version of "Queen Of China-Town" and Track 2: a salsa version of "Tomorrow" (Italy; Saifam COM 1185-2)


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Amanda Lear
Studio albums & main compilations
I Am a Photograph (1977) · Sweet Revenge (1978) · The Pyjama Girl Case (1978) · Never Trust a Pretty Face (1979) · Diamonds for Breakfast (1980) · Incognito (1981) · Ieri, Oggi (1982) · Tam-Tam (1983) · A L (1985) · Secret Passion (1987) · Uomini Più Uomini (1989) · Tant Qu'il Y Aura Des Hommes (1989) · Super 20 (1989) · Follow Me (Ariola Express - Gold-Serie) (1990) · Cadavrexquis (1993) · Hits and More (1995) · Alter Ego (1995) · Amanda '98 - Follow Me Back in My Arms (1998) · Queen of Chinatown (1998) · Amanda Lear - The Collection (1998) · Golden Stars (1998) · Heart (2001) · Tendance (2003) · Forever Glam! - The Best of 1976-2005 (2005) · The Sphinx - Das Beste Aus Den Jahren 1976-1983 (2006) · With Love (2006).
Mid-price compilations and re-releases
Indovina Chi Sono (1993) · Télégramme (1993) · Je T'aime (1993) · Indovina Chi Sono (1994) · Télégramme (1994) · Indovina Chi Sono (1995) · Amanda Lear (1997) · Alter Ego (1997) · Back in Your Arms (1998) · Made of Blood and Honey (1998) · Follow Me (1999) · Follow Me (2000) · I'm a Mistery - The Whole Story (2001) · Alter Ego (2001) · Follow Me - The Greatest Hits (2001) · Essential (2001) · 28 Golden Hits (2002) · Follow Me (2002) · Divinamanda (2002) · Je T'aime (2002) · Living Legend (2003) · The Queen Is Amanda - Platinum Edition (2004) · Alter Ego (2005) · Love Boat (2005) · Amanda Lear Sings Evergreens (2005) · Greatest Hits (2007) · Amour Toujours (2008)
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