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Kathie Lee Gifford Born for You Release Date: 2000 05 02 Running Time: 67:14 Label: Valley Rating:

Released in the spring of 2000 to capitalize on Kathie Lee's then-impending departure from the TV show Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, Born for You is a concept album, at least according to Gifford's liner notes. She says in the preface to the album that she wanted to record a soundtrack album, except that it would be a soundtrack to a life, presumably her own. So, she and musical director Christopher Marlowe and producer David Friedman designed an album that was supposed to have the sweep of a life. To use a rock equivalent, it could have sounded like Rod Stewart's Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, and Never a Dull Moment. But, since Gifford's background is show tunes, this is melodramatic and overblown instead of wryly observed. Well, Kathie Lee and her fans wouldn't have it any other way. Nevertheless, it's still a little strange to hear Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison in this context, especially since it doesn't seem to add to the theme very much. Still, it has to be said that Born for You, despite its lack of subtlety, is a better-constructed record than most of her albums, thanks to a solid choice of material, relatively less-mannered vocals, and a focus that must have helped its creators, even if it isn't evident to the audience. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Born for You/Circle Game	Mitchell, Pomeranz, Zippel	6:40
2	It Goes Like It Goes/Sweet Dreams	Bucchino, Gimbel, Shire	5:08
3	Help Is on the Way	Friedman	3:40
4	Moondance	Morrison	6:29
5	Here's That Rainy Day	Burke, VanHeusen	4:19
6	Before the Parade Passes by/Don't Rain on My Parade	Morris, Herman, Strouse, Styne, Merrill, Adams	3:20
7	First Time/Not Exactly Paris	George, Leornard, Nevins	5:15
8	I Got Lost in His Arms	Berlin	3:59
9	Only My Pillow Knows	Friedman, Gifford	4:59
10	Child in Me Again	Dinerman	3:30
11	On My Way to You	Legrand, Bergman, Bergman	4:55
12	Sunride, Sunset/Try to Remember	Jones, Harnick, Bock, Schmidt	6:05
13	Journey	Gold	3:34
14	Born for You	Pomeranz, Zippel	5:21

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