Description
Fabulous - Sheena Easton / Universal Audio CD 2000 / 013026-2
UPC 044001302626
Fabulous is the 15th album by Scottish singer Sheena Easton, released in November 2000. The album charted in the UK at #185 and contains Euro Hi-NRG cover versions of hit songs from the 1970s and '80s, most of them disco classics. The album also contains two original compositions. The first single released from the album was a remake of "Giving Up Giving In", which had originally been a hit for the Three Degrees in 1978. Easton's version was less successful, peaking at #54 on the UK Singles Chart.
A second single was released in 2001, a cover of Donna Summer's 1982 hit "Love Is in Control" with double A-side "Don't Leave Me This Way" with an accompanying video that was taken from footage of Easton's album launch concert at G-A-Y nightclub in London. However, this too was unsuccessful and shelved indefinitely.
In Japan, Fabulous was released in February 2001 and the first single was "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" which had originally been recorded by Frankie Valli in the 1960s, though a disco version had been a hit for Boys Town Gang in the early 1980s. The album was packaged differently from the UK version and included two bonus tracks; "I Need Your Lovin'" (a cover of the 1980 Teena Marie song) and a remix of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".
In Australia, Fabulous was released on 24 February 2001 and Easton was asked to perform songs from the album to close out 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ceremonies.
Remixes of the singles were produced by Joey Negro, Sleaze Sisters, Sharp Boys, Rob Searle, DJ Soma Grow and Almighty. The album was a commercial failure in the UK, though the album did enjoy mild success in dance clubs in London, Japan, and Australia. The album was only released throughout continental Europe, Japan, Australia, and Argentina.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Don't Leave Me This Way
Backing Vocals – Paul Fredericks*, Terry Ronald, Valerie Etienne
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Soloist [Trumpet], Trumpet – Derek Watkins
Written-By – Cary Gilbert, Kenneth Gamble/Leon Huff
Backing Vocals – Paul Fredericks*, Terry Ronald, Valerie Etienne
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Soloist [Trumpet], Trumpet – Derek Watkins
Written-By – Cary Gilbert, Kenneth Gamble/Leon Huff
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5:25 |
| 2 | Giving Up Giving In
Backing Vocals – Melanie Marshall, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Giorgio Moroder, Peter Bellotte
Backing Vocals – Melanie Marshall, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Giorgio Moroder, Peter Bellotte
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4:29 |
| 3 | Love Is In Control
Backing Vocals – Melanie Marshall, Paul Fredericks, Sylvia Mason-James, Terry Ronald, Valerie Etienne, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Ross*, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton
Backing Vocals – Melanie Marshall, Paul Fredericks, Sylvia Mason-James, Terry Ronald, Valerie Etienne, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Ross*, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton
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5:11 |
| 4 | That's What Friends Are For
Backing Vocals – Paul Fredericks, Valerie Etienne
Keyboards [Additional] – Nick Naysmith
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Williams, Baskett, Groves
Backing Vocals – Paul Fredericks, Valerie Etienne
Keyboards [Additional] – Nick Naysmith
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Williams, Baskett, Groves
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4:11 |
| 5 | Never Can Say Goodbye
Backing Vocals – Sylvia Mason-James, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Clifton Davis
Backing Vocals – Sylvia Mason-James, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Clifton Davis
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4:23 |
| 6 | Best Of My Love
Backing Vocals – Sylvia Mason-James, Vicky James
Programmed By [Additional] – Paul "Sweet Pea" Watson
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Al McKay, Maurice White
Backing Vocals – Sylvia Mason-James, Vicky James
Programmed By [Additional] – Paul "Sweet Pea" Watson
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer
Written-By – Al McKay, Maurice White
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3:10 |
| 7 | On My Own
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis, Paul Fredericks, Valerie Etienne
Featuring [Duet Vocal With] – Terry Ronald
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer-Sager
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis, Paul Fredericks, Valerie Etienne
Featuring [Duet Vocal With] – Terry Ronald
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer-Sager
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4:02 |
| 8 | Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis, Paul Fredericks, Sylvia Mason-James, Valerie Etienne, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis, Paul Fredericks, Sylvia Mason-James, Valerie Etienne, Vicky James
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe
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4:16 |
| 9 | You Never Gave Me The Chance
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis
Programmed By [Additional] – Nick Bagnall
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Ian Masterson, Terry Ronald
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis
Programmed By [Additional] – Nick Bagnall
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Written-By – Ian Masterson, Terry Ronald
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4:19 |
| 10 |
Get Here To Me
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis
Programmed By [Additional] – Nick Bagnall
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Soloist [Trumpet], Trumpet – Derek Watkins
Written-By – Ian Masterson, Terry Ronald
Backing Vocals – Dee Lewis
Programmed By [Additional] – Nick Bagnall
Recorded By [Vocals] – Steve B
Soloist [Trumpet], Trumpet – Derek Watkins
Written-By – Ian Masterson, Terry Ronald
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4:58 |
- Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By [Brass], Conductor [Strings], Piano – Christopher Slaski
- Cello – Andrew Skrimshire, Ben Lasserson, Chris Worsey, Daniel Gardner (3), Paul Watkins (3)
- Contractor [Orchestral] – John Wilson (15)
- Copyist – Angus Meryon
- Double Bass – David Ayre, Tom Croxon
- Engineer – Laurence Diana
- Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Gardener
- Executive-Producer – Tony Swain
- Flute – Michael O'Donnell (3), Nick Cartledge
- Guitar – James Nisbet
- Harp – Lucy Wakeford
- Management [Ian Masterson Representation] – Danny D, Delirious Music Management Ltd., Ken Grunbaum
- Management [Terry Ronald Representation] – Hillary Shaw, Shaw Thing Management
- Mastered By – Tim Young
- Mixed By – Paul Wright
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Matt Crawford (2)
- Percussion – Steve Smith (2)
- Photography By – Tessa Hallmann
- Producer, Arranged By [Vocals] – Terry Ronald
- Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards, Programmed By – Ian Masterson
- Programmed By [Additional] – James Sanger
- Recorded By [Strings], Recorded By [Brass] – Mike Ross Trevor
- Saxophone – Howard McGill, Luke Annesley, Nigel Hitchcock
- Trombone – Ian Moffat (2), Mark Nightingale, Richard Edwards (2)
- Trumpet – Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Michael Lovatt, Simon Gardner, Steve Sidwell
- Viola – Christopher Goldscheider, Jessamy Boyd, Rebecca Chambers, Robin Del Mar
- Violin – Alan Brind, Andrew Haveron, Chris George, Gareth Griffiths, Harry Kerr, Helen Hathorn, Ian Belton (2), John Bradbury (2), Jonathan Morton, Levine Andrade, Marcus Barcham-Stevens, Matthew Scrivener, Padraic Savage, Paul Barrit, Paul Willey, Peter Graham (5), Peter Manning, Richard George, Rita Manning, Roger Garland, Rolf Wilson, Ruth Williams, Sonya Fairbairn, Warren Ziclinski, Yuri Zhislin
