Last Time I Saw Him_音乐专辑
Last Time I Saw Him
表演者: Diana Ross
流派: 放克/灵歌/R&B
专辑类型: Limited Edition/Original recording remastered/Extra tracks
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 1973-12-06
唱片数: 3
出版者: Motown
条形码: 0602517143999
专辑简介
by Lindsay Planer
The early 1970s were a pivotal time for Diana Ross. In 1973 alone -- between touring and performing for SRO crowds in Vegas, she managed to record enough material for a number of different projects. Last Time I Saw Him (1973) was just one of several Ross releases that year as she worked on the still unissued
To the Baby
album, which was filled with songs for her daughters. She also released the hugely popular
Touch Me in the Morning
(1973), as well as contributed to
Diana & Marvin
(1973) -- an LP's worth of duets with
Marvin Gaye
. Last Time I Saw Him is particularly striking as the spotlight belongs on Ross' remarkable versatility. Although arguably campy, the countrified title composition is larger-than-life thanks to
Michael Omartian
and
Gene Page
's arrangement. They throw in everything but the proverbial kitchen sink with a score that is all over the musical map from Dixieland band jazz to banjo-pickin' and even an orchestrated string section. The lightweight poppy "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" is memorable as Ross adopts a
Barbra Streisand
approach, giving the song enough style as to level out the ersatz instrumentation that hopelessly places the tune squarely in the '70s. Conversely, the ballads "Love Me" and "Sleepin'" are among the best that Ross has to offer. The latter is marked by a dramatic delivery, suggesting a subtext that would reveal more than the story lets on at face value. She likewise scores on the light and funky love song "When Will I Come Home to You" thanks to a jazzy melody and catchy chorus. "You" is another winner as the gospel-infused redemptive waltz is custom-made for Ross' emotive reading. One minor caveat being that her spoken recitation comes off a tad too maudlin and actually sounds like an exchanging of vows. Similarly, her remake of the
Malvina Reynolds
/
Harry Belafonte
lullaby "Turn Around" -- which had initially been earmarked for the aforementioned
To the Baby
-- suffers from the same melodramatic dysfunction. Ross returns to form for the upbeat rocker "I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)" with roots reaching deep into a vintage Motown groove. "Stone Liberty" continues with an empowering R&B statement that might have been penned for the emergent women's liberation movement, but works equally as well as a personal declaration of freedom for all oppressed peoples. Wrapping things up is a cover of "Behind Closed Doors," which Ross turns into a soulful number giving the lyrics a bit of a lilt woefully absent from
Charlie Rich
's hit version. In 2007, Hip-O Select reissued The Last Time I Saw Him in a two-disc expanded edition with a rare Japanese quad mix and an entire CD of unreleased bonus tracks.
曲目
disc 1
01 Last Time I Saw Him
02 No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever
03 Love Me
04 Sleepin
05 You
06 Turn Around
07 When Will I Come Home to You
08 I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)
09 Stone Liberty
10 Behind Closed Doors
disc 2 [Japanese Quadrophonic Mixes]
01 Last Time I Saw Him
02 No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever
03 Love Me
04 Sleepin
05 You
06 Turn Around
07 When Will I Come Home to You
08 I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)
09 Stone Liberty
10 Behind Closed Doors
disc 3 [Unreleased Bonus Tracks]
01 I'll Be Here (When You Get Home)
02 Why Play Games
03 I Don't Care Where the Money Is
04 Get It All Together
05 Where Did We Go Wrong? (Version 1)
06 Since I Don't Have You
07 Let Me Be the One
08 I Want to Go Back There Again
09 Old Funky Rolls (Alternate Take)
10 Last Time I Saw Him (Unedited Version)
