Songs of Love & Loss

Infobox Album
Name=Songs of Love & Loss
Type=cover
Artist=Tina Arena


Released=1 December 2007
Recorded=London and Italy in 2007
Genre=Pop
Length=49:49
Label=EMI
Producer=Duck Blackwell, Paul Guardiani, Paul Manners
Reviews=*"Courier-Mail" rating|4.5|5 [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/reviews.asp 2007]
*"Herald Sun" rating|4|5 [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/entertainment/music/ 2007]
Last album="Un autre univers"
(2005)
This album="Songs of Love & Loss"
(2007)
Next album="7 vies"
(2008)
Misc=Extra album cover 2
Upper caption=Alternate cover
Type=cover


Lower caption=Deluxe Edition cover

"Songs of Love & Loss" is the sixth studio album, and first cover album, by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena, released on 1 December 2007. The album was Arena's first full length English language record in six years and her first album with EMI since her debut "Strong as Steel" in 1990. It peaked at #3 on the ARIA Top Albums Chart and was certified platinum a week after its release. [cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50 |title=Top 50 Albums Chart |work=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=2007-12-10]

A deluxe edition of the album was released on 19 April 2008 which featured a bonus disc of songs recorded live during Arena's 5-date "Love & Loss Tour".

History

Recorded primarily in London in 2007 with the London Studio Orchestra conducted by Simon Hale, the album is made up of ten covers, one new song and a reworking of "Woman" from Arena's previous album, "Just Me". The record was originally going to be entirely made up of Dusty Springfield covers but Arena decided this would be too creatively limiting so broadened the scope to include other torch songs which she felt matched the tone of the album. [ [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artist.asp?actID=20101&bio=1 Musichead biography] 7 November 2007.] [Adams, Cameron (9 November 2007). [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22725122-5006024,00.html Change of Arena from studio to home] . "Herald Sun". Retrieved on 9 November 2007.] [ [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22725417-5013560,00.html Family First for Pop Princess] . News.com.au (9 November 2007). Retrieved on 29 May 2008.]

Arena financed the record herself as she did not have a recording contract in Australia at the time.

Promotion

On 6 November 2007, Arena appeared on "Dancing with the Stars" and performed "To Sir, with Love" followed by a brief interview with the show's host Daryl Somers. The next morning she sang "The Look of Love" on "Sunrise" and a day later was interviewed by Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day FM in Sydney. Arena returned to "Sunrise" on 14 December 2007 to perform "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" and "To Sir with Love" after which she was presented with a plaque recognising platinum sales of the album. She also guest hosted "" on MIX 106.5 in Sydney in place of Richard Mercer on 17 December 2007. Her playlist included 10cc's "I'm Not in Love" and "Why" by Annie Lennox amongst many of her other personal favourites.

Arena performed three concerts at the Sydney Opera House and two at Hamer Hall in Melbourne over the December 2007—January 2008 period. Arena performed with her band as well as a 35 piece orchestra.

Tracklisting

#"The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:44
#"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (Bacharach, David) – 3:44
#"So Far Away" (Carole King) – 4:13
#"To Sir with Love" (Don Black, Mark London) – 3:40
#"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (Kate Bush) – 4:31
#"Do You Know Where You're Going To" (Gerald Goffin, Michael Masser) – 3:42
#"Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) – 4:27
#"I Only Want to Be with You" (Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde) – 4:04
#"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:46
#"Everybody Hurts" (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) – 5:29
#"Woman" (Tina Arena, Trina Harmon, Tyler Hayes) – 3:53
#"Until" (Arena, Duck Blackwell, Paul Guardiani) – 4:40

Deluxe Edition

The deluxe edition featured a bonus disc of songs recorded live on the "Love & Loss Tour".
#"Wasn't It Good" (Arena, Heather Field, Robert Parde) – 5:10
#"You Made Me Find Myself" (Arena, Desmond Child, Ty Lacy) – 4:57
#"Les trois cloches (The Three Bells)" (Jean Villard) – 3:57
#"Now I Can Dance" (Arena, David Tyson) – 4:42
#"Sorrento Moon" (Arena, Tyson, Christopher Ward) – 5:02

Charts

¹ Chart only recognises sales by Australian artists.

Personnel

*Tina Arena – singer, executive producer
*Duck Blackwell – recording, production, mixing, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, programming, backing vocals
*Paul Guardiani – recording, production, mixing, keyboards, programming
*Paul Manners – recording, production, mixing, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, backing vocals ("Love Hangover")
*Simon Hale – conducting, string arrangements
*London Studio Orchestra
**Violins – Perry Montague-Mason, Warren Zielinski, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Julian Leaper, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott-Smith, Rita Manning, Peter Hanson
**Violas – Pete Lale, Bruce White, Andy Parker, Rachel Bolt
**Celli – Tony Pleeth, Martin Loveday, Dave Daniels, Jo Knight
*Luca Campaner – guitars
*Simon Johnson – guitars
*Andrew Barnes-Jones – guitars
*Lucy Harrison – backing vocals
*Peter Brew-Bevan – photography
*Debaser – art direction [cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1153356 |title=Tina Arena - Songs Of Love & Loss |accessdate=2007-12-01]

References

External links

* [http://www.tinaarena.com/index.php?module=new Official Site News]
* [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=20101&catalogNo=5161652 EMI Album page]
* [http://www.musichead.com.au/ecards/tinaarena/ Preview tracks of the album]