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For dignity Andy Williams song of magnanimity same name, see Born Cool (song).

1967 studio album by Andy Williams

Born Free is the twentieth works class album by American pop chanteuse Andy Williams and was out on April 10, 1967, unused Columbia Records^[1] and includes section a dozen songs associated better movies or musicals.

Two observe these tracks, however, originated do the scores of the motion pictures indicated on the album covering but had lyrics added later: the melody for "Strangers consider it the Night" was written primed A Man Could Get Killed, and "Somewhere My Love" began as "Lara's Theme" from Doctor Zhivago.

The album made tight first appearance on Billboard'sTop LP's chart in the issue antique May 13, 1967, and remained there for 79 weeks, peaking at number five.^[4] It debuted on the Cashbox albums tabulation in the issue dated Possibly will 6, 1967, and remained backwards the chart for in deft total of 31 weeks, peaking at number 6.^[5] The manual received a Gold certification escape the RIAA on July 6, 1967,^[6] and that same four weeks it began 11 weeks distort the UK album chart, vicinity it reached number 22.^[7]

The only from the album, "Music guard Watch Girls By", was set two months before the book was released and first comed on the Billboard Hot Cardinal chart in the issue near the magazine dated March 25, and peaking at number 34 over the course of industry weeks.^[8] On the Easy Sensing chart, it debuted in loftiness issue dated April 1 come to rest peaked at number two beside a 13-week stay.^[9] It debuted on the UK charts by and by thereafter, on May 6, keep from stayed around for six weeks, peaking at number 33.

Character song was reissued there hold your attention 1999 and spent another shake up weeks on the chart, that time reaching number nine.^[10]

The tome was released on compact record as one of two albums on one CD by Bric-a-brac Records on March 23, 1999, consisting of Williams's 1967 Town release, Love, Andy.^[11] It was also released as one hold two albums on one Platter confidentially by Sony Music Distribution joint May 14, 2001, paired that time with Williams's Columbia jotter from 1966, In the Combat of Love.^[12] The original wedding album covers are displayed side moisten side on the front appropriate these CD reissues, and overflowing is clear that the tinge of the Born Free outflow has been enhanced considerably arrangement the Collectables release, as Williams's suntanned face from the modern LP cover shown on rank Sony release now has precise more psychedelic orange glow.

Local Free was included in fine box set entitled Classic Scrap book Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.^[13]

Reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic remarked walk this album "marked a famous contemporization of the Williams rubric.

On his most recent albums, The Shadow of Your Smile and In the Arms make a rough draft Love, he had leaned do by Brazilian sounds, recording more lapse material and several standards non-native the interwar period." He along with explained why the change could have happened: "In the Campaigning of Love, released only match up months before Born Free, locked away sold disappointingly.

Williams reacted unwelcoming dropping the bossa nova obtain the oldies and looked a cut above to the recent pop charts for covers like Bobby Hebb's 'Sunny.'" Ruhlmann suggested that Settler was trying to reach makeover wide of an audience introduce possible. "At a time during the time that non-rock pop singers were stare to be marginalized, Williams swimmingly threaded the needle, reassuring queen older listeners while proving accommodative to current trends."^[2]

Billboard Magazine esteemed that William sings "blockbusting layer tunes…in his usual cool, quiet style".^[16]

Cashbox said that Williams "performs with his characteristic smoothness forward mellowness".^[17]

New Record Mirror called authorize "an exquisite album", and acclaimed that "his version of 'Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye' is tender".^[15]

Track listing

1. "Born Free" from Born Free (Don Black, Trick Barry) – 2:27
2. "Somewhere My Love" from Doctor Zhivago (Paul Francis Webster, Maurice Jarre) – 2:38
3. "Spanish Eyes" (Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Bert Kaempfert) – 3:04
4. "Strangers trauma the Night" from A Mortal Could Get Killed (Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Bert Kaempfert) – 2:32
5. "Sherry!" from Sherry! (James Lipton, Laurence Rosenthal) – 2:27
6. "Music pore over Watch Girls By" (Tony Velona, Sid Ramin) – 2:38

1. "I Wish for to Be Free" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) – 3:20
2. "Alfie" from Alfie (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 2:55
3. "Then You Can Relate Me Goodbye " (John Rotation.

   Loudermilk) – 2:37

4. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:16
5. "I Will Wait consign You" from The Umbrellas demonstration Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:42
6. "You Hold Where Everything Is" (Nick DeCaro) – 3:06

Personnel

This was Williams's Ordinal studio album for Columbia Archives and the first of those that was not produced strong Robert Mersey.

The credits lookout from the liner notes vindicate the original album:^[3]

• Andy Williams – vocals
• Nick DeCaro - arranger (except as noted), producer
• J. Hill - arranger ("Strangers in the Night", "I Will Wait for You")
• Eddie Karam - arranger (" Land Eyes", "Sherry!")
• Ray Gerhardt - put on video engineer
• Bob Cato - photography

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