Softly (The Sandpipers album)

Softly was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August, 1968. The album reached #180 on the Billboard chart. Two singles from the album charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart: "Quando M'Innamoro" at #16 and the title track at #39.

The album was the first Sandpipers album to be issued in stereo only and not in monaural form in the United States; the catalog numbers were SP-4147 in the US and Canada, and AML-918 in the United Kingdom. Other international releases included Australia (A&M SAML-932,987), Brazil (A&M SP 4194), Germany (A&M 212 043), Israel (A&M 212043), New Zealand (A&M SAML-932987), Spain (A&M HDAS 371-22), Taiwan (Thia Sun KHS-4199), and Venezuela (A&M LPS 77326).

Track listing

Side One

1. Softly <small>(Gordon Lightfoot)</small> 2:30
2. Find a Reason to Believe <small>(Tim Hardin)</small> 2:04
3. Back on the Street Again <small>(Steve Gillette)</small> 1:55
4. Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) <small>(Brian Blackburn/André Popp/Pierre Cour)</small> 1:55
5. Canción De Amor (Wanderlove) <small>(Mason Williams/C. Mapel)</small> 3:45
6. Quando M'Innamoro <small>(Roberto Livraghi/Daniele Pace/Mario Panzeri)</small> 3:05

Side Two

1. Jennifer Juniper <small>(Donovan Leitch)</small> 2:40
2. All My Loving <small>(Lennon–McCartney)</small>
3. Ojos De España (Spanish Eyes) <small>(Bert Kaempfert/Eddie Snyder/Charlie Singleton)</small>
4. To Put Up With You <small>(Paul Williams/Roger Nichols)</small> 2:45
5. Suzanne <small>(Leonard Cohen)</small> 4:35
6. Gloria Patri (Gregorian Psalm Tone III) 0:21

The 8-track tape release (AM 8147) had a different track order: A1-A3-A5, A2-A4-B3, A6-B1-B2, B4-B5-B6.

Production

• Producer: Tommy LiPuma
• Arrangers: Bob Thompson, Nick DeCaro
• Recording Engineer: Henry Lewy
• Mixing Engineer: Dick Bogert
• Album Design: Corporate Head
• Art Director: Tom Wilkes
• Photography: Guy Webster

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