And So Much More

by Linda Eder

Overview

Linda Eder's second album was in effect a follow-up to the 1992 studio cast album of composer Frank Wildhorn's The Scarlet Pimpernel, even repeating a track, "I'll Forget You," from that release. Wildhorn co-produced And So Much More with the singer and wrote or co-wrote eight of its 13 tracks. Eder and Wildhorn conceived of her as a personality singer in the tradition of Barbra Streisand (her vocal timbre inescapably recalled Streisand, but so did her phrasing, which meant the similarity was intended), and the songs tended to be lush, dramatic ballads that gave her plenty of opportunity to emote. For a change of pace, Wildhorn threw in a couple of neo-swing exercises. The duo boldly announced their ambitions with their choice of covers, usually standards closely identified with major singers, such as "The Man That Got Away" (Judy Garland), "All the Way" (Frank Sinatra), and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Art Garfunkel). Eder had the pipes, but not the seasoning, to carry off such appropriations, while Wildhorn's stylized, generic songs, seemingly beamed in from an alternate universe where rock & roll never happened, had only the range, not the distinctiveness, to showcase her effectively. You could see what they were going for; they just didn't quite get it. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/1994
Label:	Emi Angel / Angel Records
UPC:	0077775485622
Rank:	119239

Tracks

1. I Don't Remember
2. And So Much More
3. 'Till You Come Back to Me
4. The Man That Got Away
5. When I Look in Your Eyes
6. Smile
7. In the Cool Dark Night
8. Someone
9. Is This Anyway to Fall in Love
10. I'll Forget You
11. Next Time I Love
12. All the Way
13. Bridge over Troubled Water

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Linda Eder   Primary Artist
Claude Gaudette   Primary Artist,Synthesizer
Michael Feinstein   Primary Artist
Andy Snitzer   Sax (Tenor)
Chris Botti   Trumpet
Ed Maina   Woodwind,Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Frank Wildhorn   Vocals (Background)
George Flynn   Trombone (Bass)
Jeremy Roberts   Piano,Conductor,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
David Finck   Bass
Tony Kadleck   Trumpet
Mike Migliore   Sax (Alto)
Chris Hajian   Vocals (Background)
Jay Berliner   Guitar
Jim Pugh   Trombone
Dan Wilensky   Sax (Tenor)
Kim Scharnberg   Conductor,Vocals (Background)
Ted Nash   Sax (Alto)
Jack Murphy   Vocals (Background)
Bob Milikan   Trumpet
Michael Davis   Trombone
Mark Walker   Drums

Technical Credits

Tony McAnany   Arranger,Producer
Paul Simon   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Claude Gaudette   Arranger,Producer,Programming,String Arrangements,Synthesizer Programming
Frank Wildhorn   Composer,Producer
John Turner   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Linda Eder   Producer
Scott Frankfurt   Programming
James Van Heusen   Composer
Jeremy Smith   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jeremy Roberts   Arranger,Programming,Rhythm Arrangements,Synthesizer Programming
Brad Aaron   Engineer
Roy Williams   Copyist
Michael Feinstein   Performer
Kim Scharnberg   Arranger
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Gayle Scott   Production Coordination
Robert Abriola   Cover Design
Frank Zuback   Copyist
Bonnie Schiffman   Photography
Walter Dunbar   Copyist
Jay Barbieri   Art Direction
James Phillips   Composer
Jack Murphy   Composer
Jay A. Ryan   Engineer
Nan Knighton   Composer
Geoffrey Parsons   Composer
Maury Yeston   Composer
Karl Richardson   Producer
Mike Krowiak   Engineer
Ray Williams   Copyist