The first studio album from Dame Shirley Bassey in over 20 years will feature Pet Shop Boys, Manic Street Preachers, Rufus Wainwright, Richard Hawley and K.T. Tunstall.
‘The Performance’ is the first album from the 72-year old music legend in more than 20 years.The album will also include songs from Take That’s Gary Barlow and reunite the singer with John Barry, with whom she recorded the James Bond themes for Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever all those years ago.
David Arnold, you has worked on more recent Bond soundtracks said, "All these songs were just songs, until Dame Shirley Bassey sang them. Now they’re Shirley Bassey songs - hopefully classic and contemporary, like that voice. There's something about a Bassey performance that can knock the wind out of your sails, make you laugh, make you cry, let you in on the joke or be led to a more exotic place. I tried to make a record that made the most of that voice and one that could sit alongside her other classic recordings. There isn’t a 'next Shirley Bassey', there never really was and I doubt if there ever will be. She's as unique and wonderful today as she has ever been and I hope this record will reach an audience who may never have heard her before, so they can say 'she's got it', and for her fans from the past who can say ‘she's still got it’.”
Universal Music will release The Performance on November 13.
Tracks are:
Almost There [Tom Baxter]
Apartment [Rufus Wainwright]
This Time [Gary Barlow]
I Love You Now [Nick Hodgson]
Our Time Is Now [John Barry/Don Black]
As God Is My Witness [David Arnold/David McAlmont]
No Good About Goodbye [David Arnold/Don Black]
The Girl From Tiger Bay [Manic Street Preachers]
Nice Men [KT Tunstall]
After The Rain [Richard Hawley]
The Performance Of My Life [Pet Shop Boys]
Watch Dame Shirley Bassey perform Goldfinger/Diamonds Are Forever for the James Bond Silver Anniversary.
