I Am A Singer (1987)

Artist: Jack Jones
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Format:  CD
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Product Summary
UPC: 00022495054924
Release Date: 1/17/1992
Buy.com Sku: 201984294
Item#: M2N4US
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079
Format:  CD


Song Listing
 
Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. I Am A Singer------
2. Love Dance------
3. Foolish Heart------
4. You've Changed / Round Midnight------
5. Leave A Tender Moment Alone------
6. Wind Beneath My Wings------
7. Another Rio------
8. Other Woman, The Other Man, The------
9. All Because Of Love------
10. Lovesick------
11. You Are The Love Of My Life------
12. Here's That Rainy Day------


 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
At 49, Jack Jones continued to try to make records that balanced the classic pop he had begun singing in the early 1960s with the contemporary pop/rock that had swamped him soon thereafter. This independent-label release managed a good mix of standards like "You've Changed" and "Here's That Rainy Day" and recent, complementary material such as Steve Perry's "Foolish Heart" and Billy Joel's "Leave a Tender Moment Alone." Most promisingly, Jones had a clutch of custom-written songs, including the title track and two others co-composed by Gerald Kenny (best known for Barry Manilow's hit "I Made It Through the Rain"). "I Am a Singer" worked as a straightforward self-description and gave the album something of a theme, followed up on "Wind Beneath My Wings." That song, previously a country and R&B hit, was given a tempered treatment by Jones that softened the (to this reviewer, anyway) self-serving, disingenuous sentiment of its lyrics. (Two years later, Bette Midler topped the pop charts with a far less restrained version.) Kenny's "All Because of Love" was a dramatic ballad that could have had a chance on adult contemporary radio if it had been released by a major label with some promotional muscle. And Jones even contributed to his own cause, co-writing the Brazilian-flavored "Another Rio." He may have continued to be a man out of time in pop music terms -- too young for the Frank Sinatra-led classic-pop era of the '50s, too old for the Barry Manilow-led power ballad era of the '70s -- but I Am a Singer was a reasonable effort by a still-viable singer trying to bridge a musical gap. ~ William Ruhlmann
In the 1960s, Jack Jones's suave voice and way with romantic songs brought him great popularity. By the 1980s, he no longer attracted younger generations, but his ability to dramatize a song makes all these 1987 selections worth repeated listens.
Though his pure, bright tone is not as fresh as in his youth, Jones lowers his key and softens his intonation. "Love Dance" captures a conversational gentleness while his soft-spoken singing resonates through the relaxed electric keyboard accompaniment. Jones's voice in "Round Midnight" is low and throaty, and performs the bluesy material superbly.

Producer: Jack Jones

Engineer: Russell Schmitt

 
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Technical Info
Release Date : 01/06/1994
Original Release Date : 1987
Catalog ID : 549
Label : USA Records
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00022495054924

  
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