''A Lady with a Song'' is a studio album by American jazz singer
Nancy Wilson released by
in 1990.
The album reached No. 8 on the
''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Overview
Philip Bailey
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along with Wanda Vaughn and Jeanette Hawes of
the Emotions
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Hist ...
appear on the album.
Critical reception
Carl Allen of the
Buffalo News
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It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. On January 29, 2020, the ...
with praise wrote, "A Lady With a Song (Columbia 45378), her 52nd album, reaffirms Wilson as a precious artistic commodity in an era when many performers slide by with a catchy beat, screaming their lyrics in a flawed effort to utter them with emotion."
William Ruhlmann of
AllMusic
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also remarked "The arrangements are full of electronic keyboard washes, popping basslines, and soulful female backup vocals with the occasional piercing saxophone part, all in support of (and at times overwhelming) Wilson's smoky alto vocals... But the quality of the songwriting lets Wilson down, and, anyway, the approach is not natural to her. She is jazzier and classier than this kind of thing, and while she made a valiant attempt to meet the R&B charts more than halfway, she is not heard at her best here".
Track listing
Charts
References
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1990 albums
Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) albums
Columbia Records albums