No Strings (album)

No Strings is the eleventh studio album by Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton released in 1993 by MCA Records. The album was a departure from the pop and R&B style of her earlier recordings with jazz-tinged production arrangements by Patrice Rushen.

The disc was recorded live in the studio, as Easton wanted to record the music in a similar fashion to Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records sessions of the 1960s. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack of Indecent Proposal. Easton appears in a cameo role singing the song with Herbie Hancock playing the piano during a pivotal moment in the film, and the song was released as a promo single in some European markets.

In 2007 No Strings was released on iTunes' available for download. The disc was reissued by Universal Distribution on 26 July 2013.

Track listing

 * 1) "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:18
 * 2) "Medley:  I'm in the Mood for Love / Moody's Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody) – 4:14
 * 3) "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 3:17
 * 4) "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) – 3:40
 * 5) "If You Go Away" (Ne me quitte pas) (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 5:52
 * 6) "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour) – 5:51
 * 7) "Medley: Little Girl Blue / When Sunny Gets Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 6:10
 * 8) "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 3:25
 * 9) "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) – 4:23
 * 10) "I Will Say Goodbye" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 2:37
 * 11) "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 3:25

Musicians

 * Sheena Easton – lead vocals
 * Patrice Rushen – acoustic piano
 * Phil Upchurch – guitar (2, 6, 8)
 * Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (5, 10)
 * Reggie Hamilton – bass (1)
 * Ken Wild – bass (2-11)
 * John Guerin – drums (1)
 * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2-11)
 * Valerie King – flute (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 * Marni Johnson – French Horn (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 * Richard Todd – French Horn (2, 6, 8)
 * Fred Jackson, Jr. – alto and soprano saxophones (2, 5, 8, 10), tenor saxophone (6)
 * Bob Sheppard – alto and tenor saxophones (4, 7), tenor sax solo (11)
 * Larry Williams – tenor saxophone (6, 8), clarinet (6, 8)
 * Lew McCreary – trombone (2, 6, 8), bass trombone (5, 10)
 * Reggie Young – trombone (2, 6, 8)
 * Rick Baptist – trumpet (2, 6, 8), flugelhorn (2, 6, 8)
 * Raymond Lee Brown – trumpet (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), flugelhorn (2, 5, 6, 8), cornet (4, 7)

Production

 * Producer and arranged by Patrice Rushen
 * Recorded and mixed by Rick Winquest
 * Assistant engineers – Eric Cowden and Dann Thompson
 * Recorded and mixed at Group IV Recording (Los Angeles, California)
 * Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
 * Music copyist – Booker White
 * Art direction – Vartan
 * Design – Margo Chase and John Coulter
 * Photography – Alberto Tolot
 * Hair – Barron Matalon
 * Stylist – Fleur Theimeyer
 * Make-up – Francesca Tolot