Vinyl Album - Lynsey De Paul - Tigers And Fireflies - Polydor

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Lynsey De Paul
Title:	Tigers And Fireflies
Label:	Polydor
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	POLS1007
Date:	Feb 1979
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Lynsey De Paul	Hollywood Romance	Lynsey De Paul, David Jordan	10.0 Rate
A2	Lynsey De Paul	My Man And Me	Lynsey De Paul	9.0 Rate
A3	Lynsey De Paul	Without You	Lynsey De Paul, Mike Moran	9.0 Rate
A4	Lynsey De Paul	Forever And A Day	Lynsey De Paul	8.0 Rate
A5	Lynsey De Paul	Tigers And Fireflies	Lynsey De Paul	10.0 Rate
B1	Lynsey De Paul	Melancholy Melon	Lynsey De Paul, James Coburn	10.0 Rate
B2	Lynsey De Paul	Losin' The Blues For You	Lynsey De Paul, James Coburn	10.0 Rate
B3	Lynsey De Paul	Before You Go Tonight	Lynsey De Paul	10.0 Rate
B4	Lynsey De Paul	'Twas	Lynsey De Paul, Rupert Holmes	8.0 Rate
B5	Lynsey De Paul	Beautiful	Lynsey De Paul	10.0 Rate

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Produced by Rupert Holmes.
Recorded at Long View Farm in North Brookfield, Massachusetts
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Strange Changes 19th Oct 2018		Credits Tom Malone - brass, reeds and flutes Joel Diamond - acoustic piano Dean Bailin guitars John Caruso electric bass guitar Gary Burke - drums and percussion Bob Christianson - synthesizers, clarinet, backing vocals Dede Washburn - percussion and backing vocals. Rupert Holmes - clarinet and electric piano Jesse Henderson and Michael Barbiero - engineers Jesse Henderson mixed the album John Shaw - photography Jo Mirowski - art direction and design



Strange Changes 16th Jun 2017		This was Lynsey's last album released in the 1970's and vocally represented a dramatic change, with Lynsey sounding like a cross between Crystal Gayle and Maria Muldaur - after all the album was recorded in the USA and produced by Rupert Holmes who was well known for his work with Barbra Streisand. Certainly, her vocals had never sounded stronger. The first track "Hollywood Romance" had been released a few months before the album and it is evokes many of the old Hollywood classics, cleverly name checking "Singing in the Rain" "Tango in Paris", "Begin the Beguine", "King Kong", "African Queen", "Citizen Kane" etc. Next up is a re-recording of "My Man and Me", a countrified version that is quite different to the original ballad. "Without You" is an uplifting and uptempo, jazzy song whereas "Forever and a Day" is a slow bluesy jazz shuffle of a song. The last track on the A-side of the album is the title track "Tigers And Fireflies" and this is more recognisably Lynsey. Perhaps for this reason it was released as the second single from the album. Although it sounds like a fun and contemporary song, the subject matter is quite dark and allegorical since it deals with the pitfalls she experienced in the music business. Side B starts with two songs co-written with the actor James Coburn, who was Lynsey's partner at the time. The first "Melancholy Melon" easily could/should have been a single too. It alternates between Lynsey's new vocal style and her earlier high pitched vocals which gives a quite pleasing effect. The second co-composition is "Losin' The Blues For You", a straight blues song and it ended up also as the B-side to "Hollywood Romance". "Before You Go Tonight" is a laid back C&W ballad with a lilting steel guitar backing and also could have been a good choice as a single. The album's producer, Rupert Holmes co-wrote the song "'Twas" with de Paul and it has a smoky bluesy feeling. The last track "Beautiful" starts off as an independent song and morphs into a reprise of all the previous songs with snatches from each of them - quite atmospheric and very well done. All in all a vastly under-rated album.

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