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Songs for the New Depression
Pop · 1976 · 11 tracks

Songs for the New Depression

Bette Midler

A theatrical, melancholic dive into 1930s nostalgia and 1970s soft rock. Midler trades her brassy belts for smoky, intimate crooning and orchestral storytelling.

January 8, 1976 · Atlantic

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A world-weary but elegant meditation on loss and memory, wrapped in velvet and sea salt.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Strangers in the Night
3:17
02
I Don’t Want the Night to End
3:46
03
Mr. Rockefeller
4:02
04
Old Cape Cod
2:47
05
Buckets of Rain
3:54
06
Love Says It’s Waiting
1:37
07
Shiver Me Timbers / Samedi et vendredi
6:20
08
No Jestering
3:57
09
Tragedy
3:03
10
Marahuana
2:27
11
Let Me Just Follow Behind
3:30
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the sea-shanty grit of Shiver Me Timbers into the breezy Samedi et vendredi.
The delicate, multi-tracked vocal harmonies on Old Cape Cod that mimic a vintage postcard coming to life.
The sudden shift to a disco pulse on I Don’t Want the Night to End, breaking the album's somber spell.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Songs for the New Depression sound next to the rest of Bette Midler's catalogue?

Late Night+2.5σ

Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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