Softly (album)
Softly was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August, 1968. The album reached #180 on the Billboard chart. Two singles from the album charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart: "Quando M'Innamoro" at #16 and the title track at #39.
The album was the first Sandpipers album to be issued in stereo only and not in monaural form in the United States; the catalog numbers were SP-4147 in the US and AML-918 in the United Kingdom. Other international releases included Canada (A&M SP-4147) and Germany (A&M 212 043).
Track listing
- Softly (Gordon Lightfoot) 2:30
- Find a Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin) 2:04
- Back on the Street Again (Steve Gillette) 1:55
- Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) (Brian Blackburn/André Popp/Pierre Cour) 1:55
- Canción De Amor (Wanderlove) (Mason Williams/C. Mapel) 3:45
- Quando M'Innamoro (Roberto Livraghi/Daniele Pace/Mario Panzeri) 3:05
- Jennifer Juniper (Donovan Leitch) 2:40
- All My Loving (Lennon–McCartney)
- Ojos De España (Spanish Eyes) (Bert Kaempfert/Eddie Snyder/Charlie Singleton)
- To Put Up With You (Paul Williams/Roger Nichols) 2:45
- Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) 4:35
- Gloria Patri (Gregorian Psalm Tone III) 0:21
Production
- Producer: Tommy LiPuma
- Arrangers: Bob Thompson, Nick DeCaro
- Recording Engineer: Henry Lewy
- Mixing Engineer: Dick Bogert
- Album Design: Corporate Head
- Art Director: Tom Wilkes
- Photography: Guy Webster
References
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