Go Away Little Boy: The Sass and Soul of Marlena Shaw (1999)

About this title: Marlena Shaw is one of Columbia's best signings, as she came to the label after the classic 1975 LP Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? In short order, Shaw continued to do great work, with a new accent on disco and less jazz-accented R&B. While quite a few compilations get tracks from before or after the artist's tenure there, this concentrates on three late-'70s titles, Sweet Beginnings, Acting Up, and Take a Bite. The tracks from Sweet Beginnings remain the best. Urbane, perfectly sung tracks like "Sweet Beginnings," "Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy," and the brassy "I Think I'll Tell Him" provide high ... read more

Tracks:

1. Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy [Shaw/King/Goffin]
2. I Think I'll Tell Him [Bell/Creed]
3. Rhythm of Love [Wakefield/Hirsch]
4. Moonrise [Tragesser/Nelson]
5. I Wonder [Tragesser]
6. Shaw Biz/Suddenly It's How I'd Like to Feel/Shaw Biz (Reprise) [Shaw/Willis/Golde]
7. I'm Back for More [Stover]
8. Sweet Beginnings [Ware/Bettis]
9. More [Shaw]
10. Walk Softly [McCoy]
11. No One Yet [Shaw]
12. Pictures and Memories [Bryant]
13. Love Dancin' [Allan/Knight]
14. Touch Me in the Morning [Miller/Masser]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.