''Sugar and Beyond'' is a double compilation album by the British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul released on 18 March 2013, together with a second double album, '' Into My Music''. De Paul personally oversaw the project and was involved in the digital remastering of the tracks from the original tapes. The CD includes all her hits as well as the two LPs released in the period between 1972 and 1974.

Overview

The majority of the tracks on this CD had not been reissued previously. The first CD (and the first four tracks on the second CD) contained all of the recordings for

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(the four singles with

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and B sides) as well as tracks from the '' Surprise'' album. The version of "

Sugar Me "Sugar Me" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Green. The first version of this song to be released was recorded by de Paul as her first single on MAM Records in 1972. It was produced by Gordon Mills and the B-side was de Paul's versio ...

" included is the longer album version produced by de Paul, rather than the single version which was produced by

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. Similarly, the version of "

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" is longer than the single version originally released in 1973 and it includes an extra section that reprises "Baby sugar me" from her first hit. ''Sugar and Beyond'' also contains two unreleased songs performed by de Paul from 1972 and orchestrated by

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collaborator,

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- "

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" (a song covered by many artists) and "Taking It On", a song co-written with

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and previously released by

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and

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, as well as dance troupe

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on their 1973 album, ''Give Me Love''. The second CD includes the one off international hit single on the

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label "

Ooh I Do "Ooh I Do" is the fifth single released by Lynsey de Paul on 17 May 1974 and her only single released on the Warner Bros. label, after moving there from MAM Records. Co-written by de Paul and Barry Blue, this Phil Spector-ish song with a nod to ...

" and its B-side "Nothing Really Lasts Forever", and subsequent releases on the

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label such as the UK top 40 hit "

My Man and Me "My Man and Me" is a song written, recorded and produced by the British female singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul for her second album, '' Taste Me... Don't Waste Me'', and released as a single backed with de Paul's smoochy version of "Dancing on a ...

" plus de Paul's version of "

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" (the B-side to that single) and it concludes with de Paul's second biggest hit single "

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" and the B-side of this single "

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", which was a UK hit for

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. The remaining tracks come from de Paul's second vinyl album '' Taste Me... Don't Waste Me''. All of the songs of the album were either written or co-written by de Paul. The album came with a booklet with photographs and memorabilia from de Paul's personal archive, as well her as anecdotes about the songs and her career. The album received positive reviews in the music press such as the UK music magazines ''

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'' and ''

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'', plus the US music magazine ''

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'', with one review stating "it paints the portrait of an artist whose songs stand apart from the rest, her lyrics show her as a very good lyricist and the songs span everything from piano ballads to pop, rock and even some early 70s disco tinged material". The CD was the 37th best selling album on the label in the first quarter after its release It was also listed as one of the best albums of 2013 by Dave Bash of

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References

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