Doin' Things

 

CD

 

"As perhaps the pre-eminent session singer of the past forty years, her instantly recognizable, warm and soulful tones have been floating across radio, television, film soundtracks, the internet and beyond for as long as anyone can remember. Today, with a second career as an internationally respected jazz vocalist, she is worthy of diva status. That’s a fact. Though she is by birth an American, Madeline Bell is truly a national treasure. Coupling tremendous material with sympathetic production, her body of work in the 1960’s has been criminally overlooked. These superlative recordings reveal a singer with enviable control, confidence and power; not to mention a range that runs the gamut from a seductive velvety purr to a full-throated gospel vibrato, from the sophisticated sob of a Dionne to the raw emotion of an Aretha. Based on the evidence presented here, if you had to use one word to describe Madeline Bell, it can only be authentic. Madeline’s second Phillips LP “Doin Things” represents one of the strongest long-players to emerge from any British (or British-based) female vocalist in the late 1960s. In addition to the original LP, RPM have added bonus tracks: two non-album singles from the same period plus a b-side to a single that prefaced this LP, Go Ahead On a co-write with Dusty Springfield, who also recorded her own version."

 

Tracklisting

 

 1  Help Yourself

 

 2  After All Is Said And Done

 

 3  Doin' Things Together With You

 

 4  It's Up To You

 

 5  For Your Pleasure

 

 6  To Sir With Love

 

 7  Hold It

 

 8  Step Inside Love

 

 9  Gotta Get Away From Here

 

10  No Sun Today

 

11  Ain't Gonna Cry Any More

 

12  Finding You, Loving You

 

bonus tracks:

 

13  Go Ahead On

 

14  Thinkin'

 

15  Don't Give Your Love Away

 

16  What'm I Supposed To Do

 

17  We're So Much In Love

 

18  How Much Do I Love You