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Leavin' by Natalie Cole

Leavin'

Release Date: 9/26/2006

Recording Date: 9/2006

Tracks: 12

Length: 00:52:13 Hrs

Label: Verve

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, United States of America, Contemporary R&B

Album Tracks (12)

Song Title
Length
1.
Criminal
04:04
2.
Old Man
04:35
3.
Day Dreaming
03:34
4.
Leavin'
03:48
5.
The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done to Me)
03:25
6.
Lovin' Arms
04:41
7.
Love Letter
03:49
8.
The Man with the Child in His Eyes
04:53
9.
5 Minutes Away
04:21
10.
Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)
05:40
11.
You Gotta Be
03:45
12.
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
05:38

What the Critics Say

Natalie Cole's second album for Verve, released four years after Ask a Woman Who Knows, is also based around covers. This time out, she fixes her gaze on more modern material and is joined by producer Dallas Austin. Backed by a band anchored by Austin (who drums throughout), longtime Austin associate Tony Reyes (bass, guitar), and Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (keyboards), Cole breezes through an easygoing set of covers including the likely (Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming," Des'ree's "You Gotta Be"), the relatively unlikely (Neil Young's "Old Man," Kate Bush's "The Man with the Child in His Eyes"), and the practically required (the requisite Sting cover, thankfully not "Fragile"). Sounding like it was recorded at a leisurely pace, with all the involved enjoying themselves, the album should be a treat for any Cole fan, even though there is only one original song: the classy, Al Green-inspired "5 Minutes Away." ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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