I Feel a Song [Expanded Edition]

by Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips

Overview

Both commercially and artistically, switching from Motown to Buddah in the mid-'70s proved to be a very wise move for Gladys Knight & the Pips. Imagination and Claudine were gem-laden smashes, and their winning streak continued with their third Buddah date I Feel a Song. The dramatic "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" and an unlikely remake of Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were" became major hits, as did the soaring ballad "Love Finds Its Own Way." Knight's monologue on "The Way We Were" is most ironic -- reflecting on the nostalgia that seems to be human nature, she noted that 1974 would someday become "the good old days." And when disco era-nostalgia took hold in the '90s, post-baby boomers seemed to be expressing a belief that the '70s were a simpler, less stressful time. Equally appealing are the gritty numbers "Better You Go Your Way" (written by Bill Withers) and "Don't Burn Down the Bridge." If one notices that "Seconds" sounds like something Dionne Warwick would have done early in her career, it's no coincidence -- Burt Bacharach (who also co-wrote many of Warwick's early hits) co-wrote the song. Thanks to Capitol-EMI's R&B-oriented reissue label The Right Stuff, I Feel a Song was finally heard on CD in 1997. [A remastered CD version of the album was released with bonus tracks in 2015.] ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2017
Label:	Funky Town Grooves
UPC:	0810736020322
Rank:	55880

Tracks

1. I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
2. Love Finds Its Own Way
3. Seconds
4. The Going Ups and the Coming Downs
5. The Way We Were/Try to Remember
6. Better You Go Your Way
7. Don't Burn Down the Bridge
8. The Need to Be
9. Tenderness Is His Way
10. The Way We Were/Try to Remember [Single Version]
11. On and On [Single Version] [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
12. The Makings of You [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
13. Make Yours a Happy Home [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
14. Make Yours a Happy Home [Alternate Mix] [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
15. Mr. Welfare Man [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
16. To Be Invisible [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]
17. Hold On [From the Original Motion Picture Claudine]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gladys Knight & the Pips   Primary Artist
Gladys Knight   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tony Camillo   Conductor
Larry Wilcox   Conductor
Gene Keys   Conductor

Technical Credits

Jim Coffee   Reissue Producer
Ronnie Miller   Composer
Tony Camillo   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Gladys Knight   Producer
Bill Withers   Composer,Producer
Kenny Kerner   Arranger,Producer
Cheryl Pawelski   Reissue Producer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer,Producer
Ed Stasium   Engineer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
David Nathan   Liner Notes
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Mary Sawyer   Composer
Jim Weatherly   Composer
Bubba Knight   Producer
Tom Cartwright   Executive Producer
Albert King   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
David Brown   Reissue Producer
Burt Bacharach   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Larry Wilcox   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Gladys Knight & the Pips   Performer
William Guest   Producer
Edward Patten   Producer
Warren Dewey   Engineer
Ron Miller   Composer,Composer
Richie Wise   Arranger,Producer
Ray Jackson   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Merald "Bubba" Knight   Producer
Harvey Schmidt   Composer
Richard Tufo   Arranger
Ralph Moss   Engineer,Producer
Gary Lunziskey   Engineer
Kirsten Kupper   Reissue Producer
Neil Simon   Composer
Larry Dewey   Engineer
Bernadette Fauver   Reissue Producer
Raymond Jackson   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Don Hannah   Arranger
Valerie Skard   Reissue Producer
Adam Varon   Reissue Producer
Kenny Korner   Producer
Charles Levan   Reissue Producer
William S. Harvey   Concept
Colleen Graven Durston   Reissue Producer
Tom Jones   Composer