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''Puppet on a String'' is Sandie Shaw's third full-priced album, released on the Pye label in May 1967 on the back of her Eurovision success. Though it was issued as a full-priced album, many consider it not an original album as at the time it only contained two brand-new tracks alongside previously released material. It was issued on CD format for the first time in 2005 by EMI and contained several bonus tracks (see below). ==Track listing and song information== # "Puppet on a String" # "Think Sometimes About Me" # "I Don't Think You Want Me Anymore" # "Keep In Touch" # "Stop Before You Start" # "Hide All Emotion" # "Tell The Boys" # "Don't You Count On It" # "No Moon" # "Long Walk Home" # "I'd Be Far Better Off Without You" # "Had a Dream Last Night" Side one of the ''Puppet on a String'' album begins with the title track, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. They admitted to having written the song deliberately in the style of oompah band music in an attempt to curry favour in Continental Europe; for some time thereafter, British Eurovision entries would seem to be written in the style of continental European MOR or Schlager rather than other British MOR which was more similar to American MOR. Shaw had originally performed the song as one of five prospective numbers to represent the United Kingdom in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest on The Rolf Harris Show. She had never been taken with the idea of taking part in the contest but her discoverer, Adam Faith had talked her into it, saying it would keep her manager Eve Taylor happy. Taylor was wanting to give Shaw a more cabaret appeal and felt that this was the right move - and also felt that it would get Shaw back in the public's good books as she had recently been involved in a divorce scandal. Of the five songs performed, "Puppet on a String" was Shaw's least favourite. In her own words "I hated it from the very first oompah to the final bang on the big bass drum. I was instinctively repelled by its sexist drivel and cuckoo-clock tune." She was disappointed when it was selected as the song she would use to represent the country. Shaw won the contest hands down, though it has always been felt that this was partly down to her existing popularity on the continent (she had recorded most of her hit singles in French, Italian, German and Spanish). As a result "Puppet on a String" became her third Number One hit in the UK (a record for a female at the time) and was a big worldwide smash (the biggest selling single of the year in Germany). An E.P. was later released in the UK entitled "Tell The Boys" containing the other four prospective Eurovision songs after fans expressed demands for them (though the title track had been used as the B-side to the "Puppet on a String" single). The second song on the ''Puppet on a String'' album was the ballad "Think Sometimes About Me," written by Chris Andrews who to date had written all of Shaw's singles with the exceptions of "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," "I Don't Need Anything" and "Puppet on a String." "Think Sometimes About Me" had been released as a single in late 1966 but had only made Number 32 on the UK singles chart, her lowest position since her breakthrough. Song number three on side one was a new Andrews composition entitled "I Don't Think You Want Me Anymore," and was followed by two more of his previously released numbers - "Keep In Touch" and "Stop Before You Start," which had been B-sides to the singles "I Don't Need Anything" and the Top 20 "Nothing Comes Easy" respectively. Side one finished with "Hide All Emotion" (originally the B-side to "Think Sometimes About Me"), written by popular star Marty Wilde. The opening song on side two is entitled "Tell The Boys" and was one of the five songs performed on The Rolf Harris show as a prospective Eurovision Song Contest representant. Shaw has since confessed that this was the song she most wanted to win. Written by Peter Callander and Mitch Murray, it was also used as the B-side to the Number One smash single "Puppet on a String." The rest of the album consists of Andrews-written songs, firstly "Don't You Count On It," the B-side to the 1965 Top 10 hit "Message Understood," and then a new song entitled "No Moon." Next comes "Long Walk Home" (previously used as the B-side to the 1966 single "Run"), and then a brand new recording of "I'd Be Far Better Off Without You," the original version of which had been an A-side for a short time in 1964 before being switched to B-side in favour of "Girl Don't Come." The ''Puppet on a String'' L.P. finishes with "Had A Dream Last Night," the only Chris Andrews song performed on The Rolf Harris show as a prospective Eurovision number. Though she liked "Tell The Boys" best of the five, Shaw felt that musically this was the best song. The Hives sing a different version on ''The Black and White Album''. In 2006, "Puppet on a String" was used as a sample in the Lily Allen song "Alfie". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puppet on a String (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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