Always Heavenly: The Paris Sisters Anthology

by The Paris Sisters

Overview

The Paris Sisters were around for nearly a decade prior to "I Love How You Love Me," the 1961 Phil Spector-produced single that gave them their first (and only) Billboard Top Ten hit while also forever tagging them as a girl group. The trio certainly was a girl group by all commonly accepted definitions of the term -- they were produced by Spector, one of the chief architects of the sound, and they specialized in ornate, feminine harmonies -- but they always felt a bit like a throwback to pre-rock & roll pop, more Andrews Sisters than the Supremes. Ace's 2016 collection Always Heavenly: The Paris Sisters Anthology doesn't dispel this notion but that's not because its 25 tracks find space for sides recorded prior to "I Love How You Love Me." Its selling point is how it extends into the late '60s, collecting tracks the group recorded for Reprise, Sidewalk, Capitol, and MGM, cuts that show how the trio always retained its sweet, anodyne chemistry no matter the setting. They don't seem to change with the times: the world seems to change around them. This placid malleability turns this thorough career anthology into a bit of a pop curio, evidence of how the mainstream could remain the same despite all the turmoil of the '60s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2016
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667075220
Rank:	74863

Tracks

1. I Love How You Love Me
2. When I'm Alone With You
3. Lonely Girl
4. Be My Boy
5. My Good Friend
6. Baby That's Me
7. Once Upon a Time
8. I Came a Lone Way to Nowhere
9. What Am I to Do
10. Play It One More Time
11. Always Waitin'
12. He Knows I Love Him Too Much
13. I'm Me
14. Together
15. See That Boy
16. Greener Days
17. Dream Lover
18. Why Do I Take It From You
19. Won't You Help Me
20. Long After Tonight Is All Over
21. Stand Naked Clown
22. Then Came Love
23. You
24. Once Upon a While Ago
25. Diet Rite Commercial

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Paris Sisters   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Donna Di Martino   Composer
Terry Melcher   Producer
Lee Adams   Composer
Bobby Darin   Composer
Jack Nitzsche   Composer,Producer
Jackie DeShannon   Composer
Larry Kolber   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Doc Pomus   Composer
Carole King   Composer
David Gates   Composer
Dean Kay   Composer
Nick Venet   Producer
Rick Jarrard   Composer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
P.F. Sloan   Composer
Alec Palao   Notes Editing,Archive Research
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Hal Blair   Composer
Harley Hatcher   Composer
Phil Spector   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Supervisor
Hal David   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Charles Strouse   Composer
Mike Curb   Composer,Producer
Priscilla Paris   Composer
Albeth Paris   Composer
Sherrell Paris   Composer
Don Peake   Producer
Cory Sands   Composer
Clancy Grass   Producer
Paul Jeffrey   Design
Steve Barri   Composer