Feel So Young | ||||
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Released | November 1990 | |||
Recorded | August 1990 | |||
Studio | Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, California | |||
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Length | 34:30 | |||
Label | Helen Reddy, Inc. | |||
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Allmusic | (negative)[1] |
Feel So Young is the fifteenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released in 1990 by her own record label, Helen Reddy, Inc.. The album included new recordings of some of her hits ("Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady", "Angie Baby ", "I Am Woman", and "You and Me Against the World") and two songs from her 1983 Imagination album ("Let's Go Up" and "Looks Like Love") as well as four new songs. It has been reissued by many other independent labels under various names and with varying track lists, some of which include some or all of three additional re-recordings of "Delta Dawn", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", and "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)".
Background
[edit]Since Helen Reddy's acrimonious divorce from American manager Jeffrey Wald in 1983 due to a custody battle with their son, she became her own manager and booking agent[2] by forming her eponymous production company and record label, Helen Reddy Inc., at Santa Monica, California, to exert artistic and legal controls and "own the masters to these songs".[3] The album Feel So Young was conceived as "a record of how they sounded now", in Reddy's words, which contains new recordings of previous hits. The album was recorded at Jackson Browne's Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, California in August 1990.[4]
At the time of the initial release, the album was distributed primarily in the United States, Japan and England by Helen Reddy Records, Alfa Records[5] and Pickwick Records,[6] respectively, on CD and cassette tapes. In the United States, the album was released as a mail order in an "environmentally sensitive packaging", as stated in one of her advertisements.[7]
Reissue history
[edit]Title | Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue number |
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Feel So Young: The Best of Helen Reddy | United Kingdom | 8 March 2002[4] | Prestige Elite Records | CD | CDSGP 0124 |
Greatest and Latest | United States | 5 November 2002[8] | Goldenlane Records/Cleopatra Records | CD | 1261 |
The Best of Helen Reddy | Australia | 12 November 2002[9] | Masters / Intercontinental Records | CD | 1267 |
Angie Baby | United Kingdom | 14 November 2002 [10] | Delta Music | CD | CD 4153 |
The Collection | Australia | 20 December 2002[11] | Performax | CD | MAX081[12] |
I Am A Woman | United Kingdom and Germany | 9 September 2003[13] | Brilliant | CD | BT 33088 |
Classics | United States and Canada | 20 September 2003[14] | Madacy Records | CD | 4483 |
Helen Reddy | The Netherlands | 6 December 2004[15] | United Audio Entertainment | CD | 615 |
Greatest Hits | United States | 6 September 2005[16] | Delta Distribution/Laserlight | CD | 32612 |
Helen Reddy | United States | 6 December 2007[1] | KRB | CD | KRB8165-2 |
Reception
[edit]Critic Al Campbell of Allmusic wrote retrospectively: "While a few of the remakes are adequate, the majority are not in the same league as the originals."[1] He also advises, "Other compilations are available containing the definitive versions of these hits so don't waste your money on this set."[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:03
- "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (Harriet Schock) – 4:01
- "Let's Go Up" (Franne Golde, Peter Ivers) – 4:14
- "Angie Baby" (Alan O'Day) – 4:00
- "Here in My Arms"(Mary Ekler) – 4:42
- "Looks Like Love" (Keith Stegall) – 2:55
- "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:55
- "Lost in the Shuffle" (Gary Rue) – 3:11
- "I Am Woman" (Ray Burton, Helen Reddy) – 2:57
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 4:27
- Reissue bonus tracks
- "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:15
- "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:08
Personnel
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e The Al Campbell Allmusic review was posted under a reissue of the album."Helen Reddy [KRB] - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Froelke Coburn, Marcia (13 May 1993). "Singer Helen Reddy Hasn't Changed Her Tune, Just Added Verses". orlandosentinel.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ James, Gary (c. 1990). "Interview With Helen Reddy". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Feel So Young - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy Feel So Young Japanese Promo CD album (CDLP)". EIL.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Reddy, Helen (1990). Feel So Young - The Helen Reddy Collection (liner notes). London, England: Pickwick Records. PWKM 4072.
- ^ "Her new CD or cassette, Feel So Young..." OutWeek Magazine. New York City, United States: Helen Reddy Records (advert). 13 March 1991. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy - Greatest and Latest (2002)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "The Best of Helen Reddy (2002)". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy - Angie Baby (2002)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy - Collection (2002)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Reddy, Helen (2002), The collection /, Mastertech, retrieved 24 March 2018
- ^ "Helen Reddy - I Am A Woman (2003)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy - Classics (2003)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy UAE (2004)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Helen Reddy - Greatest Hits (2005)". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.