And I Love You So (Shirley Bassey album)

And I Love You So
Studio album by Shirley Bassey
Released	October 1972
Genre	MOR
Label	United Artists
Producer	Noel Rogers, Johnny Harris
Shirley Bassey chronology
I Capricorn (1972) And I Love You So (1972) Never Never Never (1973)

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And I Love You So is a 1972 album by Shirley Bassey.

Released late in 1972 to positive reviews, this was Bassey's fourth album of the decade and was one of the albums which comprised her 'comeback' period of the 1970s.^[2] Unlike the earlier albums, this didn't feature any hit singles and consequently didn't fare as well as the previous three. It made No. 24, and remained on the chart for 9 weeks, reaching its peak on Christmas week, resulting in higher than average sales.^[3] Singles released were "And I Love You So" (a cover of the Don McLean hit) and "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men", although the CD liner notes consider tracks "If We Only Have Love" and "The Way of Love" to be stronger single choices. The title track did however become a UK top three hit some months later for Perry Como.^[4]

The original release was in stereo on vinyl and cassette. This album was re-issued on CD in 2000 with two bonus tracks: "If I Should Love Again" (previously only released as a B-side to "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men") and "Let Me Be the One", which was unreleased until 1994. The album was re-released again in a double pack with previous album I Capricorn in November 2010.