Softly (album)

Softly
Studio album by The Sandpipers
Released	August 1968
Genre	Pop/Rock
Label	A&M SP-4147
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
The Sandpipers chronology
Misty Roses (1967) Softly (1968) Spanish Album (1969)

Softly was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August, 1968. The album reached #180 on the Billboard chart. Two singles from the album charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart: "Quando M'Innamoro" at #16 and the title track at #39.

The album was the first Sandpipers album to be issued in stereo only and not in monaural form in the United States; the catalog numbers were SP-4147 in the US and AML-918 in the United Kingdom. Other international releases included Canada (A&M SP-4147) and Germany (A&M 212 043).

Track listing

1. Softly (Gordon Lightfoot) 2:30
2. Find a Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin) 2:04
3. Back on the Street Again (Steve Gillette) 1:55
4. Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) (Brian Blackburn/André Popp/Pierre Cour) 1:55
5. Canción De Amor (Wanderlove) (Mason Williams/C. Mapel) 3:45
6. Quando M'Innamoro (Roberto Livraghi/Daniele Pace/Mario Panzeri) 3:05
7. Jennifer Juniper (Donovan Leitch) 2:40
8. All My Loving (Lennon–McCartney)
9. Ojos De España (Spanish Eyes) (Bert Kaempfert/Eddie Snyder/Charlie Singleton)
10. To Put Up With You (Paul Williams/Roger Nichols) 2:45
11. Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) 4:35
12. Gloria Patri (Gregorian Psalm Tone III) 0:21

Production

• Producer: Tommy LiPuma
• Arrangers: Bob Thompson, Nick DeCaro
• Recording Engineer: Henry Lewy
• Mixing Engineer: Dick Bogert
• Album Design: Corporate Head
• Art Director: Tom Wilkes
• Photography: Guy Webster

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