Shifting Gears (Nancy Sinatra album)

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Shifting Gears
Cover of Nancy Sinatra's album Shifting Gears.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)
Genre Rock, pop
Length54:33
Label Boots Enterprises, Inc.
Producer Nancy Sinatra, Billy Strange, Michael Lloyd
Nancy Sinatra chronology
Cherry Smiles - The Rare Singles
(2009)
Shifting Gears
(2013)

Shifting Gears is the thirteenth studio album by Nancy Sinatra, released on Sinatra's own Boots Enterprises label in 2013.

Contents

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 Nancy 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

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References

  1. Reed, James (November 30, 2013). "Nancy Sinatra: 'Shifting Gears,' but still walking tall". The Boston Globe . Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Andrew (November 14, 2013). ""Sing It Out, Sing It Strong": "Shifting Gears"". Boots Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. "Preview: Shifting Gears - Nancy Sinatra". VVN. November 14, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.