New Arrangement

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New Arrangement
New Arrangement.jpg
Studio album by
Jackie DeShannon
ReleasedSeptember 1975
StudioDevonshire Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre Folk, country, pop, rock
Length35:55
52:59 (reissue)
Label Columbia
Producer Michael Stewart
Jackie DeShannon chronology
Your Baby Is a Lady
(1974)		New Arrangement
(1975)		The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon (compilation)
(1975)
Professional ratings
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Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]

New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records (PC 33500) in 1975. It contains the first recording of "Bette Davis Eyes", written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974 and later turned into a massive hit by Kim Carnes on the album Mistaken Identity (1981). Another song, "Boat to Sail," that features Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn singing backing vocals, was covered by The Carpenters in their 1976 album A Kind of Hush . Robert Christgau wrote about New Arrangement: "As an American songwriter who has escaped the confessional mode, and as a woman who can sing about subjects other than men, DeShannon exemplifies several healthy trends. The main thing this well-made record reveals, however, is an intelligent professionalism that matters about as much as a surge in enrollment in creative writing classes or women's liberation for female executives." [3]

Contents

Track listing: [1]

  1. "Let the Sailors Dance" (Randy Edelman, DeShannon) – 4:00
  2. "Boat to Sail" (DeShannon) – 3:30
  3. "Sweet Baby Gene" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 2:53
  4. "A New Arrangement" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:16
  5. "Over My Head Again" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:00
  6. "Bette Davis Eyes" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 2:45
  7. "Queen of the Rodeo" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 3:20
  8. "I Wanted It All" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 2:48
  9. "Murphy" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:11
  10. "Barefoot Boys and Barefoot Girls" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 3:04
  11. "Dreamin' as One" (David Palmer, William "Smitty" Smith) – 3:30

CD bonus tracks

  2. "Pure Natural Love" (Jackie DeShannon) – 2:45
  3. "Deep into Paradise" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:42
  4. "Somebody Turn the Music On" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:39
  5. "All Night Desire" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:34
  6. "Fire in the City" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:25

Personnel: [4]

Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "New Arrangement - Jackie DeShannon : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ "CG: Jackie DeShannon/". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Jackie DeShannon – New Arrangement 1975". Waddywachtelinfo.com. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
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