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Bridge over Troubled Water (Peggy Lee album)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water is a 1970 album by Peggy Lee.[1]

ReleasedApril 1970[1]
Recorded1970
GenreJazz
Length35:25
Quick facts Studio album by Peggy Lee, Released ...
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1970[1]
Recorded1970
GenreJazz
Length35:25
LabelCapitol
ProducerPhil Wright
Peggy Lee chronology
Is That All There Is?
(1969)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
(1970)
Make It with You
(1970)
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Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicunrated[1]
Billboardunrated[2]
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Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated June 6, 1970, peaking at No. 142 during a nine-week run on the chart.[3]

Reception

Lindsay Planer on AllMusic stated that "Overwhelmingly better suited to the artist are the show tunes 'You'll Remember Me,' with which Lee scored an easy listening chart hit; the closer, 'What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,' and the solitary selection from the Great White Way, 'I See Your Face Before Me.' Unquestionably it is the dark, ominous, and appropriately titled "Something Strange" that stands as Lee's signature tune from this effort."[1]

Bridge over Troubled Water was a Billboard "Pop Pick", with the magazine saying "The unique performer tops herself again with this dynamite, commercial package destined for a big chart item." Adding that "Her superb reading of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' is in a class by itself."[2]

Track listing

  1. "You'll Remember Me" (Stan Worth, Arthur Hamilton) – 3:15
  2. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) – 5:05
  3. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell) – 3:33
  4. "Something Strange" (James Fagas) – 3:23
  5. "Have You Seen My Baby" (Randy Newman) – 2:42
  6. "He Used Me" (Jim Weatherly) – 3:48
  7. "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:42
  8. "I See Your Face Before Me" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 4:01
  9. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Bacharach, David) – 3:50
  10. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:06

Charts

More information Chart (1970), Peak position ...
Chart (1970) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[3] 142
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