Lesley Gore
Lesley Sings All About Love - Mercury 1966
Tracks:1. Young Love / 2. I Won't Love You Anymore / 3. With Any Other Girl / 4. Too Young / 5. Start the Party Again / 6. That's What I'll Do / 7. Only Last Night / 8. To Know Him Is to Love Him / 9. I Can Tell / 10. We Know We're in Love / 11. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / 12. I Just Can't Get Enough of You
Comments:
"Lesley Gore Sings All About Love" is probably the least inspired among her otherwise quite good 1960s albums. She has ”lost” her former producer "Quincy Jones" and his replacement, Shelby Singleton, apparently does not really have a clear direction for what he wants with Gore. A good part of the songs are oldies and pop standards, and many of them are weighed down by too heavy orchestra backing. There is some Motown inspiration on some of the songs, but these songs are simply not very exciting.
Gore wrote with brother Michael three songs and here there are glimpses of the youthful approach she was otherwise known for. But even these songs do not have the necessary qualities to really catch on. Even an excellent song like Carole King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" appears tame and uninspired - perhaps the weakest version I've heard so far.
There are, however, a few tracks that stand out positively. "In Can Tell" is a fine up-beat pop song that could have fit nicely with Sandie Shaw and also fits Lesley Gore very well. Also "Start the Party Again" is quite nice - a Motown inspired song that was written by Arthur Resnick and Kenny Young, who together wrote several big hits.
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