The Abbey Road Sessions (Ian Shaw album)

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The Abbey Road Sessions
Ian Shaw - The Abbey Road Sessions.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 March 2011
Recorded2010
Genre Vocal jazz
Length35:39
Label Splash Point Records
Producer Neal Richardson
Ian Shaw chronology
Somewhere Towards Love
(2009)
The Abbey Road Sessions
(2011)
A Ghost in Every Bar: The Lyrics of Fran Landesman
(2012)

The Abbey Road Sessions is a 2011 studio album by Welsh musician Ian Shaw. It was released on 14 March 2011 by Splash Point Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for The Guardian , jazz critic John Fordham wrote "Shaw is cool but never calculatingly crooner-hip. Perhaps he occasionally embroiders too much for lyrics lovers, and the band might have welcomed a few more hours together, but this is a fitting document for one of the UK's most honest and musical jazz vocalists." [2] At JazzTimes , Christopher Loudon explained: "Shaw was positively fizzing with excitement. It must have also been the launch of his lushly arranged latest album The Abbey Road Sessions... he's in danger of becoming a national treasure." [3]

Track listing

The Abbey Road Sessions track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Out of Town" Cole Porter 3:48
2."Human Nature"4:17
3."Skylark"2:06
4."Obsession"
3:22
5."Stuck in the Middle with You"3:18
6."Since I Fell for You" Buddy Johnson 4:16
7."The Lady's In Love With You"3:28
8."I'm Thru with Love/ Day Dream"7:19
9."Be Cool" Joni Mitchell 4:23
10."I Get Along Without You Very Well"
  • Carmichael
  • Jane Brown Thompson
5:03
11."Darn That Dream"4:21
12."Today I Sing the Blues" 4:13
13."Stairway to the Stars"1:52

Personnel

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References

  1. "The Abbey Road Sessions by Ian Shaw". Apple Music . Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fordham, John (29 July 2011). "The Guardian Review". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. Loudon, Christopher. "Jazzwise Review". JazzTimes . Retrieved 7 May 2021.