Feel So Young

Feel So Young
Studio album by
Helen Reddy
ReleasedNovember 1990
RecordedAugust 1990
StudioGroove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, California
Genre
Length34:30
LabelHelen Reddy, Inc.
Producer
  • Helen Reddy (exec.)
  • Dan Garcia
  • Milton Ruth
Helen Reddy chronology
Imagination
(1983) 		Feel So Young
(1990) 		All-Time Greatest Hits
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(negative)[1]

Feel So Young is the fifteenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released in 1990 by her own record label, Helen Reddy, Inc.. The album included new recordings of some of her hits ("Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady", "Angie Baby ", "I Am Woman", and "You and Me Against the World") and two songs from her 1983 Imagination album ("Let's Go Up" and "Looks Like Love") as well as four new songs. It has been reissued by many other independent labels under various names and with varying track lists, some of which include some or all of three additional re-recordings of "Delta Dawn", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", and "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)".

Background

Since Helen Reddy's acrimonious divorce from American manager Jeffrey Wald in 1983 due to a custody battle with their son, she became her own manager and booking agent[2] by forming her eponymous production company and record label, Helen Reddy Inc., at Santa Monica, California, to exert artistic and legal controls and "own the masters to these songs".[3] The album Feel So Young was conceived as "a record of how they sounded now", in Reddy's words, which contains new recordings of previous hits. The album was recorded at Jackson Browne's Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, California in August 1990.[4]

At the time of the initial release, the album was distributed primarily in the United States, Japan and England by Helen Reddy Records, Alfa Records[5] and Pickwick Records,[6] respectively, on CD and cassette tapes. In the United States, the album was released as a mail order in an "environmentally sensitive packaging", as stated in one of her advertisements.[7]

Reissue history

Title Country Date Label Format Catalogue number
Feel So Young: The Best of Helen Reddy United Kingdom 8 March 2002[4] Prestige Elite Records CD CDSGP 0124
Greatest and Latest United States 5 November 2002[8] Goldenlane Records/Cleopatra Records CD 1261
The Best of Helen Reddy Australia 12 November 2002[9] Masters / Intercontinental Records CD 1267
Angie Baby United Kingdom 14 November 2002 [10] Delta Music CD CD 4153
The Collection Australia 20 December 2002[11] Performax CD MAX081[12]
I Am A Woman United Kingdom and Germany 9 September 2003[13] Brilliant CD BT 33088
Classics United States and Canada 20 September 2003[14] Madacy Records CD 4483
Helen Reddy The Netherlands 6 December 2004[15] United Audio Entertainment CD 615
Greatest Hits United States 6 September 2005[16] Delta Distribution/Laserlight CD 32612
Helen Reddy United States 6 December 2007[1] KRB CD KRB8165-2

Reception

Critic Al Campbell of Allmusic wrote retrospectively: "While a few of the remakes are adequate, the majority are not in the same league as the originals."[1] He also advises, "Other compilations are available containing the definitive versions of these hits so don't waste your money on this set."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:03
  2. "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" (Harriet Schock) – 4:01
  3. "Let's Go Up" (Franne Golde, Peter Ivers) – 4:14
  4. "Angie Baby" (Alan O'Day) – 4:00
  5. "Here in My Arms"(Mary Ekler) – 4:42
  6. "Looks Like Love" (Keith Stegall) – 2:55
  7. "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:55
  8. "Lost in the Shuffle" (Gary Rue) – 3:11
  9. "I Am Woman" (Ray Burton, Helen Reddy) – 2:57
  10. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 4:27
Reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26
  2. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:15
  3. "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) – 3:08

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The Al Campbell Allmusic review was posted under a reissue of the album."Helen Reddy [KRB] - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ^ Froelke Coburn, Marcia (13 May 1993). "Singer Helen Reddy Hasn't Changed Her Tune, Just Added Verses". orlandosentinel.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ James, Gary (c. 1990). "Interview With Helen Reddy". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Feel So Young - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Helen Reddy Feel So Young Japanese Promo CD album (CDLP)". EIL.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ^ Reddy, Helen (1990). Feel So Young - The Helen Reddy Collection (liner notes). London, England: Pickwick Records. PWKM 4072.
  7. ^ "Her new CD or cassette, Feel So Young..." OutWeek Magazine. New York City, United States: Helen Reddy Records (advert). 13 March 1991. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Helen Reddy - Greatest and Latest (2002)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ^ "The Best of Helen Reddy (2002)". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Helen Reddy - Angie Baby (2002)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Helen Reddy - Collection (2002)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  12. ^ Reddy, Helen (2002), The collection /, Mastertech, retrieved 24 March 2018
  13. ^ "Helen Reddy - I Am A Woman (2003)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Helen Reddy - Classics (2003)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Helen Reddy UAE (2004)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Helen Reddy - Greatest Hits (2005)". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.