Name: The Best of Ally McBeal: The Songs of Vonda Shepard
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The Best of Ally McBeal

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Album: The Best of Ally McBeal: The Songs of Vonda Shepard
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Searchin' My Soul
2)	Something About You - (previously unreleased)
3)	Chances Are
4)	Wildest Times of the World, The
5)	Home Again
6)	Sweet Inspiration
7)	I Know Better
8)	You Belong to Me
9)	Hooked on a Feeling
10)	I Only Want to Be with You
11)	It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
12)	Tell Him
13)	Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow
14)	Maryland

Album: The Best of Ally McBeal: The Songs of Vonda Shepard
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Searchin' My Soul
2)	Something About You - (previously unreleased)
3)	Chances Are
4)	Wildest Times of the World, The
5)	Home Again
6)	Sweet Inspiration
7)	I Know Better
8)	You Belong to Me
9)	Hooked on a Feeling
10)	I Only Want to Be with You
11)	It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
12)	Tell Him
13)	Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow
14)	Maryland

Performer Notes

Lyricist: Vonda Shepard.
Personnel: Vonda Shepard (vocals, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Mitchell Froom (vocals, piano, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Robert Downey, Jr. (vocals); Val McCallum (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); James Ralston, Michael Landau, Bruce Watson (guitar); Joel Derouin, Lili Haydn (violin); David Paul Campbell (viola, Mellotron); Martin Tillman, Larry Corbett (cello); Jon Clarke (alto flute, bass clarinet, English horn); Dan Higgins (saxophone); Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (trumpet); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); Jeff Scott Young (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Neil Larsen (piano); Pete Thomas , Andrew Kamman (drums, percussion); Fritz Lewak, John Keane, Matt Chamberlain, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Ren?e Elise Goldsberry, Vatrina King, Lynn Davis , Sy Smith, Valerie Carter, Jean McClain (background vocals).
Photographer: Denise Plumb.
For years, Vonda Shepard toiled in semi-obscurity, releasing two albums to a small cult audience. One of her fans happened to be David Kelley, a television producer of such hit television shows as L.A. Law, Picket Fences, and Chicago Hope. When he was creating Ally McBeal, an urban dramedy about an appealingly spunky and confused 20-something lawyer, he decided to have Ally's misadventures mirrored in songs by none other than Vonda Shepard. Ally McBeal became an unexpected hit and Shepard was suddenly in demand. Since none of her albums were easily available, it was smart business to make her first album for her new label 550 Music a collection of original tunes and covers she regularly performed in the show -- in other words, Songs from Ally McBeal. Only four of the songs, including the theme "Searchin' My Soul," are original Shepard numbers; the rest are smooth adult contemporary covers of '60s pop hits like "The End of the World," "Hooked on a Feeling," and "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)." Some longtime fans may be distressed that the album only contains a handful of originals, but the preponderance of covers makes for a consistently enjoyable record that should be quite pleasing to Ally McBeal fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine