I Am What I Am (Shirley Bassey album)

I Am What I Am

Studio album by Shirley Bassey

Released

1984

MOR

Towerbell Records

Shirley Bassey chronology

All By Myself
(1982)

I Am What I Am
(1984)

La Mujer
(1989)

I Am What I Am was the only studio album recorded by Shirley Bassey for the Towerbell Records label. Several other tracks were also recorded at this label and issued as singles only. The recording sessions took place at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, in July and August 1984. Following the success of the previous album All by Myself, this album peaked at number 25 in the UK album chart and reached Gold status.^[1]^[2] This release was the first digitally recorded album made by Shirley Bassey and was issued on vinyl, cassette and CD. Consisting of mainly re-recordings from Shirley Bassey's back catalogue and two new songs, this album was recorded 'live' with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davies. The album also reunited Shirley Bassey with Norman Newell, who had served successfully as her producer throughout the 1960s.

Towerbell Records is now defunct but this album has been re-issued on CD many times on various labels.

Several of the vocal performances made for this recording were remixed for the 2007 album Get the Party Started.

Track listing

"What Now My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Leroyer, Carl Sigman)
"Something" (George Harrison)
"As Long as He Needs Me" (Lionel Bart)
"Kiss Me Honey Honey" (Al Timothy, Michael Julien)
"As I Love You" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
"Big Spender" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields)
"Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim)
"I Am What I Am" (Jerry Herman)
"Goldfinger" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, John Barry)
"I (Who Have Nothing)" (Mogol, Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
"Natalie" (U. Balsamo, Norman Newell)
"And I Love You So" (Don McLean)
"Never, Never, Never" (Tony Renis, Alberto Testa, Norman Newell)
"For All We Know" (Fred Karlin, Arthur James)
"This Is My Life" (Norman Newell, Bruno Canfora, Antonio Amum)
"If You Don't Understand" (Toto Cutugno, Norman Newell) - 4:10 (This track did not appear on the early issue of the album)

Bonus Track

The Japanese CD issue featured a bonus track: "To All the Men I've Loved Before" (Albert Hammond, Hal David)

Singles

Four singles were issued from the original release of this album.

"If You Don't Understand" / "To All the Men I've Loved Before" Ariola Records, Germany only)
"Natalie" / "As I Love You" (Towerbell Records)
"I Am What I Am" / "This Is My Life" (Towerbell Records)
"To All the Men I've Loved Before" / "I Am What I Am" (Towerbell Records) UK #86^[1]

1984 a Towerbell/Vogue maxi-single was issued with a "Special Dance Mix" of "If You Don't Understand" (re-mix by Robert Levy-Provençal) - 7:11

References

1 2 "Shirley Bassey on officialcharts.com". Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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External links

http://home.arcor.de/bassey/info/trkl048.html

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)"

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Book:Shirley Bassey

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