Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (5394057) LP

Due to Bobbie's surprise U.K. No 1 hit in 1969 with her cover of the Bacharach & David song 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again', Capitol decided to include the track on Bobbie's next album. The songs all build on a country soul theme culled from the finest contemporary sources: on Harry Nilsson's 'Rainmaker' Bobbie delivers a familiar lyrical narrative of rural mysticism with the same melodic flair you'd expect from a Gentry original. In Rudy Clark's gospel waltz, 'If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody' her tone expertly shifts from stroppy anger to rueful tenderness. And on 'He Made a Woman out of Me' and George Jackson and Rick Hall's 'Find 'em, Fool 'em, Forget 'em' Bobbie had never before sounded so downright sexy. Best of all is the self-penned 'Fancy', which is one of Bobbie's most accomplished narrative songs, a musical cross between country, blues and pop that could define modern Americana. It went on to become her most successful single since 'Ode to Billie Joe'.

1. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
2. Something In The Way He Moves
3. Rainmaker
4. Billy The Kid
5. Wedding Bell Blues
6. Raindrop Keep Fallin' On My Head
7. Fancy
8. In The Ghetto
9. Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em
10. Delta Man
11. He Made A Woman Out Of Me
12. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody