With Love (Amanda Lear album)


With Love is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2006 by Dance Street. The album is a collection of covers of songs previously performed by other female vocalists.

Background

The album was recorded at Blue Sound Studio in Levallois-Perret and LR Studio in Villeneuve between May and August 2006. It contains covers of evergreens and jazz standards by the disco diva's own favourite divas, among them Eartha Kitt, Dalida, Peggy Lee, Mae West, Nina Simone, Marlene Dietrich and Juliette Gréco. The album came five years after the album Heart, on which Lear covered three evergreens: "Hier Encore", "The Look of Love" and "Lili Marleen", and only a year after her covers compilation Sings Evergreens. Lear had also released an all-cover EP in 1985, A L.
The album was released by ZYX Music in Germany in 2007 with a bonus live recording of the track "Johnny", and in 2008 in Italy under the title Amour toujours with two re-recordings of Lear's Seventies hits "Queen of Chinatown" and "Tomorrow" as bonus tracks. The album was re-reissued by ZYX Music again in November 2008, then as a mid-price release under the title My Baby Just Cares for Me, with a different artwork and without any of the bonus tracks. The digital version of the album includes both the live version of "Johnny" and new versions of "Queen of Chinatown" and "Tomorrow".
No singles were released from the album, however, a promotional music video was produced, depicting Lear performing excerpts of various songs from the album in the studio, directed by Denis Larrieste.

Track listing

Original release

  1. "C'est Magnifique" – 2:29
  2. "Whatever Lola Wants" – 3:07
  3. "Is That All There Is?" – 4:24
  4. "Love for Sale" – 3:36
  5. "I'm in the Mood for Love" – 3:48
  6. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" – 3:37
  7. "Si la photo est bonne" – 2:53
  8. "Johnny" – 3:04
  9. "Bambino" – 3:20
  10. "Senza fine" – 3:17
  11. "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" – 2:35
  12. "Déshabillez-moi" – 4:18

    Italian edition (''Amour toujours'')

  13. "Queen of Chinatown" – 4:09
  14. "Tomorrow" – 3:33
  15. "C'est Magnifique" – 2:25
  16. "Whatever Lola Wants" – 3:05
  17. "Is That All There Is?" – 4:22
  18. "Love for Sale" – 3:33
  19. "I'm in the Mood for Love" – 3:46
  20. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" – 3:34
  21. "Si la photo est bonne" – 2:51
  22. "Johnny" – 3:01
  23. "Bambino" – 3:17
  24. "Senza fine" – 3:13
  25. "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" – 2:32
  26. "Déshabillez-moi" – 4:16

    Digital edition

  27. "C'est Magnifique" – 2:27
  28. "Whatever Lola Wants" – 3:07
  29. "Is That All There Is?" – 4:24
  30. "Love for Sale" – 3:35
  31. "I'm in the Mood for Love" – 3:48
  32. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" – 3:36
  33. "Si la photo est bonne" – 2:52
  34. "Johnny" – 3:03
  35. "Bambino" – 3:19
  36. "Senza fine" – 3:15
  37. "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" – 2:34
  38. "Déshabillez-moi" – 4:18
  39. "Johnny" – 2:51
  40. "Queen of Chinatown" – 4:11
  41. "Tomorrow" – 3:33

    Personnel