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By The Time I Get To Phoenix
(Dance Disco Heat)/You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
That's The Way Of The World

THELMA HOUSTON: A WOMAN’S TOUCH*
THELMA HOUSTON: A WOMAN’S TOUCH*
Item# 31056
$16.99

Product Description

Thelma Houston, the dynamic voice behind the disco anthem “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” is back with her first album in over 17 years. In a clever twist, Houston uses A Woman’s Touch to transform songs made famous by some of the biggest singers – male singers - in R&B and pop. Conceived by Thelma Houston, A Woman’s Touch is filled with songs she has long been a fan of. “They are songs I always wished I had recorded,” she explains, “and I loved doing them from a woman’s standpoint.” But Houston doesn’t just put a female spin on the lyrics, she takes over and completely reworks the songs through soul, R&B, blues and dancefloor filters. “Ain’t That Peculiar” and Sting’s “Brand New Day” get bluesy, sassy makeovers, while “Disco Heat/Mighty Real” (a nod to Houston’s disco past and tribute to her old friend Sylvester) starts out a poignant gospel song and closes with Studio 54-era exuberance. Houston revisits another friend from her early career, covering Jimmy Webb’s “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” (Webb wrote and produced Houston’s 1969 debut album), rebuilding it with incredible old school R&B flair. And then there’s Thelma triumphant return to her dancefloor roots with a fierce version of Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much.”
Tracks:
1. Wake Up Everybody
2. Never Too
3. Brand New
4. Ain't That Peculiar
5. By the Time I Get To Phoenix
6. Distant Lover
7. Lave And Happiness
8. Medley: Dance (Disco Heat)/You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real
9. That's the Way Of the World
10. Please Send Me Someone To Love



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