Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Feel A Song (1974/2014) {Expanded Edition 2013} [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Feel A Song (1974/2014) {Expanded Edition 2013}
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:27 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Gladys Knight & the Pips were one of the most legendary and influential groups in the history of R&B, and this expanded edition of 1974 album from the funk and soul group has been remastered and includes 8 bonus tracks not included in the original release.

Both commercially and artistically, switching from Motown to Buddah in the mid-’70s proved to be a very wise move for Gladys Knight & the Pips. Imagination and Claudine were gem-laden smashes, and their winning streak continued with their third Buddah date I Feel a Song. The dramatic “I Feel a Song (In My Heart)” and an unlikely remake of Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” became major hits, as did the soaring ballad “Love Finds Its Own Way.” Knight’s monologue on “The Way We Were” is most ironic — reflecting on the nostalgia that seems to be human nature, she noted that 1974 would someday become “the good old days.” And when disco era-nostalgia took hold in the ’90s, post-baby boomers seemed to be expressing a belief that the ’70s were a simpler, less stressful time. Equally appealing are the gritty numbers “Better You Go Your Way” (written by Bill Withers) and “Don’t Burn Down the Bridge.” If one notices that “Seconds” sounds like something Dionne Warwick would have done early in her career, it’s no coincidence — Burt Bacharach (who also co-wrote many of Warwick’s early hits) co-wrote the song. Thanks to Capitol-EMI’s R&B-oriented reissue label The Right Stuff, I Feel a Song was finally heard on CD in 1997. ~ Alex Henderson

Tracklist:
01 – I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
02 – Love Finds Its Own Way
03 – Seconds
04 – The Going Ups and the Going Downs
05 – The Way We Were / Try to Remember
06 – Better You Go Your Way
07 – Don’t Burn Down the Bridge
08 – The Need to Be
09 – Tenderness Is His Way
10 – The Way We Were / Try to Remember (Single Version)
11 – On and On (Single Version)
12 – The Makings of You (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
13 – Make Yours a Happy Home (Single Version)
14 – Make Yours a Happy Home (Alternate Mix)
15 – Mr. Welfare Man
16 – To Be Invisible
17 – Hold On