Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
1999 soundtrack album by Vonda Shepard
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Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal is a soundtrack album by American singer Vonda Shepard, featuring music from the American television series Ally McBeal. It was released on November 9, 1999, by Epic Records, 550 Music, and Sony Music Soundtrax.
ReleasedNovember 9, 1999
StudiosGroove Masters (Santa Monica, California); Conway, Ocean Way Recording and The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
Length49:29
Labels
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| Released | November 9, 1999 | |||
| Studios | Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California); Conway, Ocean Way Recording and The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Length | 49:29 | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are produced by Vonda Shepard, except tracks 1, 2 and 10–12, produced by Shepard and Mitchell Froom.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Read Your Mind" | Shepard |
| 4:10 |
| 2. | "100 Tears Away" |
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| 4:07 |
| 3. | "Someday We'll Be Together" |
| 3:28 | |
| 4. | "To Sir, with Love" (duet with Al Green) | Don Black | Mark London | 4:42 |
| 5. | "Sweet Inspiration" |
| 3:13 | |
| 6. | "Crying" |
| 3:31 | |
| 7. | "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" | Don McLean | McLean | 2:36 |
| 8. | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" |
| 3:02 | |
| 9. | "World Without Love" |
| 2:55 | |
| 10. | "Confetti" | Shepard | Shepard | 3:25 |
| 11. | "Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow" (duet with Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls) | Shepard |
| 4:41 |
| 12. | "This Is Crazy Now" | Shepard | Shepard | 3:35 |
| 13. | "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" |
| 2:46 | |
| 14. | "I Know Him by Heart" |
| 3:18 | |
| Total length: | 49:29 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 15. | "Hidden Persuasion" | Wainwright Churchill III | 2:30 |
| Total length: | 51:59 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
- Vonda Shepherd – vocals, backing vocals (1–5, 10, 12), acoustic piano (2, 7, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
- Mitchell Froom – acoustic piano (1, 3), Hammond B3 organ (1, 3, 6, 11, 13), electric harpsichord (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 5, 9), string arrangements (2, 6), clavinet (4), orchestra bells (6, 8), accordion (7), harmonium (9), Chamberlin (10), claviola (12), celesta (13)
- Jeff Young – backing vocals (3, 5, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (4), Hammond B3 organ (4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (5, 6, 8, 13)
- Neil Larsen – acoustic piano (13)
- Val McCallum – guitars (1–4, 8, 9, 13), additional guitars (6), backing vocals (8, 9), electric guitar (10), acoustic guitar (12)
- Michael Landau – guitars (6, 11)
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (12)
- Davey Faragher – bass (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13)
- Jimmy Haslip – bass (5)
- Jim Hanson – bass (10)
- Leland Sklar – bass (11, 12)
- Pete Thomas – drums (1–4, 9–12), additional drums (6, 8), percussion (6, 8, 9, 11)
- Mauricio "Fritz" Lewak – drums (5, 13)
- Andy Kamman – drums (6, 8), additional drums (12), percussion (12)
- Suzie Katayama – cello (2, 6)
- Martin Tillman – cello (7)
- Matt Funes – viola (2, 6)
- Charlie Bisharat – violin (2, 6)
- Joel Derouin – violin (2, 6)
- Geraldo Hilera – violin (2, 6)
- Edmund Stein – violin (2, 6)
- Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Al Green – vocals (4)
- Emily Saliers – vocals (11)
- Renee Goldberry – backing vocals (13)
- Vatrena King – backing vocals (13)
- Sy Smith – backing vocals (13)
Production
- David E. Kelley – executive producer
- Paul Dieter – recording
- John Paterno – recording
- Eddie DeLena, Nathaniel Kunkel and Josh Turner – additional recording
- Rob Brill, Nathan Burden, Greg Burns, Jeff Burns, Greg Collins, Tony Flores, Lior Goldenberg, Sebastian Haimerl, Mark Johnson, John Nelson, Adam Samuels, Alan Sanderson, Mike Scotella, John Sorenson and John Tyree – assistant engineers
- Bob Clearmountain – mixing at Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
- David Boucher – mix assistant
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
- Gail Gellman, Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Kramer, Hellen Park, Malcolm Wiseman and Pamela Wisne – album and music coordination
- Coco Shinomiya – album design
- Pamela Springsteen – photography
- Brett Freedman and Victor Vidal – hair stylists
- Brett Freedman and Collier Strong – make-up
- George Blodwell, Lynne Bugai and Ricci DeMartino – stylists
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[24] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada)[26] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| Germany (BVMI)[27] | Gold | 150,000^ |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[28] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway)[30] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Spain (Promusicae)[31] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[32] | Gold | 40,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[33] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[34] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
