Love, Life and Feelings

Studio album by Shirley Bassey

Released

May 1976

Vocal / MOR

Martin Davis

Shirley Bassey chronology

Good, Bad but Beautiful
(1975)

Love, Life and Feelings
(1976)

You Take My Heart Away
(1977)

Love, Life and Feelings is the 21st studio album from Shirley Bassey, released in 1976 on the United Artists label.^[1] The album peaked at #13 in the UK album chart,^[2] and charted at #149 in the Billboard 200. Love, Life and Feelings was awarded silver record status by the British Phonographic Industry, with sales of more than 60,000 copies. Features covers of contemporary pop songs from the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as "Alone Again (Naturally)" the 1972 UK #3 single from Gilbert O'Sullivan and "The Way I Want to Touch You" from Captain & Tennille alongside "What I Did for Love", from the musical A Chorus Line written by Marvin Hamlisch.

Singles released from the album include "Natali", an Italian song with lyrics by Norman Newell, which was issued with the non-album track "Runaway" ("E poi..." Andrea Lovecchio, Shel Shapiro) as the B-side, the song was recorded in Italian and English by the Italian singer Mina. This track has of 2011 not been re-issued on CD.

Love, Life and Feelings was issued originally on 33.3rpm vinyl and audio cassette with a sleeve cover photography by Richard Avedon. The album was re-issued on a double CD set in 2006, by BGO Records, together with the 1974 album Nobody Does It Like Me.

Track listing

Side One.

"What I Did for Love" (Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch) - 3.47
"The Hungry Years" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) - 4.36
"Born to Lose" (Sergio Bardotti, Dario Bembo, Norman Newell) - 5:46
"Everything That Touches You" (Michael Kamen) - 3.22
"Isn't It a Shame (Randy Edelman) - 3.47
"Midnight Blue" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) - 4.11

Side Two.

"The Way I Want to Touch You" (Toni Tennille) - 3.17
"Natali" (Balsamo, Norman Newell) - 5.02
"You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson) - 3.41
"Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - 4.54
"Feelings" (Morris Albert) - 4.46
"If I Never Sing Another Song" (Don Black, Udo Jürgens) - 4.04

Personnel

Shirley Bassey – vocal
Martin Davis - producer
Arthur Greenslade - arranger, conductor
Martin Rushent - engineer

References

Shirley Bassey

Studio albums	Born to Sing the Blues The Bewitching Miss Bassey The Fabulous Shirley Bassey Shirley Shirley Bassey Let's Face the Music Shirley Stops the Shows I've Got a Song for You And We Were Lovers This Is My Life This Is My Life (La vita) Does Anybody Miss Me Something Something Else I Capricorn And I Love You So Never Never Never Nobody Does It Like Me Good, Bad but Beautiful Love, Life and Feelings You Take My Heart Away The Magic Is You All by Myself I Am What I Am La Mujer Keep the Music Playing The Bond Collection Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Sings the Movies The Show Must Go On Thank You for the Years Get the Party Started The Performance Hello Like Before

Live albums	Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle Live in Japan

Compilation albums	The Shirley Bassey Collection The Shirley Bassey Singles Album Thoughts of Love Bassey – The EMI/UA Years 1959 – 1979 Four Decades of Song

Singles	"Burn My Candle" "The Wayward Wind" "After the Lights Go Down Low" "Banana Boat Song" "As Long As He Needs Me" "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "Love for Sale" "Goldfinger" "If You Go Away" "Big Spender" "Something" "The Fool on the Hill" "For All We Know" "And I Love You So" "Never Never Never" "To All the Men I've Loved Before" "The Rhythm Divine" "Love Is No Game" "Sin Ti" "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" "'Disco' La Passione" "History Repeating" "Light My Fire" "World in Union" "Where Do I Begin" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "That's What Friends Are For" "The Living Tree" "Get the Party Started" "Big Spender (remix)"

Related articles	Discography Songs Albums

Book:Shirley Bassey

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