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Lesley Gore's debut album was rushed out on the heels of her debut smash, "It's My Party," and suffered from being made into a contrived concept album of sorts. Most of the songs were about -- as the title indicated -- crying, since the key hook of "It's My Party" had Gore boasting that she could cry if she wanted to. The effect, if only temporarily, was to make her out to be something of a novelty artist, even if one of the songs other than "It's My Party" (its inferior follow-up, "Judy's Turn to Cry") turned out be a big hit as well. Aside from the limited lyrical themes, a bigger problem was that the material, other than the two big hits, largely veered between tame treatments of pop standards ("Misty," "Cry Me a River," "What Kind of Fool Am I") and unmemorable soppy pop ballads by contemporary writers that tapped into the weaker aspects of doo wop-influenced girl group music. At this point, Gore seemed to be as interested in being an adult torch singer as a teen rocker, but her teenaged pipes were simply far more suited toward girl group-style songs than trying to be another Julie London. The big flaw is one that seems obvious in retrospect, but probably wasn't even seen by many who were helping to direct her career at the time: Aside from the hits, nothing here rocked respectably, or swung as Quincy Jones' arrangements were capable of doing, though "Cry Me a River" wasn't too bad. Gore would, perhaps to the surprise of many, go on to establish a respectable career with a series of hits that didn't always milk the self-pity bucket, though this first effort gave all the indication of her being a one-hit wonder.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Wally Gold, ComposerLyricist - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Cy Crane, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - John Gluck Jr., ComposerLyricist - Herbert Weiner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Arthur Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Churchill Kohlman, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Marcus H. Barkan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Hilda Earnhart, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Barkan, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Sandy Baron, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Beverly Ross, ComposerLyricist - Edna Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - KIM GANNON, Composer - Mabel Wayne, Composer - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Werner Scharfenberger, ComposerLyricist - Edna Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Kurt Feltz, ComposerLyricist - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Erroll Garner, Composer - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jule Styne, Composer - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Adolph Green, Composer - Betty Comden, Composer - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Lesley Gore's debut album was rushed out on the heels of her debut smash, "It's My Party," and suffered from being made into a contrived concept album of sorts. Most of the songs were about -- as the title indicated -- crying, since the key hook of "It's My Party" had Gore boasting that she could cry if she wanted to. The effect, if only temporarily, was to make her out to be something of a novelty artist, even if one of the songs other than "It's My Party" (its inferior follow-up, "Judy's Turn to Cry") turned out be a big hit as well. Aside from the limited lyrical themes, a bigger problem was that the material, other than the two big hits, largely veered between tame treatments of pop standards ("Misty," "Cry Me a River," "What Kind of Fool Am I") and unmemorable soppy pop ballads by contemporary writers that tapped into the weaker aspects of doo wop-influenced girl group music. At this point, Gore seemed to be as interested in being an adult torch singer as a teen rocker, but her teenaged pipes were simply far more suited toward girl group-style songs than trying to be another Julie London. The big flaw is one that seems obvious in retrospect, but probably wasn't even seen by many who were helping to direct her career at the time: Aside from the hits, nothing here rocked respectably, or swung as Quincy Jones' arrangements were capable of doing, though "Cry Me a River" wasn't too bad. Gore would, perhaps to the surprise of many, go on to establish a respectable career with a series of hits that didn't always milk the self-pity bucket, though this first effort gave all the indication of her being a one-hit wonder.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:53
- Main artists: Lesley Gore
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1963 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1963 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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