Gentle Is My Love is a 1965 studio album by Nancy Wilson. It spent 24 weeks on the Billboard Top 200, peaking at No. 17,[4] and reached No. 7 on the Hot R&B LPs chart.[5] The album contains a mixture of standards from the Great American Songbook and more recent popular material.
| Gentle Is My Love | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1965 | |||
| Recorded | January 1965[1] | |||
| Venue | Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 30:52 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | David Cavanaugh | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [3] |
In his AllMusic review, William Ruhlmann says that Gentle Is My Love is "a collection of romantic ballads that Wilson addresses with her characteristic emotionalism and precision. The arrangements are full of lush string parts, and the tempos are taken deliberately." Ruhlmann notes that Wilson covered several songs that were usually associated with men and performed as "soaring, heroic anthems," whereas she turns them into "more intimate, reflective ballads."[2]
A 1970 re-issue of the album was entitled Who Can I Turn To.[6]
Track listing
editSide 1
edit- "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse - 2:40
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon - 2:40
- "If Love Is Good To Me" (Fred Spielman, Redd Evans) - 3:10
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin - 2:57
- "Funnier Than Funny" (Ronnell Bright) - 2:11
- "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) - 3:10
Side 2
edit- "Gentle Is My Love" (Bill Schluger, Don Raye) - 2:36
- "At Long Last Love (Cole Porter) - 2:30
- "Time After Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 2:55
- "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 2:52
- "When He Makes Music" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 3:11.
Personnel
edit- Nancy Wilson - vocals
- Sid Feller - arranger, conductor
- David Cavanaugh - producer
References
edit- ^ Lord, Tom. The jazz discography. Vol. 25. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada. ISBN 1881993000. OCLC 30547554.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. Gentle Is My Love at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
- ^ "Nancy Wilson Gentle Is My Love Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ "Nancy Wilson Gentle Is My Love Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ "Nancy Wilson - Who Can I Turn To". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-11-15.