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Tell Me You Love Me (album)
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Tell Me You Love Me
Standard cover
Studio album by Demi Lovato
Released
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Recorded
2017
Studio
Various[show]
Westlake Recording Studios, SuCasa Recording Studios, VsTheWorld Studios, Sherpa Studios, Henson Studios (Los Angeles)
Rodeo Recordings, UMPG Studios (Santa Monica, CA)
Venice Way Studios (Vancouver, Canada)
Jungle City Studios (New York City)
Big Noize Studios (Hollywood Hills)
Mission Sound (Brooklyn)
Encore Studios (Burbank, CA)
Hit Factory (Miami, FL)
Genre
Pop
R&B[1]
Length
42:59
Label
Island
Safehouse
Hollywood
Producer
Various[show]
Oak Felder
"Downtown" Trevor Brown
Zaire Koalo
Stint
John Hill
Mitch Allan
Scott Robinson
Jonas Jeberg
Anton Kuhl
Ido Zmishlany
DJ Mustard
Sermstyle
Kevin Hissink
Taylor Parks
Rush Hr.
Jax Jones
Mark Ralph
Sarah Aarons
Ben Abraham
Sir Nolan
Demi Lovato chronology
Confident
(2015) Tell Me You Love Me
(2017)
Singles from Tell Me You Love Me
"Sorry Not Sorry"
Released: July 11, 2017
Tell Me You Love Me is the sixth studio album by American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on September 29, 2017, by Island, Safehouse and Hollywood Records.[2] Its lead single, "Sorry Not Sorry", was released on July 11, 2017,[3] peaking at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and thus becoming Lovato's highest charting single on the aforementioned chart. Lovato announced the title and release date of the album on August 23, 2017, after teasing the album as "coming real soon" during multiple stops on radio interviews.[4]
Contents
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1 Development
2 Release
3 Singles
3.1 Promotional singles
4 Critical reception
5 Commercial performance
6 Track listing
7 Personnel
7.1 Performers and musicians
7.2 Production
7.3 Design and management
8 Charts
9 Release history
10 References
Development[edit]
Following the release of Lovato's fifth studio album Confident in October 2015,[5][6] she told Latina that her next album would have a "more soulful vibe".[7] In October 2016, Lovato announced via Twitter that she would be taking a break from music and the spotlight in 2017, stating "I'm not meant for this business or the media".[8] However, she revealed to Mike Adam in August 2017 that after doing charity work earlier that year, she felt rejuvenated and started creating music again, which eventually led to an album. The singer mentioned that a title and release date had been chosen, but she was not allowed to disclose them at the time.[9]
Lovato also told MTV News that month she was influenced by many artists for Tell Me You Love Me, including Aretha Franklin, Christina Aguilera, and Kehlani.[10] She stated that the album was heavily inspired by Aguilera's album Stripped, calling it "a breakout album that really transformed her [Aguilera] into the icon that she is today".[11] Lovato stated that she worked with producers Pharrell Williams and Mike Will Made It, but their work would not be featured on the album.[10]
Release[edit]
On August 23, 2017 Lovato posted an 18-second video to her official Twitter account. In the video, she can be seen singing the title track, "Tell Me You Love Me", in a recording studio. As the footage pulls back, Lovato's eye is revealed, later unveiling the standard edition album cover; a black and white close-up photo of her face with the album title underneath. The album cover is then dimmed, to reveal the release date of September 29, 2017. Along with the video and release date, Lovato also announced that the album would be available for pre-order at midnight on August 24, 2017.[2][4] On September 13, 2017, Lovato unveiled the tracklist with help from her fans on Twitter.[12]
On September 29, 2017, Lovato celebrated the album by hosting a live stream event with VEVO, where she discussed the album and delivered acoustic performances of "Sorry Not Sorry" and "Tell Me You Love Me".[13] Lovato also partnered with audio electronics company JBL to host a pop-up exhibition in New York City, showcasing the album's editorial photography and custom murals inspired by the album, created by contemporary painter Lora Zombie.[14]
Singles[edit]
"Sorry Not Sorry" was released as the lead single from the record on July 11, 2017. It was written by Demi Lovato, Oak Felder, Sean Douglas, Trevor Brown and William Zaire Simmons. It was produced by Oak Felder, Trevor Brown and William Zaire Simmons. The song has so far peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Promotional singles[edit]
The album's title track "Tell Me You Love Me" was released as the first promotional single from the album along with the pre-order on August 24, 2017. The track debuted at 97 on Billboard Hot 100.[15] "You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" was released as the second promotional single from the album on September 8, 2017.[16] The track has sold 12,757 copies in its first week of release.[17] The third promotional single, "Sexy Dirty Love" was released on September 22, 2017.[18] The track has sold 8,486 copies in its first week of release.[19]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source
Rating
Metacritic 72/100[20]
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [21]
Entertainment Weekly B[22]
Herald Sun [23]
Idolator [24]
Los Angeles Times Positive[25]
MTV Positive[26]
Pitchfork 7.2/10[1]
Rolling Stone [27]
San Francisco Chronicle Positive[28]
Slant Magazine [29]
Tell Me You Love Me received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20] For Pitchfork, Jamieson Cox stated that Lovato "has finally settled into a consistently compelling space: flinty, flirty R&B that’s just as thrilling hushed as it is at full blast", and noticed the improvement over her previous works, "It gives you enough space to see Demi as something other than a no-holds-barred belter. You want to get to know the Lovato behind Tell Me You Love Me, something you can’t definitively say about any of her other releases".[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the album "runs the gamut from churchy soul to seductive slow-burners to showstopping ballads designed to showcase every single one of Lovato's diva moves", giving the album 3.5 out of 5 stars.[21] The Herald Sun rated the album 3.5 out of 4 stars, deeming it "impressive" and felt "Daddy Issues" was the best track.[23] Writing for Idolator, Mike Nied gave the record 4 stars out of 5 and stated that "Demi finally hits her stride" with the album. He added "Instead of sprinkling one or two hits among a lot of filler, the hitmaker has finally recruited the right team and found her voice over sparkling mid-tempos and frenetic bangers. The album has the distinction of being her most cohesive and is one of the strongest to drop in 2017" and compared the album to Christina Aguilera's Stripped.[24]
In a positive review, Aidin Vaziri of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Lovato "feels jilted, and conjuring the battle cries of pop predecessors like Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson, she unleashes on exes and backstabbing friends with the kind of vocal firepower best appreciated from a safe distance".[28] Los Angeles Times writer Mikael Wood praised the album's tracks as "catchy and funny and sexy and daring", and wrote that Tell Me You Love Me "presents a singer burning with purpose".[25] For Entertainment Weekly's editor Tim Snatc, Tell Me You Love Me "suffers for some of its excessive vocal fireworks." Giving the album a B rating, he felt that the best parts of the album are "on the first half and showcase Lovato's swagger, especially the standout gospel-tinged title track."[22] Writing for Rolling Stone, Maura Johnston stated the album "gets bogged down" in chilled-out trap pop. She later commented slow-tempo tracks like "Concentrate" balanced the downtempo and the energetic tracks.[27]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album rose to #1 on US iTunes within 15 minutes of release, making it the second fastest album to go to #1 in US iTunes history (Witness by Katy Perry being the first).[30] In the United Kingdom, Tell Me You Love Me debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her highest charting album in the nation.[31] The record entered at number eight in Australia, becoming her second top 10 album on the ARIA Albums Chart after Confident reached number three.[32] The album opened at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 75,000 album-equivalent units, which consisted of 48,000 pure sales, and became her sixth consecutive top 5 entry on the chart after all five of her previous studio efforts charted within that range.[33]
Track listing[edit]
Standard version[34]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Sorry Not Sorry"
Demi Lovato
Oak Felder
Sean Douglas
Trevor Brown
William Zaire Simmons
Felder
Brown[b]
Zaire Koalo[b]
3:23
2. "Tell Me You Love Me"
John Hill
Kirby Lauryen
Ajay Bhattacharya
Hill
Stint
Mitch Allan[c]
Scott Robinson[d]
3:56
3. "Sexy Dirty Love"
Lovato
Felder
Brown
Simmons
Felder
Brown[b]
Koalo[b]
3:33
4. "You Don't Do It for Me Anymore"
Lovato
Jonas Jeberg
Chloe Angelides
Ashlyn Wilson
James "Gladius" Wong
Jeberg
Anton Kuhl[a]
Allan[c]
Robinson[d]
3:17
5. "Daddy Issues"
Lovato
Felder
Simmons
Douglas
Felder
Koalo[b]
3:09
6. "Ruin the Friendship"
Lovato
Ido Zmishlany
Brittany Amaradio
Angelides
Zmishlany 3:53
7. "Only Forever"
Lovato
Felder
Douglas
Ilsey Juber
Toby Gad
Felder 3:17
8. "Lonely" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Dwayne Carter
Dijon McFarlane
Sarah Aarons
DJ Mustard
Allan[c]
Robinson[d]
4:41
9. "Cry Baby"
Lovato
Taylor Parks
Angelides
Noonie Bao
Jamie Sanderson
Kevin Hissink
Sermstyle
Hissink[b]
Parks[c]
3:42
10. "Games"
Lovato
Felder
Brown
Simmons
Douglas
Felder
Brown[b]
Koalo[b]
3:08
11. "Concentrate"
Jeff Shum
Dayyon Alexander
Jimmy Burney
Adam Tressler
Lovato
Rush Hr.
Allan[c]
Robinson[d]
3:17
12. "Hitchhiker"
Shum
Alexander
Burney
Tressler
Winston Howard
Lovato
Rush Hr.
Allan[c]
Robinson[d]
3:43
Total length: 42:59
[show]Deluxe version[34]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
13. "Instruction" (Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don)
Timucin Aluo
Lovato
Uzoechi Emenike
Stephanie Allen
Jax Jones
Mark Ralph[a]
2:45
14. "Sorry Not Sorry" (Acoustic)
Lovato
Felder
Douglas
Brown
Simmons
Felder 3:25
15. "No Promises" (Acoustic) (Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato)
Ari Leff
Trevor Dahl
Jackson Foote
Emma Block
Lovato
Dahl
Lauv
Foote
Mokita[a]
Allan[c]
3:52
Total length: 53:01
[show]Target edition[35]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
16. "Smoke & Mirrors"
Lovato
Ben Abraham
Aarons
Abraham
Aarons
Allan[c]
Robinson[d]
3:57
17. "Ready for Ya"
Lovato
Nolan Lambroza
Simon Wilcox
Nick Jonas
Sir Nolan 3:30
Total length: 60:28
Notes
^[a] signifies an additional producer
^[b] signifies a co-producer
^[c] signifies a vocal producer
^[d] signifies an additional vocal producer
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tell Me You Love Me.[36]
Performers and musicians[edit]
Demi Lovato – lead vocals
Lil Wayne – featured artist (track 8)
Stefflon Don – featured artist (track 13)
Jax Jones – featured artist (track 13)
Cheat Codes – featured artist (track 15)
Jonathan Asperil – electric guitar (track 14)
Laurhan Beato – alto (track 14)
Nelson Beato – tenor (track 14)
Daro Behroozi – tenor saxophone (track 6)
"Downtown" Trevor Brown – additional vocals (track 3)
Carl L. Carter – percussion (track 14), drums (track 14)
Deonis "Pumah" Cook – tenor (track 14)
Charity "CherryD" Davis – background vocals (track 14)
Quishima Dixon – alto (track 14)
Sean Douglas – background vocals (track 1)
Thomas Drayton – bass (tracks 11-12)
Warren "Oak" Felder – keyboards (tracks 1, 3), additional vocals (track 3), synthesizer (tracks 3, 5), acoustic guitar (track 5)
Joshua Gawel – trumpet (track 6)
John Hill – drums (track 2), bass (track 2), guitar (track 2), horn (track 2), piano (track 2)
Kevin Hissink – guitars (track 9), bass (track 9)
Jonas Jeberg – all instruments (track 4)
Jax Jones – drums (track 13), synths (track 13)
Zaire Koalo – additional vocals (tracks 1, 3)
Kirby Lauryen – background vocals (track 2)
Ayani Layli – background vocals (track 14)
MNEK – background vocals (track 13)
Dave Palmer – keyboards (track 2)
Bennett Paysinger – Hammond B3 (track 14)
Andrew Portes – bass (track 6)
Lenny "The Ox" Reece – drums (track 6)
Steven "Styles" Rodriguez – piano (track 14), Fender Rhodes (track 14), Hammond B3 (track 14), electric guitar (track 14)
Whitney Rollins – soprano (track 14)
Adam Ross – acoustic guitar (track 14)
Sermstyle – keyboards (track 9)
Sir Nolan – all instrumentation (track 17)
Stint – drums (track 2), bass (track 2), guitar (track 2), horn (track 2), piano (track 2)
Adam Tressler – guitar (tracks 11-12)
Danielle Withers – soprano (track 14)
Ido Zmishlany – guitar (track 6), keyboards (track 6), percussion (track 6), piano (track 6)
Production[edit]
Sarah Aarons – production (track 16), recording (track 16)
Ben Abraham – production (track 16), recording (track 16)
Mitch Allan – vocal production (tracks 4, 8, 11-12, 15-16), engineering (tracks 2, 4, 15)
Jose Balaguer – engineering (track 1), vocal recording (track 4)
Matt Bang – recording (track 6)
"Downtown" Trevor Brown – co-production (tracks 1, 3, 10), programming (tracks 1, 3), synthesizer programming (tracks 1, 3, 10)
Zach Brown – assistant recording (track 6)
Cheat Codes – recording (track 15)
Rob Cohen – engineering (track 2), recording and editing (track 2)
Miles Comasky – assistant mix engineer (track 6)
Serge Courtois – mixing (track 17)
Trevor Dahl – production (track 15), programming (track 15)
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant (track 1)
DJ Mustard – production (track 8)
Eric J Dubowsky – mixing (track 5)
Warren "Oak" Felder – production (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10), programming (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10), additional recording (track 1), keyboards arrangement (tracks 1, 3), recording (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10), synthesizer programming (tracks 1, 10)
Mike Fennel – recording (track 6)
Robin Florent – mixing assistant (track 1)
Jackson Foote – production (track 15), programming (track 15)
Tom AD Fuller – assistant engineering (track 13)
Chris Galland – mixing engineering (track 1)
Manny Galvez – vocal recording (track 8)
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2, 15)
Martin Gray – assistant recording (track 6)
John Hanes – engineered for mix (tracks 2, 15)
Stuart Hawkes – mastering (track 13)
John Hill – production (track 2), programming (track 2)
Kevin Hissink – co-production (track 9), recording (tracks 9, 11-12)
Jonas Jeberg – production (track 4), engineering (track 4), recording (track 4)
Chantry Johnson – vocal recording (tracks 11-12, 16)
Jax Jones – production (track 13), programming (track 13), drums programming (track 13), synth programming (track 13), recording arrangement (track 13)
Jaycen Joshua – mixing (track 8)
Zaire Koalo – co-production (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10), drums programming (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10)
Anton Kuhl – production (track 4)
Ari Leff – production (track 15), programming (track 15)
Nicole "Coco" Llorens – assistant engineering (track 1), assistant (track 4), recording (track 6)
Erik Madrid – mixing (tracks 3-4, 7, 9-12)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 1)
Tony Maserati – mixing (track 6)
Zeke Mishanec – vocal recording (tracks 2, 8)
Taylor Parks – vocal production (track 9)
Jake Schmugge - vocal production/mixing, songwriter
Will Quinnell – mastering
Mark Ralph – production (track 13), mixing (track 13)
Scott Robinson – additional vocal production (tracks 4, 8, 11-12)
Rush Hr. – production (tracks 11-12)
Sermstyle – production (track 9)
Sir Nolan – production (track 17), recording (track 17), programming (track 17)
Keith "Daquan" Sorrells – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
Alex Spencer – assistant mixing (tracks 3, 7, 9-12)
Stint – production (track 2), programming (track 2)
Oli Straus – recording (track 6)
Drew Smith – engineering (track 13)
Jaime Velez – vocals recording (track 9)
Tim Watt – assistant mixing (track 5)
Nolan Westcott – recording (track 6)
Ido Zmishlany – production (track 6), recording (track 6), programming (track 6)
Design and management[edit]
Ian Allen – business affairs
Sandra Brummels – art direction
Rob Cohen – legal counseling
Tony Corey – marketing
Vol S. Davis III – business affairs
Alberto Erazo – art direction, design
Elliot Groffman – legal counseling
Kyledidthis – art direction, design
Dennis Leupold – photography
David Massey – executive producer
Liz Paw – legal counseling
James Petronio – A&R coordination
Philymack – management
Andy Proctor – package production
Gabrielle Rosen – A&R administration
Zeke Silvera – A&R
Kristen Surya – legal counseling
Antoniette Trotman – business affairs
Cindy Zaplachinski – business affairs
Charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[37]
5
Australian Albums (ARIA)[38]
8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[39]
29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[40]
10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[41]
27
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[42]
4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[43]
54
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[44]
31
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[45]
10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[46]
20
French Albums (SNEP)[47]
63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[48]
32
Irish Albums (IRMA)[49]
7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[50]
12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[51]
6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[52]
13
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[53]
32
Scottish Albums (OCC)[54]
6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[55]
4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[56]
16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[57]
32
UK Albums (OCC)[58]
5
US Billboard 200[33]
3
Release history[edit]
List of release dates, formats, label, editions and reference
Region
Date
Format(s)
Label
Edition(s)
Ref.
Various September 29, 2017
CD
digital download
Hollywood
Island
Safehouse
Standard
deluxe
[34]
United States October 2017 Vinyl Deluxe [59]
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The Tales of Hoffmann
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This article is about Offenbach's opera. For Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1951 film of the opera, see The Tales of Hoffmann (film).
Les contes d'Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann
Opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach
Scenes from the Paris premiere
Librettist
Jules Barbier
Language
French
Based on
three short stories
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Premiere
10 February 1881 (1881-02-10)
Opéra-Comique, Paris
The Tales of Hoffmann (French: Les contes d'Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work, as he died a year before the premiere.
Contents
[hide]
1 Composition history and sources
2 Performance history
3 Roles
4 Synopsis
4.1 Prologue
4.2 Act 1 (Olympia)
4.3 Act 2 (Antonia)
4.4 Act 3 (Giulietta)
4.5 Epilogue
5 Musical numbers
6 Editions
7 Recordings
8 Film
9 References
10 External links
Composition history and sources[edit]
Barbier and Michel Carré had previously written a play, Les contes fantastiques d'Hoffmann, which was produced at the Odéon Theatre in Paris in 1851, and which Offenbach had seen.[1] After returning from America in 1876 he learned that Barbier had adapted the play and it was being set to music by Hector Salomon (fr) at the Opéra. Salomon handed the project to Offenbach. Work proceeded slowly interrupted by the composition of more profitable lighter works. Offenbach himself had a premonition that like Antonia he would die prior to its completion.[2][3]
He continued working on the opera throughout 1880, attending some rehearsals, but died on 5 October with the manuscript in his hand four months before the opening. Shortly before he died he had written to Léon Carvalho: "Hâtez-vous de monter mon opéra. Il ne me reste plus longtemps à vivre et mon seul désir est d'assister à la première" (Hurry up and stage my opera. I have not much time left and my only wish is to attend the opening night).[3]
The stories used in the opera were:
"Der Sandmann" ("The Sandman"), 1816.[4]
"Rath Krespel" ("Councillor Krespel",[5] also known in English as "The Cremona Violin")[6] 1818.[7]
"Das verlorene Spiegelbild" ("The Lost Reflection") from Die Abenteuer der Sylvester-Nacht (The Adventures of New Year's Eve), 1814.
Performance history[edit]
The death of Antonia (act 2) in the original 1881 production. In front: Adèle Isaac; in back (left to right): Hippolyte Belhomme, Marguerite Ugalde, Pierre Grivot, Émile-Alexandre Taskin, Jean-Alexandre Talazac.
The opera was first performed in a public venue, at the Opéra-Comique on 10 February 1881, without the third (Venice) act.[8] It had been presented in an abridged form at Offenbach's house, 8 Boulevard des Capucines, on 18 May 1879, with Madame Franck-Duvernoy in the soprano roles, Auguez as Hoffmann (baritone) and Émile-Alexandre Taskin in the four villain roles, with Edmond Duvernoy at the piano and a chorus directed by Albert Vizentini. Besides Léon Carvalho, director of the Opéra-Comique, the director of the Ringtheater in Vienna, Franz von Jauner, was also present. Both men requested the rights, but Offenbach granted them to Carvalho.[3]
A four-act version with recitatives was staged at the Ringtheater on 7 December 1881, conducted by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.,[9] although a gas explosion and fire occurred at the theatre after the second performance.[10]
The opera reached its hundredth performance at the Salle Favart on the 15 December 1881.[8] The fire at the Opéra-Comique in 1887 destroyed the orchestral parts,[10] and it was not seen again in Paris until 1893, at the Salle de la Renaissance du Théâtre-Lyrique, when it received 20 performances.[11] A new production by Albert Carré (including the Venice act) was mounted at the Opéra-Comique in 1911, with Léon Beyle in the title role and Albert Wolff conducting. This production remained in the repertoire until World War II, receiving 700 performances.[8] Following a recording by Opéra-Comique forces in March 1948, Louis Musy created the first post-war production in Paris, conducted by André Cluytens.[8] The Paris Opera first staged the work in October 1974, directed by Patrice Chéreau with Nicolai Gedda in the title role.[12]
Outside France, the piece was mounted in Geneva, Budapest, Hamburg, New York, and Mexico in 1882, Vienna (Theater an der Wien), Prague, and Antwerp in 1883, and Lvov and Berlin in 1884. Later local premieres included Buenos Aires in 1894, St Petersburg in 1899, Barcelona in 1905, and London in 1910.[12]
Roles[edit]
Role
Voice type[13]
Premiere cast,
10 February 1881
(Conductor: Jules Danbé)
Hoffmann, a poet tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac
Olympia, a mechanical or an animatronical doll soprano Adèle Isaac
Antonia, a young girl soprano Adèle Isaac
Giulietta, a courtesan soprano
Stella, a singer soprano
Lindorf bass-baritone Émile-Alexandre Taskin
Coppélius bass-baritone Émile-Alexandre Taskin
Miracle bass-baritone Émile-Alexandre Taskin
Dapertutto bass-baritone
Andrès tenor Pierre Grivot
Cochenille tenor Pierre Grivot
Frantz tenor Pierre Grivot
Pitichinaccio tenor
Crespel, Antonia's father bass Hippolyte Belhomme
Hermann, a student bass Teste
Wolfram, a student bass Piccaluga
Wilhelm, a student bass Collin
Luther bass Troy
Nathanaël, a student tenor Chennevières
Nicklausse mezzo-soprano Marguerite Ugalde
The muse mezzo-soprano Mole-Truffier
Peter Schlémil, in love with Giulietta bass or baritone
Spalanzani, an inventor tenor E. Gourdon
Voice of the mother of Antonia mezzo-soprano Dupuis
Students, Guests
Synopsis[edit]
Prologue[edit]
Prologue (or epilogue), in the 1881 première
A tavern in Nuremberg. The Muse appears and reveals to the audience that her purpose is to draw Hoffmann's attention to herself, and to make him abjure all other loves, so he can be devoted fully to her: poetry. She takes the appearance of Hoffmann's closest friend, Nicklausse. The prima donna Stella, currently performing Mozart's Don Giovanni, sends a letter to Hoffmann, requesting a meeting in her dressing room after the performance. The letter and the key to the room are intercepted by Councillor Lindorf ("Dans les rôles d'amoureux langoureux" – In the languid lovers' roles), who is the first of the opera's incarnations of evil, Hoffmann's nemesis. Lindorf intends to replace Hoffmann at the rendezvous. In the tavern students wait for Hoffmann. He finally arrives and entertains them with the legend of Kleinzach the dwarf ("Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach" – Once upon a time at the court of Eisenach). Lindorf coaxes Hoffmann into telling the audience about his life's three great loves.
Act 1 (Olympia)[edit]
The Olympia act, as staged at the 1881 première
This act is based on a portion of "Der Sandmann" (The Sandman).
Hoffmann's first love is Olympia, an automaton created by the scientist Spalanzani. Hoffmann falls in love with her, not knowing that Olympia is a mechanical doll ("Allons! Courage et confiance...Ah! vivre deux!" – Come on! Courage and confidence ... Ah! to live!). To warn Hoffmann, Nicklausse, who knows the truth about Olympia, sings a story of a mechanical doll who looked like a human, but Hoffmann ignores him ("Une poupée aux yeux d'émail" – A doll with enamel eyes). Coppélius, Olympia's co-creator and this act's incarnation of Nemesis, sells Hoffmann magic glasses that make Olympia appear as a real woman ("J'ai des yeux" – I have eyes).
Olympia sings one of the opera's most famous arias, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (The birds in the arbor, nicknamed "The Doll Song"), during which she periodically runs down and needs to be wound up before she can continue. Hoffmann is tricked into believing that his affections are returned, to the bemusement of Nicklausse, who subtly tries to warn his friend ("Voyez-la sous son éventail" – See her under her fan). While dancing with Olympia, Hoffmann falls on the ground and his glasses break. At the same time, Coppélius appears and tears Olympia apart to retaliate against Spalanzani, who tricked him out of his fees. With the crowd laughing at him, Hoffmann realizes that he was in love with an automaton.
Act 2 (Antonia)[edit]
Antonia and Dr. Miracle, 1881
This act is based on "Rath Krespel".
After a long search, Hoffmann finds the house where Crespel and his daughter Antonia are hiding. Hoffmann and Antonia loved each other, but were separated when Crespel decided to hide his daughter from Hoffmann. Antonia has inherited her mother's talent for singing, but her father forbids her to sing because of the mysterious illness from which she suffers. Antonia wishes that her lover would return to her ("Elle a fui, la tourterelle" – "She fled, the dove"). Her father also forbids her to see Hoffmann, who encourages Antonia in her musical career, and therefore endangers her without knowing it. Crespel tells Frantz, his servant, to stay with his daughter, and when Crespel leaves, Frantz sings a comical song about his own talents "Jour et nuit je me mets en quatre" – "Day and night I quarter my mind."
When Crespel leaves his house, Hoffmann takes advantage of the occasion to sneak in, and the lovers are reunited (love duet: "C'est une chanson d'amour" – "It's a love song"). When Crespel returns, he receives a visit from Dr Miracle, the act's Nemesis, who forces Crespel to let him heal Antonia. Still in the house, Hoffmann listens to the conversation and learns that Antonia may die if she sings too much. He returns to her room and makes her promise to give up her artistic dreams. Antonia reluctantly accepts her lover's will. Once she is alone, Dr Miracle enters Antonia's room and tries to persuade her to sing and follow her mother's path to glory, stating that Hoffmann is sacrificing her to his brutishness and loves her only for her beauty. With mystic powers, he raises a vision of Antonia's dead mother and induces Antonia to sing, causing her death. Crespel arrives just in time to witness his daughter's last breath. Hoffmann enters the room and Crespel wants to kill him, thinking that he is responsible for his daughter's death. Nicklausse saves his friend from the old man's vengeance.
Act 3 (Giulietta)[edit]
Giuletta act, 1881
This act is very loosely based on Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht (A New Year's Eve Adventure).
Venice. The act opens with the barcarolle "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" – "Beautiful night, oh night of love". Hoffmann falls in love with the courtesan Giulietta and thinks she returns his affections ("Amis, l'amour tendre et rêveur" – "Friends, tender and dreamy love"). Giulietta is not in love with Hoffmann but only seducing him under the orders of Captain Dapertutto, who has promised to give her a diamond if she steals Hoffmann's reflection from a mirror ("Scintille, diamant" – "Sparkle, diamond"). The jealous Schlemil (cf. Peter Schlemihl for a literary antecedent), a previous victim of Giulietta and Dapertutto (he gave Giulietta his shadow), challenges the poet to a duel, but is killed. Nicklausse wants to take Hoffmann away from Venice and goes looking for horses. Meanwhile, Hoffmann meets Giulietta and cannot resist her ("O Dieu! de quelle ivresse" – "O God! of what intoxication"): he gives her his reflection, only to be abandoned by the courtesan, to Dapertutto's great pleasure. Hoffmann tells Dapertutto that his friend Nicklausse will come and save him. Dapertutto prepares a poison to get rid of Nicklausse, but Giulietta drinks it by mistake and drops dead in the poet's arms.
Epilogue[edit]
The tavern in Nuremberg. Hoffmann, drunk, swears he will never love again, and explains that Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta are three facets of the same person, Stella. They represent, respectively, the young girl's, the musician's, and the courtesan's side of the prima donna. When Hoffmann says he doesn't want to love any more, Nicklausse reveals herself as the Muse and reclaims Hoffmann: "Be reborn a poet! I love you, Hoffmann! Be mine!" – "Renaîtra un poète! Je t'aime, Hoffmann! Sois à moi!" The magic of poetry reaches Hoffmann as he sings "O Dieu! de quelle ivresse – "O God! of what intoxication" once more, ending with "Muse whom I love, I am yours!" – "Muse que j'aime, je suis à toi!" At this moment, Stella, who is tired of waiting for Hoffmann to come to her rendezvous, enters the tavern and finds him drunk. The poet tells her to leave ("Farewell, I will not follow you, phantom, spectre of the past" – "Adieu, je ne vais pas vous suivre, fantôme, spectre du passé"), and Lindorf, who was waiting in the shadows, comes forth. Nicklausse explains to Stella that Hoffmann does not love her any more, but that Councillor Lindorf is waiting for her. Some students enter the room for more drinking, while Stella and Lindorf leave together.
Musical numbers[edit]
The aria "Chanson de Kleinzach" (Song of little Zaches) in the prologue is based on the short story "Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober" ("Little Zaches, called cinnabar"), 1819. The barcarolle, "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" in the Venetian act, is the opera's most famous number, but was borrowed by Offenbach from his earlier opera Rheinnixen.[3]
Editions[edit]
The original E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
Offenbach did not live to see his opera performed. He died on 5 October 1880, four months before its premiere, but after completing the piano score and orchestrating the prologue and first act. As a result, different editions of the opera soon emerged, some bearing little resemblance to the authentic work. The version performed at the opera's premiere was by Ernest Guiraud, who completed Offenbach's scoring and wrote recitatives. Over the years new editions have continued to appear, though the emphasis, particularly since the 1970s, has shifted to authenticity. In this regard a milestone was the Michael Kaye edition of 1992, but then additional authentic music was found and published in 1999. In 2011, two competing publishing houses – one French, one German – were to release a joint edition reflecting and reconciling the research of recent decades. Here are some of the edition "variables" that have been circulating since Offenbach died:
Addition of extra music not intended by Offenbach for the opera
Commonly directors choose among two arias in the Giulietta act:
"Scintille, diamant", based on a tune from the overture to Offenbach's operetta A Journey to the Moon and included by André Bloch for a Monaco production in 1908.
The Sextet (sometimes called Septet, counting the chorus as a character) of unknown origin, but containing elements of the barcarolle.
Changes to the sequence of the acts
The three acts, telling different stories from the life of Hoffmann, are independent (with the exception of a mention of Olympia in the Antonia act) and can easily be swapped without affecting the overall story. Offenbach's order was Prologue–Olympia–Antonia–Giulietta–Epilogue, but during the 20th century, the work was usually performed with Giulietta's act preceding Antonia's. Only recently has the original order been restored, and even now the practice is not universal. The general reason for the switch is that the Antonia act is more accomplished musically.
Naming of the acts
The designation of the acts is disputed. The German scholar Josef Heinzelmann (de), among others, favours numbering the Prologue as Act One, and the Epilogue as Act Five, with Olympia as Act Two, Antonia as Act Three, and Giulietta as Act Four.
Changes to the story itself
The opera was sometimes performed (for example during the premiere at the Opéra-Comique) without the entire Giulietta act, though the famous barcarolle from that act was inserted into the Antonia act, and Hoffmann's aria "Amis! l'Amour tendre et rêveur" was inserted into the epilogue. In 1881, when the opera was first performed in Vienna, the Giulietta act was restored, but modified so that the courtesan does not die at the end by accidental poisoning, but exits in a gondola accompanied by her servant Pitichinaccio.
Spoken dialogue vs. recitative
Due to its opéra-comique genre, the original score contained much dialogue that has sometimes been replaced by recitative, and this lengthened the opera so much that some acts were removed (see above).
The number of singers performing
Offenbach intended that the four soprano roles be played by the same singer, for Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia are three facets of Stella, Hoffmann's unreachable love. Similarly, the four villains (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, and Dapertutto) would be performed by the same bass-baritone, because they are all manifestations of evil. While the doubling of the four villains is quite common, most performances of the work use different singers for the loves of Hoffmann. This is because different skills are needed for each role: Olympia requires a skilled coloratura singer with stratospheric high notes, Antonia is written for a more lyric voice, and Giulietta is usually performed by a dramatic soprano or a mezzo-soprano. When all three roles (four if the role of Stella is counted) are performed by a single soprano in a performance, it is considered one of the largest challenges in the lyric-coloratura repertoire. Notable sopranos who have sung all three roles include Karan Armstrong, Vina Bovy, Edita Gruberová, Fanny Heldy, Catherine Malfitano, Anja Silja, Beverly Sills, Ruth Ann Swenson, Carol Vaness, Ninon Vallin and Virginia Zeani. All four roles have been performed by Josephine Barstow, Diana Damrau, Elizabeth Futral, Marlis Petersen,[14] Georgia Jarman,[15][16] Elena Moșuc[17] and Joan Sutherland.
A recent version including the authentic music by Offenbach has been reinstated by the French Offenbach scholar Jean-Christophe Keck. A successful performance of this version was produced at the Lausanne Opera (Switzerland). Another recent edition by Michael Kaye has been performed at the Opéra National de Lyon and the Hamburg State Opera with Elena Moșuc singing the roles of Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, and Stella in the 2007 production.[18]
In early 2016 Jean-Christophe Keck announced that he had traced and identified the autograph full manuscript of the Prologue and the Olympia act, with vocal lines by Offenbach and instrumental by Guiraud. The Antonia and epilogue are in the BnF, while the Giulietta act is in the Offenbach family archives.[19]
Recordings[edit]
Main article: The Tales of Hoffmann discography
The opera has been frequently recorded. Well-regarded recordings have included:
a 1964–65 recording conducted by André Cluytens with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra and Nicolai Gedda
a 1971 recording by Richard Bonynge with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau and Gabriel Bacquier
a 1972 recording by Julius Rudel with the London Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Burrows, Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, and Susanne Marsee.[20]
a 1988 recording by Sylvain Camberling, Brussels Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie; EMI, Cat: 358613-2, studio recording based on the Oeser version
a 1986 recording by Seiji Ozawa, French National Orchestra, Radio France Choir (fr); Deutsche Grammophon label Cat: 427682; with Plácido Domingo and Edita Gruberova
a 1996 studio recording by Kent Nagano Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lyon and Roberto Alagna as Hoffmann; Erato, Cat: 0630-14330-2. This recording is based on the Kaye-Keck version of the opera
Film[edit]
Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1916) a silent German film adaptation directed by Richard Oswald
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) a British film adaptation written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1970) a German film adaptation directed by Walter Felsenstein and Georg F. Mielke
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Newman, Ernest (1954). More Opera Nights. London: Putnam. OCLC 920909.
Jump up ^ Kracauer, Siegfried (2002) [1938]. Orpheus in Paris: Offenbach and the Paris of his time. Translated by Gwenda David and Eric Mosbacher. New York: Zone Books. ISBN 1-890951-30-7. OCLC 48098585.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Weaver, William (1986) [1972]. "The Man who wrote Hoffman". Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Liner notes). London: Decca Records. OCLC 15275271.
Jump up ^ "Der Sandmann" had provided the impetus for the ballet libretto of Coppélia (1870) with music by Léo Delibes.
Jump up ^ "Councillor Krespel" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, translated by Alexander Ewing
Jump up ^ "The Cremona Violin" in Weird Tales, vol. 1, 1885, translated by John Thomas Bealby
Jump up ^ Lamb, Andrew "Jacques Offenbach". In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Wolff, Stéphane (1953). Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900–1950) [A half-century of comic opera (1900–1950)] (in French). Paris: André Bonne. OCLC 44733987.
Jump up ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Les contes d'Hoffmann, 7 December 1881". Almanacco Amadeus (in Italian).
^ Jump up to: a b Keck, Jean-Christophe. "Genèse et Légendes." In: Avant-Scène Opéra 235, Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Paris, 2006.
Jump up ^ Noël, Édouard; Stoullig, Edmond, eds. (1893). Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique (in French) (19th ed.). Paris: Georges Charpentier et Eugène Fasquelle.
^ Jump up to: a b "L'œuvre à l'affiche." In: Avant-Scène Opéra 235, Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Paris, 2006.
Jump up ^ Voice types as given in Avant-Scène Opéra 235, Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Paris, 2006, p 5.
Jump up ^ "Biography". Marlis Petersen. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Jarman, Georgia. "English National Opera, Official Website". ENO. Retrieved 31 May 2012. (Video comment on performing all four heroines)
Jump up ^ Levy, Paul (February 17, 2012). "In Tales of Hoffman, All's Fair in Love". The Wall Street Journal.
Jump up ^ Basilica Opera program 1969
Jump up ^ Dibbern, Mary (2002). The Tales of Hoffmann: A Performance Guide. Vox musicae series, no. 5. Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 9781576470336. OCLC 45223614.
Jump up ^ Coulisses: Pluie d'autographes. News item in Diapason No.645, Avril 2016, p12.
Jump up ^ Gammond, Peter (1986). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera. New York: Crescent Books. p. 143. ISBN 0-517-53840-7.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Tales of Hoffmann.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Les contes d'Hoffmann at Project Gutenberg: libretto of a modified version (as first performed in the USA) in French and English
Analysis of The Tales of Hoffman in The Ultimate Art, Chap. 13: "The Odd Couple: Offenbach and Hoffmann"
Lewis M. Isaacs (1920). "Tales of Hoffman". Encyclopedia Americana.
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"Beast of Burden"
Cover of the 1978 US single
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album Some Girls
B-side
"When the Whip Comes Down"
Released
September 1978 (1978-09)
Format
7"
Recorded
10 October–21 December 1977
Pathé Marconi Studios
Genre
Blues rock
rock and roll
soul
Length
4:24
Label
Rolling Stones
Songwriter(s)
Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
The Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Miss You"
(1978) "Beast of Burden"
(1978) "Respectable"
(1978)
"Miss You"
(1978) "Beast of Burden"
(1978) "Respectable"
(1978)
Some Girls track listing
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10 tracks
Side one
"Miss You"
"When the Whip Comes Down"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Some Girls"
"Lies"
Side two
"Far Away Eyes"
"Respectable"
"Before They Make Me Run"
"Beast of Burden"
"Shattered"
"Beast of Burden" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and #433 on the 500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time.
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1 Background
2 Release and aftermath
3 Charts
4 Bette Midler version
4.1 Track listing
4.2 Charts
4.2.1 Weekly charts
4.2.2 Year-end charts
5 Notes
Background[edit]
A "beast of burden" is an animal, usually domesticated, that labors for the benefit of man, such as an ox or horse. The music and some lyrics were primarily written by Keith Richards. In the liner notes to the 1993 compilation disc Jump Back, Richards said Beast of Burden "was another one where Mick (Jagger) just filled in the verses. With the Stones, you take a long song, play it and see if there are any takers. Sometimes they ignore it, sometimes they grab it and record it. After all the faster numbers of Some Girls, everybody settled down and enjoyed the slow one."
In those same notes, Jagger says, "Lyrically, this wasn't particularly heartfelt in a personal way. It's a soul begging song, an attitude song. It was one of those where you get one melodic lick, break it down and work it up; there are two parts here which are basically the same." The song can be seen as allegorical, with Richards saying in 2003, "When I returned to the fold after closing down the laboratory [referring to his drug problems throughout the 1970s], I came back into the studio with Mick... to say, 'Thanks, man, for shouldering the burden' - that's why I wrote "Beast of Burden" for him, I realise in retrospect."
"Beast of Burden" was recorded from October–December 1977. Although basic lyrics were written before the Stones entered the studio, many of the lyrics on the recording were improvised by Jagger to fit with the smooth running guitars of Richards and Ronnie Wood. Characteristically, Richards and Wood trade off rolling, fluid licks. Neither is really playing lead or rhythm guitar; they both slip in and out, one playing high while the other is low. The song is another famed Some Girls song that features each band member playing his respective instrument without any outside performers; both Richards and Wood play acoustic and electric guitars, with Wood performing the solo.[1]
Release and aftermath[edit]
The song was released as the second single off the album. It charted at #8 in the US. A live version was recorded during their 1981 American Tour and was released as a B-side to "Going to a Go-Go", as well as being reissued on Rarities 1971-2003 in 2005. Another live version was recorded during their 2002-2003 Licks Tour which was released on Live Licks. The single edit of "Beast of Burden" was included on the compilation albums Sucking in the Seventies, Rewind (1971–1984), Jump Back, Forty Licks and GRRR!. A 5:20 version of the song with extra lyrics circulates among collectors.[2] It was taken from the eight-track mix of Some Girls, which features significant differences from all other versions of the album.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1978)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
US Cash Box 7
Bette Midler version[edit]
"Beast of Burden"
Single by Bette Midler
from the album No Frills
B-side
"Come Back, Jimmy Dean"
Released
February 10, 1984
Format
7" vinyl
Recorded
1983
Genre
Hard rock, New wave
Length
3:48
Label
Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
Chuck Plotkin, Brock Walsh, Danny Goldberg
Bette Midler singles chronology
"My Favourite Waste of Time"
(1983) "'Beast of Burden'"
(1984) "Under the Boardwalk"
(1988)
"My Favourite Waste of Time"
(1983) "Beast of Burden"
(1984) "Under the Boardwalk"
(1988)
In 1984, the song was covered by Bette Midler. Her version, which reached #71 on Billboard's Hot 100, modified several lines of lyric (for example, changing "Pretty, pretty, girls" to "my little sister is a pretty, pretty girl"). The track appeared on Bette Midler's No Frills album.
A music video was made for this version that started out with Bette and Mick Jagger talking in her dressing room before she comes out and performs the song with him on stage. As the song ends someone throws a pie at Mick, and Bette laughs at it until she gets hit with a pie herself. The video ends with a picture of both of them covered in pie in a newspaper with the headline "Just desserts".
Track listing[edit]
7" Single
Beast Of Burden 3:48
Come Back, Jimmy Dean 3:51
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 71
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 12
German Singles Chart 15
Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart 10
Belgian Singles Chart[4] 15
Swedish Singles Chart 2
Norwegian Singles Chart 2
New Zealand Singles Chart 4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 64
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Janovitz, Bill. The Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden". allmusic. 2007 (accessed 19 May 2007).
Jump up ^ "The Rolling Stones-Beast of Burden". YouTube. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
Jump up ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 200. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Jump up ^ "Bette Midler - Beast Of Burden". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
Jump up ^ BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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"Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" (live)
"Out of Control"
"Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
"Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice"
"Rain Fall Down"
"Biggest Mistake" / "Before They Make Me Run" (live)
Universal singles
"Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"
"No Spare Parts" / "Before They Make Me Run"
"Doom and Gloom"
"One More Shot"
Other countries
"Let It Bleed" / "You Got the Silver" (London Japan)
"Rocks Off" / "Sweet Virginia" (Japan)
"Star Star" / "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" (France, Germany)
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Discography
Studio albums
The Divine Miss M
Bette Midler
Songs for the New Depression
Broken Blossom
Thighs and Whispers
No Frills
Some People's Lives
Bette of Roses
Bathhouse Betty
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Live at Last
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Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
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Memories of You
A Gift of Love
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The Bette Midler Show
Diva Las Vegas
The Showgirl Must Go On
Singles
"Do You Want to Dance?"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"Friends"
"In the Mood"
"Strangers in the Night"
"Old Cape Cod"
"Buckets of Rain"
"Hang On in There Baby"
"Big Noise from Winnetka"
"When a Man Loves a Woman"
"The Rose"
"Chapel of Love"
"All I Need to Know"
"Favorite Waste of Time"
"Beast of Burden"
"Under the Boardwalk"
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
"From a Distance"
"Night and Day"
"In My Life"
"In This Life"
"You Don't Own Me"
"I'm Beautiful"
"White Christmas"
"Fever"
"Be My Baby"
Other songs
"We Are the World"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
"Somewhere Along the Way"
"Manhattan"
"The Greatest Ears in Town"
Tours
Experience the Divine
Diva Las Vegas
Kiss My Brass
The Showgirl Must Go On
Divine Intervention Tour
Books
The Saga of Baby Divine
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