Born to Be with You (album)

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Born to Be with You
Studio album by
Dion
ReleasedOctober 1975
Recorded1970 ("Your Own Back Yard"); 1974 ("New York City Song" and the main album sessions)
Length35:10
LabelPhil Spector Records
Producer
Dion chronology
Suite for Late Summer
(1972) 		Born to Be with You
(1975) 		Streetheart
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Born to Be with You is the fourteenth solo studio album by Dion, released in October 1975. Six of the eight tracks were produced by Phil Spector,[2] who had expressed admiration of Dion's earlier work with his doo-wop group, Dion and the Belmonts.

Upon completion in 1974, Spector shelved the release for twelve months, only to find the album was met with indifference by the music establishment. However, in the 1990s, the album began to receive widespread critical acclaim. Artists such as Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream cited it as a key influence.[3]

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Production

The recording sessions were lengthy and chaotic, often hampered by Spector's drinking and unpredictable temperament.[4] Bruce Springsteen and Miami Steve visited the studio during the recording sessions.[5] On its completion in 1974, Dion effectively disowned the record, stating that the production made it sound like "funeral music".[4]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Phil Spector, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Born to Be with You"Don Robertson 6:51
2."Make the Woman Love Me"Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 4:33
3."Your Own Back Yard"Dion DiMucci, Tony FascePhil Gernhard[2]3:50
4."(He's Got) The Whole World in His Hands"Traditional; arranged by Spector and DiMucci 3:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Only You Know"Gerry Goffin, Spector 4:45
2."New York City Song"DiMucci, William TuohyTerry Cashman and Tommy West[2]3:45
3."In and Out of the Shadows"Goffin, Spector 4:18
4."Good Lovin' Man"Spector, DiMucci, A.J. Bernstein 3:47

The 2001 Ace Records CD reissue, which pairs Born to Be with You with his 1976 album Streetheart,[6] contains an additional Phil Spector-produced bonus track, "Baby, Let's Stick Together" (3:12, written by Spector and Jeff Barry), which had originally seen release in the UK only as a non-album single in 1976.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Born to Be with You - Dion - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Phil Spector Records LP release cat number 2307-002, 1975
  3. ^ "Ace Records". Ace Records. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  4. ^ a b Mick Brown, Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector, Bloomsbury, 2007, p306
  5. ^ Carlin, Marcello (April 2011). The Blue in the Air. O Books. p. 80. ISBN 9781846945960. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Born To Be With You/Streetheart". Ace Records. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

Further reading

Phil Spector: Out of His Head. R Williams. 2003. Omnibus Press.