Reflections is a 2019 project from the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. As a part of turning 50 years in 2019, Sissel will release one new song once a week for the following 50 weeks. The songs are released on her own website, sisselmusic.com followed by a music video on her official YouTube channel. On May 26, she released the first song of the project, "Unchained Melody".
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The project started in Oslo in 2015. Sissel started listening to love songs, because she wanted to find different happy love songs. She listened to songs from the early 1920s and all the way up to today. After choosing her favourites, Sissel discovered that she had also chosen songs that not always was that happy. As Sissel stated on her website, introducing her project: "There is songs about longing, songs about love, songs about being in love. Songs about sadness, happiness and being cheated. And songs about joy and that's how Reflections came about."[1]
When visiting the Norwegian TV-show, Lindmo in August 2019, Sissel told about this project: "It is my wish to invite my audience into my musical world. Not into my personal life, but into my musical universe. Then it is not enough with just one song. I also have to release a music video and a video where I explain my choice, my thoughts around it and fun facts, so people can get behind the song."[2]
In 2016, Sissel contacted drummer and producer Bill Maxwell, who she had been working with on the 1989 album, Soria Moria. He introduced her to several musicians, like the two pianists Bill Cantos and Tim Carmon, who plays the piano and has arranged many of the songs on Reflections.[3] All the songs on the album has been released before by other artists, but there is one exception. "After All" originally was an unrecorded instrumental piece, written by Bill Maxwell and Abraham Laboriel. After Sissel heard it and loved it, Maxwell wrote lyrics for the song. So far, the project has been released in five parts, Reflections I, Reflections II, Reflections III, Reflections IV and Reflections V. There are ten songs in each part, except for Reflections II, that contains 11 songs.
Track listing
editReflections I
edit- "Unchained Melody"[4]
- "My Foolish Heart"[5]
- "For the Good Times"[6]
- "Lord Protect My Child"[7]
- "Have I Told You Lately"[8]
- "Out of Left Field"[9]
- "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"[10]
- "I'm a Fool"[11]
- "Ebb Tide"[12]
- "Go Leave"[13]
Reflections II
edit- "Welcome to My World"[14]
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"[15]
- "Surrender"[16]
- "Slow Down"[17]
- "The Masquerade Is Over"[18]
- "The Man I Love"[19]
- "In My Life"[20]
- "Goodbye"[21]
- "September Song"[22]
- "After All"[23]
- "Born to Be Loved"[24]
Reflections III
edit- "If I Can Dream"[25]
- "You Were Always on My Mind"[26]
- "Crying in the Chapel"[27]
- "Three Times a Lady"[28]
- "If I Can Help Somebody"[29]
- "Let it Snow"[30]
- "When You Wish Upon a Star"[31]
- "Make Me a Present of You"[32]
- "River"[33]
- "In the Night of New Year's Eve"[34]
Reflections IV
edit- "My Romance"[35]
- "Till the End of Time"[36]
- "When a Man Loves a Woman"[37]
- "A Time to Love, a Time to Cry"[38]
- "The Very Thought of You"[39]
- "If You Go Away"[40]
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"[41]
- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"[42]
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him"[43]
- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"[44]
Reflections V
editReferences
edit- ^ "Introducing Reflections". YouTube. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Lindmo". NRK. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel Talks: "After All"". YouTube. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Unchained Melody". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - My Foolish Heart". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - For the Good Times". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Lord Protect My Child". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Have I Told You Lately". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Out of Left Field". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Who Know Where The Time Goes". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - I'm a Fool". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Ebb Tide". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Go Leave". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Welcome To My World". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Surrender". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Slow Down ft. The Tabernacle Choir (Live at Temple Square)". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - The Masquerade Is Over". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - The Man I Love". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - In My Life". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Goodbye". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - September Song". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - After All". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Born to Be Loved". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - If I Can Dream". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - You Were Always on My Mind". YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Crying in the Chapel". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Three Times a Lady". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - If I Can Help Somebody". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Let It Snow". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - When You Wish Upon a Star". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - Make Me a Present of You". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - River". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Sissel - In the Night of New Year's Eve". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - My Romance". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - Till the End of Time". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - When a Man Loves a Woman". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - A Time to Love, a Time to Cry". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - The Very Thought of You". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - If You Go Away". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - I'll Never Fall in Love Again". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - I Don't Know How to Love Him". YouTube. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free". YouTube. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - Didn't We". YouTube. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - I Will Wait for You". YouTube. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - Walk Away". YouTube. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - Up to the Mountain". YouTube. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - We'll Meet Again". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - When I Fall in Love". YouTube. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - God Bless the Child". YouTube. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Sissel - What a Wonderful World". YouTube. Retrieved 15 May 2020.