You’ve Got Your Troubles/And I Love Him/Uptight(Everything’s Alright)/Have A Heart/Before The Rain/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Call Me/Yesterday/Wasn’t It Wonderful/You’re Gonna Hear From Me/No One Else But You/Goin' Out Of My Head
A Touch Of Today was jazz influenced vocalist Nancy Wilson's last US album top twenty entry. She would continue to place her LPs on the lower rungs of the US chart for more than a decade later. Despite her international stature she failed to crack the UK album chart. (US:15)
"A Touch of Today features Nancy Wilson's pop sessions from the mid-'60s, chock to the brim with up-to-date, for the time, standards. Though Wilson's beautiful voice and impeccable phrasing convert most of these songs into her repertoire, a few just don't work at all."
"A Touch Of Today overall has a warm, very understated, relaxed feel about it. If you're looking for Ms. Wilson to holler and bellow to the crowd, look elsewhere The arrangements by Sid Feller are superb. They envelop and surround Ms. Wilson like a linebacker protecting a quarterback, making sure she hits her goal. Some personal favourites are: You're Gonna Hear From Me, sung with gusto and feeling. Many singers have sung this song written by Andre Previn, but out of all of them, Ms. Wilson's version stands out and really stays with you. Others include the nicely done The Shadow Of Your Smile. Let's just say Ms. Wilson acquits herself very nicely here."
"True, not her usual jazz tone, but I'm sure happy with it, especially No One Else But You. That's a rare gem. This songbird can do no wrong in my book."
"What a voice, I mean if you like Nancy Wilson then you will love this album. I don't care if some of the songs are considered sappy 60s elevator fare, this woman's voice just makes any song sound beautiful and fresh. I almost left the room when Yesterday came on and I am so glad that I didn't ‘cause she just nails it like no one I have ever heard before. However, the whole album is like this."
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