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Natalie ColeLeavin' Release Date: 2006 09 26 Label: Verve Rating: ![]() |
Natalie Cole's second album for Verve, released four years after Ask a Woman Who Knows, is also based around covers. This time out, she fixes her gaze on more modern material and is joined by producer Dallas Austin. Backed by a band anchored by Austin (who drums throughout), longtime Austin associate Tony Reyes (bass, guitar), and Marvin "Chanz" Parkman (keyboards), Cole breezes through an easygoing set of covers including the likely (Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming," Des'ree's "You Gotta Be"), the relatively unlikely (Neil Young's "Old Man," Kate Bush's "The Man with the Child in His Eyes"), and the practically required (the requisite Sting cover, thankfully not "Fragile"). Sounding like it was recorded at a leisurely pace, with all the involved enjoying themselves, the album should be a treat for any Cole fan, even though there is only one original song: the classy, Al Green-inspired "5 Minutes Away." Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Criminal | Apple | 4:04 |
| 2 | Old Man | Young | 4:35 |
| 3 | Day Dreaming | Franklin | 3:34 |
| 4 | Leavin' | Lynne | 3:48 |
| 5 | More You Do It (The More I Like It Done to Me) | Jackson, Yancy | 3:25 |
| 6 | Lovin' Arms | Jans | 4:41 |
| 7 | Love Letter | Hayes | 3:49 |
| 8 | Man with the Child in His Eyes | Bush | 4:53 |
| 9 | 5 Minutes Away | Austin, Cole, Parkman | 4:21 |
| 10 | Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) | Cole, Isley, Isley, Isley, Jasper, Isley | 5:40 |
| 11 | You Gotta Be | Ingram, Weekes | 3:45 |
| 12 | If I Ever Lose My Faith in You | Sting | 5:38 |
Other Releases:
| Leavin' [Circuit City Exclusive] Release Date: 2006 Label: Verve ![]() |
| Leavin' [Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 2006 Label: Universal/Verve ![]() |
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