Fancy | ||||
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Studio album by Bobbie Gentry | ||||
Released | May 1970 | |||
Recorded | August 1, 1969 - January 29, 1970 | |||
Studio | Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |||
Genre | Female vocal, southern soul, blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 30:02 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Rick Hall | |||
Bobbie Gentry chronology | ||||
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Fancy is the fifth album by Bobbie Gentry. The first of three albums she released in 1970, it was recorded at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama and eight of its ten tracks were produced by Rick Hall, the other two by Bobbie Gentry herself. String arrangements were by Jimmie Haskell. The album was released on Capitol Records. It was re-released on CD by the Australian label Raven Records in 2007.
Three singles were released from the album:
The album was released in the UK as I'll Never Fall in Love Again with a different track order, and two extra tracks: "Billy the Kid" and "In the Ghetto".
The original cover art for the album is an uncredited painting of Gentry, based upon a reference photograph. According to the liner notes for the 2004 compilation Chickasaw County Child, the painting is believed to have been done by Gentry herself.