Someone to Watch Over Me

by Susan Boyle

Overview

Susan Boyle's third album, Someone to Watch Over Me, isn't markedly different than her first or her second, the seasonal The Gift, for that matter. All three were produced by Steve Mac -- the man who helmed record-shattering LPs by Il Divo along with a bevy of hits by British pop groups and graduates of the Idol franchises on both sides of the Atlantic -- all three are so stately they border on somnolent, the speeds never once flirting with midtempo, the tenor of the timbre measured and mannered. Close listening reveals Someone to Watch Over Me isn't quite as orchestral heavy as The Gift, lending this a slight airiness, but this is cut from the same cloth as its predecessors: show tunes and standards rest comfortably next to reinterpreted modern classics, this time Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and Tears for Fears' "Mad World." Boyle isn't an interpreter, necessarily, finding new meanings of songs; instead, the songs are pitched toward her specific skills, so there's an inevitable sameness to her albums, as they all consist of slow, pretty versions of songs you know by heart. It may not be a formula to convert the skeptics, but it is sure to please the devoted. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/01/2011
Label:	Bmg / Bmg / Sony Bmg
UPC:	0888751239524

Tracks

1. You Have to Be There
2. Unchained Melody
3. Enjoy the Silence
4. Both Sides Now
5. Lilac Wine
6. Mad World
7. Autumn Leaves
8. This Will Be the Year
9. Return
10. Someone to Watch Over Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Susan Boyle   Primary Artist
Chris Laws   Drums
Chris Laurence   Bass (Upright)
Steve Mac   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
John Parricelli   Guitar
Paul Gendler   Guitar
LJ Singers   Choir/Chorus
Doug Harper   Drums
Steve Pearce   Bass (Electric)
Dave Arch   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Mae McKenna   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Joni Mitchell   Composer
Ren Swan   Mixing
Chris Laws   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Jim Duguid   Composer
Herbert Kretzmer   Translation
Paolo Nutini   Composer
Alex North   Composer
Steve Mac   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Hy Zaret   Composer
Josh Kear   Composer
Fiona Cruickshank   Assistant Orchestra Engineer
Daniel Pursey   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Nicki L'Amy   Coordination
John Baker   Copyist
Vlado Mellor   Mastering
Dave Arch   Orchestration
Chris Barrett   Engineer
Benny Andersson   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Wayne Hector   Composer
Bjoern Ulvaeus   Composer
Roland Orzabal   Composer
Martin Gore   Composer
James H. Shelton   Composer