Natural Woman/Is That All There Is? [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Twofer combines 'A Natural Woman' & 'Is That All There Is?' (1969), both are unavailable domestically. 25 tracks. EMI. 2003.

Tracks:

A Natural Woman: (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
A Natural Woman: Don't Explain
A Natural Woman: Can I Change My Mind?
A Natural Woman: Lean On Me
A Natural Woman: Sittin' On The Dock
A Natural Woman: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
A Natural Woman: Everyday People
A Natural Woman: Please Send Me
A Natural Woman: Spinning Wheel
A Natural Woman: Living Is Dying
A Natural Woman: I Thinki Its Gonna
Is That All There Is?: Is That All There Is?
Is That All There Is: Love Story
Is That All There Is: Me And My Shadow
Is That All There Is: Sing A Rainbow
Is That All There Is: My Old Flame
Is That All There Is: I'm A Woman
Is That All There Is: Something Stupid
Is That All There Is: Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
Is That All There Is: Something
Is That All There Is: Whistle For Happiness
Is That All There Is: Johnny (Linda)
Is That All There Is: I Can Hear The Music
Is That All There Is: Don't Smoke In Bed
Is That All There Is: You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Album Description

Twofer combines 'A Natural Woman' & 'Is That All There Is?' (1969), both are unavailable domestically. 25 tracks. EMI. 2003.

Album Details

Two Albums on One CD.

Customer Reviews:

Two classic albums from 1969.......2005-05-03

Peggy mixes contemporary material with older songs on these two album, but whatever she sings, she does it her way brilliantly.

The first album, Natural woman, contains covers of All of a sudden my heart sings (Kathryn Grayson - from the movie Anchors aweigh), Don't smoke in bed (Billie Holiday), Can I change my mind (Tyrone Davis), Dock of the bay (Otis Redding), You make me feel like a natural woman (Aretha Franklin), Everyday people (Sly and the family Stone), Please send me someone to love (Percy Mayfield), Spinning wheel (Blood sweat and tears) and I think it's gonna rain today (Randy Newman). May of these are classic songs but Peggy's often-different interpretations bring a freshness to them.

Peggy also contributed a song of her own, Lean on me, which you must not confuse with the famous Bill Withers song of the same title. The only other song here, Living is dying without you, is also excellent though I'm not sure who first recorded it.

The second album, Is that all there is, yielded an unexpected American hit for Peggy. It deserved to be a big hit, of course, but Peggy had long since ceased to be a major force on the singles charts so this one came as a huge surprise. Maybe the song connected with the young people of the day in a way that Peggy's other singles didn't.

Possibly the success of the single created pressure for a quick album release - if so, this would explain the inclusion of songs that Peggy had recorded previously, such as I'm a woman, Something stupid and Don't smoke in bed, though at least some of them are re-recordings. Nevertheless, this is also a fine album. It includes covers of Love story (Randy Newman), Me and my shadow (Whispering Jack Smith), My old flame (Guy Lombardo), Brother love's travelling salvation show (Neil Diamond), Something (George Harrison) and Johnny (a gender-adapted version of the Randy Newman song, Linda).

While these are not the strongest albums ever recorded by Peggy Lee, they are both of an extremely high quality. Collecting all of Peggy's albums can be an expensive business assuming you can actually find them all, but this twofer is well worth the price.

The Legacy of one of America's Musical Treasures.......2003-11-18

Opera has its Caruso, Callas, and Paroratti. The Great American Songbook has its Sinatra, Crosby, and Peggy Lee. Long after the flavor-of-the-week divas have joined the ranks of the forgotten one-hit wonders, these singers will continue to be celebrated. This two-for-the-price-of one collection brings together the material Ms. Lee recorded at the end of her career with Capitol. There is a lot of great material here, as well as some songs you may never care to hear for a second time. My favorite tracks are the ones that come from the critcally acclaimed album, "Is That All There Is?" I have nearly every Peggy Lee CD available; so I am more than pleased to add this production to my collection. If you are just starting to become familiar with Peggy Lee you might want to invest in one of her multi-disc compilations, preferably from her Capitol years. But if you are a Peggy Lee fan, then this current album is essential.

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Natural Woman/Is That All There Is?
Peggy Lee
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002B8SXS
Release Date: 2003-09-22

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