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Julie London was equally famous for her cool vocal style and her rather cold beauty. She normally specialized in torch songs, singing bleak songs of lost love, but on Whatever Julie Wants, London plays the part of a vampish sexpot who treats love as a commodity to trade with wealthy men. Sure, it's a sexist album that's more famous for its cheesecake sleeve photo of London naked under fur, diamonds, money, and a strategically placed champagne bottle, but it is a fun album and one that can be enjoyed for its individual songs or its narrative thrust. While most concept albums featuring popular standards don't really follow a strict story line, Whatever Julie Wants does. It begins with the protagonist uttering an innocent lover's plea before mistreatment turns her into a jaded gold digger ("Daddy" and a host of other tracks), then a prostitute ("Love for Sale"), and a step up to kept woman ("Always True to You in My Fashion"). Just as things are looking bad, London finally realizes that you can live without a man and his money with "There'll Be Some Changes Made," because the onetime temptress is just too darn "Tired." This may not be Julie London's finest musical hour, but the album is undeniably entertaining and it offers a Technicolor sex comedy break from her usual world of shadowy film noir.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
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Joe McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer - Joel McCoy, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist - Felix Slatkin, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Bates, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer - Milton Ager, ComposerLyricist - Jack Yellen, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wilcox Bigelow, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer - Buddy DeSylva, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
FRANK LOESSER, Composer - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, MainArtist - Bobby Troup, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowles, Conductor
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist - Si Waronker, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
W. Benton Overstreet, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Slatkin, Producer - Allan Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Doris Fisher, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY ROWLES, Conductor, Orchestra
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Julie London was equally famous for her cool vocal style and her rather cold beauty. She normally specialized in torch songs, singing bleak songs of lost love, but on Whatever Julie Wants, London plays the part of a vampish sexpot who treats love as a commodity to trade with wealthy men. Sure, it's a sexist album that's more famous for its cheesecake sleeve photo of London naked under fur, diamonds, money, and a strategically placed champagne bottle, but it is a fun album and one that can be enjoyed for its individual songs or its narrative thrust. While most concept albums featuring popular standards don't really follow a strict story line, Whatever Julie Wants does. It begins with the protagonist uttering an innocent lover's plea before mistreatment turns her into a jaded gold digger ("Daddy" and a host of other tracks), then a prostitute ("Love for Sale"), and a step up to kept woman ("Always True to You in My Fashion"). Just as things are looking bad, London finally realizes that you can live without a man and his money with "There'll Be Some Changes Made," because the onetime temptress is just too darn "Tired." This may not be Julie London's finest musical hour, but the album is undeniably entertaining and it offers a Technicolor sex comedy break from her usual world of shadowy film noir.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:43
- Main artists: Julie London
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
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