No Strings (album)
No Strings is the eleventh studio album by Scottish singer Sheena Easton released in 1993 by MCA Records. The album was a departure from the pop and R&B style of her earlier recordings with jazz-tinged production arrangements by Patrice Rushen.
The album was recorded live in the studio, as Easton wanted to record the music in a similar fashion to Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records sessions of the 1960s. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Indecent Proposal. Easton appears in a cameo role singing the song with Herbie Hancock playing the piano during a pivotal moment in the film, and the song was released as a promo single in some European markets.
Track listing
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" – 3:18
- "Medley: I'm in the Mood for Love / Moody's Mood for Love" – 4:14
- "The Nearness of You" – 3:17
- "How Deep Is the Ocean" – 3:40
- "If You Go Away" – 5:52
- "Body and Soul" – 5:51
- "Medley: Little Girl Blue / When Sunny Gets Blue" – 6:10
- "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" – 3:25
- "The Man That Got Away" – 4:23
- "I Will Say Goodbye" – 2:37
- "Never Will I Marry" – 3:25
Personnel
Musicians
- Sheena Easton – vocals
- Patrice Rushen – acoustic piano
- Phil Upchurch – guitars
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars
- Reggie Hamilton – bass
- Ken Wild – bass
- John Guerin – drums
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
- Valerie King – flute
- Fred Jackson, Jr. – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Bob Sheppard – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor sax solo
- Larry Williams – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Lew McCreary – trombone, bass trombone
- Reggie Young – trombone
- Rick Baptist – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Raymond Lee Brown – trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet
- Marni Johnson – French Horn
- Richard Todd – French Horn
Production
- Patrice Rushen – producer, arrangements
- Rick Winquest – recording, mixing
- Eric Cowden – assistant engineer
- Dann Thompson – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Booker White – music copyist
- Vartan – art direction
- John Coulter – design
- Margo Chase – logo design
- Alberto Tolot – photography
- Barron Matalon – hair
- Fleur Theimeyer – stylist
- Francesca Tolot – make-up
- Harriet Wasserman – management