Woman (Burt Bacharach album)

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Woman
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Live album by
Burt Bacharach
Released1979
Recorded2 November 1978
Venue Jones Hall, Houston, Texas
Label A&M
Producer Michael Woolcock, Armin Steiner
Burt Bacharach chronology
Futures
(1977)		Woman
(1979)		Arthur
Film soundtrack
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Woman is an album by Burt Bacharach in collaboration with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, released in 1979 on A&M Records. [3] It was recorded live by Bacharach and the orchestra during a four-hour recording session on November 2, 1978, at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas. The project was originally conceived by Bacharach and Michael Woolcock. Guest vocalists included Carly Simon on the song "I Live In The Woods", Libby Titus on the song "Riverboat", and Sally Stevens on the song "There Is Time".

Contents

Critical reception

The Washington Post called the album "an ambitious but mostly ignored collection of jazzlike orchestra music performed by the Houston Symphony." [4] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called it a "semi-classical epic" and Bacharach's "most ambitious work." [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Burt Bacharach; except where indicated

  1. "Summer of '77" – 3:55
  2. "Woman" – 7:07
  3. "Riverboat" (Bacharach, Libby Titus) – 3:26
  4. "Magdalena" – 6:54
  5. "New York Lady" – 6:31
  6. "There Is Time" (Bacharach, Sally Stevens) – 6:36
  7. "The Dancing Fool" (Bacharach, Anthony Newley) – 2:12
  8. "I Live in the Woods" (Bacharach, Carly Simon, Libby Titus) – 6:04

Personnel

Guest Instrumentalists [5]

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 347.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 29.
  3. ↑ "'Pigeonholed,'Says Bacharach Of Image". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 1, 1979 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Harrington, Richard (November 9, 2005). "Burt Bacharach: He's No Hal David" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. ↑ Woman (Media notes). Burt Bacharach. US: A&M Records. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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