Release Me (Engelbert Humperdinck album)

Release Me is the 1967 debut album by singer Engelbert Humperdinck, the first of two albums released that year.

Production

• Executive Producer: Dick Rowe
• Producer: Dick Rowe (tracks 1, 4, 10, 13)
• Producer: Peter Sullivan (tracks 2-3, 5-9, 11-12)
• Music Director: Charles Blackwell (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8-12)
• Music Director: Les Reed (track 2)
• Music Director: Johnny Harris (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Music Director: Ken Woodman (track 13)
• Recording Engineer: Bill Price
• Liner Notes: Dick Rowe

Packaging and title

The album was named after Engelbert's breakout #1 hit single "Release Me," which was released on January 13, 1967.

Release

Decca Records released the album in the UK on May 12, 1967. Parrot Records issued a 12 track version of the album in the US in June 1967. The US album added the May 12, 1967 #3 single "There Goes My Everything" and omitted "Misty Blue" and "If I Were You." Parrot listed "My World" as "Il Mondo", "Walk Through This World" as "Walk Through This World With Me", and the title track as "Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)."
Decca re-issued the UK version of the album on CD in 1987 on the London label; they released it again in 2017 as disc 1 of The Complete Decca Studio Albums.

Release Me
Studio album by Engelbert Humperdinck
Released	May 12, 1967
Recorded	1966 - 1967
Genre	Easy listening, pop
Length	35:36 (UK), 34:12 (US)
Label	Decca (UK), Parrot (US)
Producer	Dick Rowe, Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck chronology
Release Me (1967) The Last Waltz (1967)
American LP cover

Track listing

UK version

Side 1

1. "Release Me" (Eddie Miller, James Pebworth, Robert Yount) 3:17
2. "Quiet Nights" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) 2:38
3. "Yours Until Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 2:50
4. "There's a Kind of Hush" (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens) 2:59
5. "This Is My Song" (Charlie Chaplin) 3:22
6. "Misty Blue" (Bob Montgomery) 2:06

Side 2

1. "Take My Heart" (Gordon Mills) 2:26
2. "How Near Is Love" (Ivor Raymonde, Marcel Stellman, Osmán Pérez Freire, Richard Dix) 2:44
3. "Walk Through This World" (Sandy Seamons, Kaye Savage) 2:17
4. "If I Were You" (Bob Crewe, Eddie Rambeau) 2:10
5. "Talking Love" (Kurt Feltz, Marcel Stellman, Werner Scharfenberger) 3:03
6. "My World" (Carlo Pes, Lilli Greco, Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Robert Mellin) 3:04
7. "Ten Guitars" (Gordon Mills) 2:40

US version

Side 1

1. "Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)" (Eddie Miller, James Pebworth, Robert Yount) 3:17
2. "Quiet Nights" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) 2:38
3. "Yours Until Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 2:50
4. "There's a Kind of Hush" (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens) 2:59
5. "Ten Guitars" (Gordon Mills) 2:40
6. "This Is My Song" (Charlie Chaplin) 3:22

Side 2

1. "There Goes My Everything" (Dallas Frazier) 2:52
2. "Take My Heart" (Gordon Mills) 2:26
3. "Il Mondo" (Carlo Pes, Lilli Greco, Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Robert Mellin) 3:04
4. "Talking Love" (Kurt Feltz, Marcel Stellman, Werner Scharfenberger) 3:03
5. "Walk Through This World With Me" (Sandy Seamons, Kaye Savage) 2:17
6. "How Near Is Love" (Ivor Raymonde, Marcel Stellman, Osmán Pérez Freire, Richard Dix) 2:44

Charts

Peak positions

Country	Position	Entry date
UK Official Charts	6	May 20, 1967
US Billboard 200	7	June 17, 1967
Norway VG-lista	17	November 18, 1967

External links

• Release Me (Decca SKL 4868) at Discogs

• Release Me (Parrot PAS 71012) at Discogs

• Release Me (London 820 459-2) at Discogs

• engelbert.com - Release Me album detail