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Aimless Love is the eighth album by American folk singer and songwriter John Prine, released in 1984. It is his first release on his independent record label, Oh Boy Records. Background. Prine and his longtime manager Al Bunetta formed Oh Boy Records in an attempt to take control of his own music.
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 for the Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".
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Released in November 1986, Famous Blue Raincoat is a tribute to Leonard Cohen, with whom Warnes had toured as a backup singer in the 1970s. The album's songs span much of Cohen's career, from his 1969 album Songs from a Room to his 1984 album Various Positions (on which Warnes sang), and even two songs ("First We Take Manhattan" and "Ain't No Cure ...
Writing retrospectively for Allmusic, music critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album In reviewing the reissue, Steve Horowitz of PopMatters noted, "This anniversary edition... may finally give the album the acclaim it initially deserved." Peter Gerstenzanga of The Village Voicewrote after the reissue,
All songs written by Leonard Cohenexcept where noted. 1. "First We Take Manhattan" – 3:47 2. "Bird on a Wire" – 4:42 3. "Famous Blue Raincoat" – 5:33 4. "Joan of Arc" – 7:57 5. "Ain't No Cure for Love" – 3:21 6. "Coming Back to You" – 3:43 7. "Song of Bernadette" (Jennifer Warnes, Bill Elliott, Cohen) - 3:55 8. "A Singer Must Die" – 4:52 9. "Came S...
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1. Engineers – Csaba Petocz, Tim Boyle, Steven Strassman, Paul Brown, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf 2. Assistant engineers – Jeff Park, Nyya Lark, Terry Dunavan, Ken Fowler, Dan Reed, Sharon Rice, Garth Richardson, Duane Seykora, Russ Bracher, Joel Stoner 3. Mixing – George Massenburg, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf, Billy Youdelman 4. Mastering – Bernie Grundman 5. Programming – Chuck Barth, Todd Yyega 6. Art Direction – Jennifer Warnes, Leslie Wintner 7. Reissue design – Patricia Bukur
Jennifer Warnes Vocals. Album, CD, Digital Download. 2009. Roy Orbison -The Soul of Rock and Roll (Orbison Collection) Roy Orbison. (All I Can Do Is) Dream You (Live) Originally recorded September 1987; Los Angeles Released on the album A Black and White Night Live (Virgin 91058) 1989 1997 Orbison Records, Inc.
Nov 8, 2019 · Another Time, Another Place. Warnes’ first album in 17 years reminds us how much this singular talent has been missed. A benediction about finding resilience in the face of personal misfortune and political uncertainty, it touches on themes of love, loss, and hope.
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The American singer, songwriter, producer and arranger has forged a five decade career that has seen her relentlessly pursuing her art and passion, moving from pop and rock to jazz, folk, traditional, opera and spiritual with ease and grace.
Q (7/93, p.111) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...AIMLESS LOVE boasts Jennifer Warnes's vocal sweetening on `Slow Boat To China,' plus the surreal hoe-down of `The Bottomless Lake,' and nine more songs of wit and whimsy that play your heartstrings like Paganini..."
