Hayley Sings
Hayley Sings | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | September 25, 2012 |
Recorded | 2012 |
Genre | |
Length | 56:12 |
Label | Girl Singer, Concord |
Producer | Allen Sviridoff |
Hayley Sings is the debut album by Rachael MacFarlane, younger sister of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Produced by veteran producer Allen Sviridoff, the album was released on September 25, 2012. The album's title is an homage to MacFarlane's best-known voice-acting role as Hayley Smith in her brother's series American Dad!. The cover itself also features Hayley.
Background
As a child, both of MacFarlane's parents were music aficionados, passing it on to her and her brother Seth. However, several years ago Rachael had given up her dream of singing professionally, deciding that animation and voice acting would be her primary career and singing would be for her own amusement.
However, during the recording sessions for her brother's future Grammy-nominated debut Music Is Better Than Words, MacFarlane encountered veteran producer Allen Sviridoff (coincidentally, Sviridoff had been the longtime manager for MacFarlane's favorite singer, Rosemary Clooney). Shortly after sending her demo tape, MacFarlane was signed to Concord Records, where she would soon begin work on Hayley Sings.[1]
Conception and production
In addition to the traditional jazz standards MacFarlane has sung for decades, the album contains several songs that MacFarlane "thought about what kind of music Hayley would listen to."
"She's a hippie, a child of the '60s and '70s. When I was growing up, my dad introduced me to groups like Simon and Garfunkel and The Beatles and Crosby, Stills, and Nash. So we decided to run with the idea of re-imagining music from my childhood, which would be appropriate for Hayley to sing."[2]
Promotion
Two songs from the album were heard on American Dad!'s eighth-season premiere "
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Edge | mixed[4] |
The album has thus far been met with mixed reviews by critics. In his
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Makin' Whoopee!" | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | 4:09 |
2. | "Feelin' Groovy (The 59th Street Bridge Song)" | Paul Simon | 2:57 |
3. | "Sooner or Later" | Ray Gilbert, Charles Wolcott | 3:33 |
4. | "Someone to Watch Over Me" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:51 |
5. | "One Fine Day" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | 4:18 |
6. | "Out of This World" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 5:09 |
7. | "Loneliness" | Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher | 3:22 |
8. | "Never Never Land" | Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 3:57 |
9. | "Do You Want to Dance?" | Bobby Freeman | 3:45 |
10. | "I'm Glad There Is You" | Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira | 2:10 |
11. | "Up on the Roof" | Goffin, King | 3:41 |
12. | "Since You've Asked" | Judy Collins | 3:42 |
13. | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce | 3:45 |
14. | "All My Loving" | Lennon–McCartney | 3:39 |
15. | "Secret Agent Man" | Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan | 3:18 |
References
- ^ "On September 25th, American Dad! Star Rachael MacFarlane Releases Debut Album "Hayley Sings"". The Jazz Network Worldwide Social Network. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ "Hayley Sings - Rachael MacFarlane". Concord Music Group. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ "AllMusic review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Rachael MacFarlane, 'Hayley Sings' (Concord)". Edge. Retrieved 2012-09-30.