No Strings (album)

No Strings
Studio album by
Released13 August 1993
Recorded1993
Genre
Length46:00
LabelMCA
ProducerPatrice Rushen
Sheena Easton chronology
What Comes Naturally
(1991)
No Strings
(1993)
My Cherie
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Orlando Sentinel[3]

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.

  1. ^ a b McGarrity, Andre (1 January 1998). "Sheena Easton". In Graff, Gary; du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (eds.). MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 190–193.
  2. ^ Woodard, Josef (13 August 1993). "No Strings". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ^ Gettelman, Parry (17 September 1993). "Sheena Easton". Orlando Sentinel.