New Arrangement
Studio album by Jackie DeShannon
Released	September 1975
Studio	Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Folk, country, pop, rock
Length	35:55 52:59 (reissue)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Michael Stewart
Jackie DeShannon chronology
Your Baby Is a Lady (1974) New Arrangement (1975) The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon (compilation) (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B− [2]

New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records (PC 33500) in 1975. It contains the first recording of " Bette Davis Eyes", written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974 and later turned into a massive hit by Kim Carnes on the album Mistaken Identity (1981). Another song, "Boat to Sail," that features Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn singing backing vocals, was covered by The Carpenters in their 1976 album A Kind of Hush. Robert Christgau wrote about New Arrangement: "As an American songwriter who has escaped the confessional mode, and as a woman who can sing about subjects other than men, DeShannon exemplifies several healthy trends. The main thing this well-made record reveals, however, is an intelligent professionalism that matters about as much as a surge in enrollment in creative writing classes or women's liberation for female executives." ^[3]

Track listing: ^[1]

1. "Let the Sailors Dance" ( Randy Edelman, DeShannon) – 4:00
2. "Boat to Sail" (DeShannon) – 3:30
3. "Sweet Baby Gene" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 2:53
4. "A New Arrangement" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:16
5. "Over My Head Again" ( John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:00
6. " Bette Davis Eyes" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 2:45
7. "Queen of the Rodeo" (Donna Terry Weiss, DeShannon) – 3:20
8. "I Wanted It All" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 2:48
9. "Murphy" (Glen Ballentyne, DeShannon) – 3:11
10. "Barefoot Boys and Barefoot Girls" (DeShannon, Donna Terry Weiss) – 3:04
11. "Dreamin' as One" ( David Palmer, William "Smitty" Smith) – 3:30

CD bonus tracks

12. "Pure Natural Love" (Jackie DeShannon) – 2:45
13. "Deep into Paradise" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:42
14. "Somebody Turn the Music On" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:39
15. "All Night Desire" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:34
16. "Fire in the City" (John Bettis, DeShannon) – 3:25

Personnel: ^[4]

• Jackie DeShannon – guitar, vocals
• Joe Clayton – conga, cymbal
• Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
• Mike Deasy – guitar
• John Kahn – bass
• Larry Knechtel – keyboards
• Michael Stewart – guitar
• Ron Tutt – drums
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar
• Laura Creamer – background vocals
• Mark Creamer – background vocals
• Susan Steward – background vocals

Additional personnel

• Bob Claire – flute (3)
• Mark Creamer – guitar (7)
• Gary Dalton – electric guitar and solo (4) https://www.facebook.com/gary.dalton.9883
• Randy Edelman – piano (1, 2)
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar (5, 6)
• Barry Fasman – Moog synthesizer
• Victor Feldman – vibes (3)
• Larry Knechtel – string ARP solo (11)
• Peter Marshall – bass (3)
• Kenny Rankin – guitar (3)
• Seychelles Singers – vocals (10)
• Leland Sklar – bass (11)
• Brian Wilson – background vocals (2)
• Marilyn Rovell Wilson – background vocals (2)
• Michael Stewart – producer, arranger
• Nick DeCaro – string arrangements (1)
• Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements (11)
• Steve Madeo – arranger
• Ron Malo – recording

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