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A dry run for her commercial success later in 1969 with Is That All There Is?, A Natural Woman also concentrates on contemporary hits by composers from the burgeoning worlds of soul music and singer/songwriters. Beginning in the mid-'60s, Lee had begun flirting with pop/rock material and arrangements, though her solid performances were usually marred by ill-fitting charts written by unfeeling arrangers. A Natural Woman was her most successful fusion yet, thanks to the work of arrangers/conductors/upstarts Mike Melvoin and Bobby Bryant (neither of whom were true youngsters, though Melvoin had apparently gleaned much from session work with the Beach Boys, Curt Boettcher, and Judy Collins). Here, though, Lee's voice unfortunately became the element lacking consistency. She unwisely attempts to duplicate the crooning slide of Tyrone Davis and Otis Redding for her versions of their hits "Can I Change My Mind?" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," then sounds a little embarrassed repeating the shoobie-doobies of Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People." Lee does perform a superb version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Newman actually arranged "Is That All There Is?"), and utterly transforms the one standard from an earlier era, Billie Holiday's classic "Don't Explain." As is true for every trad pop artist that crossed over during the late '60s, A Natural Woman includes three or four songs that qualify for the Golden Throats treatment, but most are solid.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Rome, ComposerLyricist - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Laurent Herpin, ComposerLyricist - Jean Marine Blanvillain, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Billie Holiday, Composer - Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Herzog Jr., Composer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Despenza, ComposerLyricist - Carl Wolfolk, ComposerLyricist - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - L. Mundell, Composer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - O.Redding, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records
Dan Wexler, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Phil Wright, Producer - Sylvester Stewart, Composer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Mayfield, Composer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
David Clayton-Thomas, Composer - Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Al Kasha, Composer - Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - J. Herschhorn, Composer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Phil Wright, Producer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Melvoin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cy Godfrey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
A dry run for her commercial success later in 1969 with Is That All There Is?, A Natural Woman also concentrates on contemporary hits by composers from the burgeoning worlds of soul music and singer/songwriters. Beginning in the mid-'60s, Lee had begun flirting with pop/rock material and arrangements, though her solid performances were usually marred by ill-fitting charts written by unfeeling arrangers. A Natural Woman was her most successful fusion yet, thanks to the work of arrangers/conductors/upstarts Mike Melvoin and Bobby Bryant (neither of whom were true youngsters, though Melvoin had apparently gleaned much from session work with the Beach Boys, Curt Boettcher, and Judy Collins). Here, though, Lee's voice unfortunately became the element lacking consistency. She unwisely attempts to duplicate the crooning slide of Tyrone Davis and Otis Redding for her versions of their hits "Can I Change My Mind?" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," then sounds a little embarrassed repeating the shoobie-doobies of Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People." Lee does perform a superb version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Newman actually arranged "Is That All There Is?"), and utterly transforms the one standard from an earlier era, Billie Holiday's classic "Don't Explain." As is true for every trad pop artist that crossed over during the late '60s, A Natural Woman includes three or four songs that qualify for the Golden Throats treatment, but most are solid.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:49
- Main artists: Peggy Lee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1969 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
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