Shifting Gears (Nancy Sinatra album)

Shifting Gears
Studio album by Nancy Sinatra
Released 3 December 2013
Genre Rock, pop
Length 54:33
Label Boots Enterprises
Nancy Sinatra chronology

Nancy Sinatra
(2004)		 Shifting Gears
(2013)

Shifting Gears is an album by Nancy Sinatra, released on 3 December 2013 exclusively in digital format through Sinatra's own Boots Enterprises label.

The album is a collection of previously unissued recordings from her vaults featuring her renditions of "big" ballads with sources from Broadway of the 1920s to pop hits of the 1970s.[1][2] Sinatra has said that she sequenced the songs to tell the story of a love affair.[3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Sinatra's website.[2]

Shifting Gears
No. TitleWriter(s)Source(s) Length
1. "As Time Goes By"  
 3:37
2. "When I Look in Your Eyes"  
 2:56
3. "Holly Holy"  
 4:54
4. "I'll Build A Stairway to Paradise"  
 3:17
5. "A Cockeyed Optimist" (Guitar Version, featuring Billy Strange)
 2:21
6. "I Can See Clearly Now"  
 2:54
7. "Killing Me Softly with His Song"  
  • Lori Lieberman
 3:50
8. "Play Me"  
 4:16
9. "Something"  
 3:13
10. "MacArthur Park"  
 5:53
11. "The Hungry Years"  
 4:03
12. "A Cockeyed Optimist" (Orchestra Version)
 2:51
13. "Why Did I Choose You?"  
  • Michael Leonard
  • Herbert Edward Martin
  • The Yearling
 2:55
14. "I Don't Know How to Love Him"  
 4:20
15. "We Need a Little Christmas"  
 3:12
Total length:
 54:33

References

  1. ↑ Reed, James (30 November 2013). "Nancy Sinatra: ‘Shifting Gears,’ but still walking tall". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "“Sing It Out, Sing It Strong”: “Shifting Gears”". Boots Enterprises, Inc. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  3. ↑ "Preview: Shifting Gears - Nancy Sinatra". VVN. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2014.