Live And More: Encore!

Performer: Donna Summer
Artist: Tina Arena
Producer: Donna Summer; Bruce Sudano
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel: Donna Summer, Tina Arena (vocals); Bruce Sudano (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Randy Mitchell (guitar); Juliann Klopotic (violin); Michelle Kinney (cello); Ross Walters (flute, harmonica, saxophone, keyboards); Mike Hanna (piano, synthesizer); Mac Quayle (keyboards, programming); Scott Hallgren (keyboards); John Billings (bass); George Perilli (drums); Darryl Tibbs (percussion); Mary Ellen Bernard, Yvonne Hodges (background vocals). A 1999 sequel to Donna Summer's 1978 smash, LIVE AND MORE: ENCORE was recorded during the resurgent dance-pop diva's 1998 world tour. The set list is pretty much what you would expect, featuring most of her biggest hits (the born-again Summer refuses to perform the orgasmic "Love To Love You Baby" anymore, however) with new arrangements jazzier and funkier than the chilly Eurodisco of the original studio creations. As she's now in her 50s, Summer's voice is a little huskier than before, but it's as solid as ever; she's one of the most underrated vocalists of the '70s. The two new tracks are "Love Is a Healer," which mixes vaguely North African-sounding chants and drones with Summer's wailing vocals, and "I Will Go With You," an unexpected disco remake of Andrea Bocelli's "Con te Partiro."

Q (12/99, p.146) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...works as a more-than-adequate greatest hits collection for anyone who didn't get round to buying ENDLESS SUMMER in 1994..." Vibe (8/99, p.180) - "...[Summer] complies with public demand, rolling through her plush catalog of hits with a remarkably high degree of good humor and pride....doubly vibrant in a live setting....She truly has never sounded better..."

One of the most talented artists of the disco era, Donna Summer first found success by teaming with producer Giorgio Moroder and developing a highly sexualized, hooky dance sound highlighted by percolating electronics and moaning, sensual vocals. An incredible run of hit singles established Summer as a genuine 1970s icon (an image she has unfortunately found it difficult to shake), and she later expanded her sound to encompass straight R&B and pop.

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