Listen to My Heart (Nancy LaMott album)

Listen To My Heart
Studio album by
Nancy LaMott
ReleasedDecember 12, 1995
RecordedMarch 1995
GenrePop
LabelMidder Music[1]
ProducerDavid Friedman, Peter Matz[2]
Nancy LaMott chronology
Just in Time for Christmas
(1994) 		Listen To My Heart
(1995) 		What's Good About Goodbye?
(1996)

Listen to My Heart is an album by Nancy LaMott, released in 1995.[3][4] The title track, which was written by David Friedman, became LaMott's signature tune.[5]

LaMott recorded the album in two days, after postponing a hysterectomy needed because of uterine cancer.[6][7] The album has sold more than 100,000 copies.[1]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote: "A grown-up girl-next-door with a sweet throb of a voice and a classicist's respect for the outlines of a song, LaMott comes as close as anyone nowadays to being a songwriter's ideal interpreter."[8]

Track list

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Listen to My Heart"David Friedman4:15
2."It Feels Like Home"John Bucchino3:37
3."The Lady Down the Hall"Annie Dinerman3:36
4."Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?"Johnny Mercer; Richard Whiting2:51
5."Not Exactly Paris"Russell George; Michael Leonard4:05
6."We Can Be Kind"David Friedman4:40
7."I Got the Sun in the Morning"Irving Berlin4:04
8."Out of This World"/"So in Love"Johnny Mercer; Harold Arlen; Cole Porter6:33
9."The Secret o' Life"James Taylor4:31
10."The Summer Knows"/"Summer Me Winter Me"Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Michel Legrand5:46
11."Ordinary Miracles"Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Marvin Hamlisch3:42
12."I'll Be Here With You"David Friedman4:03
Total length:51:43

References

  1. ^ a b Dreyfous, Leslie (17 Mar 1996). "On Threshold of Death, Singer Attains Dreams". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Dean (21 Jan 1996). "A MIRACLE OF STRENGTH AND BEAUTY". BOOKS & MUSIC. The Record. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Artist Biography by Michael G. Nastos". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  4. ^ Bessman, Jim (November 29, 2003). "Friedman Relies On Singers To Channel Tunes". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 45. Prometheus Global Media. p. 39. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
    - Verna, Paul (February 3, 1996). "Reviews and Previes>Pop>Nancy LaMott: Listen to My Heart". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 5. Prometheus Global Media. p. 69. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Bessman, Jim (April 9, 2005). "Reissues Keep Cabaret Singer's Flame Alive". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 15. Prometheus Global Media. p. 38. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Carey. "A Sweet, Songful Life Lost As It Was About to Start". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Dickinson, Chris (9 Feb 1997). "STRAIGHT FROM HER HEART". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. C3.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (10 Nov 1995). "They're Adults, And Sound It". The New York Times. p. C1.