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Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time...

Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Disco
Year:
1977

Tracklist

Once Upon A Time 4:02 X
Faster And Faster To Nowhere 3:34 X
Fairy Tale High 4:25 X
Say Something Nice 4:44 X
Now I Need You 6:09 X
Working The Midnight Shift 5:07 X
Queen For A Day 5:59 X
If You Got It Flaunt It 4:43 X
A Man Like You 3:34 X
Sweet Romance 4:31 X
(Theme) Once Upon A Time 0:48 X
Dance Into My Life 4:10 X
Rumour Has It 4:57 X
I Love You 4:43 X
Happily Ever After 3:51 X
(Theme) Once Upon A Time 3:48 X

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP, Album) Casablanca Records NBLP 7078 USA & Canada 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xCass) Casablanca Records NBL5 7078 US 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP) Atlantic ATL 60 132 Germany 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP) Philips 9199 769 Netherlands 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP) Casablanca Records NBLP 7078 Scandinavia 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP, Album) Casablanca Records NB 7038 Germany 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP, Album) Atlantic 60 132 France 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP, Album) Casablanca Records, Casablanca Records CA. LP 5010, CA. LP 5011 Italy 1977
Once Upon A Time... (2xLP, Album, Rec) Casablanca Records NBLP 7078 USA & Canada 1977
Once Upon A Time...Happily Ever After / Erase Una Vez...Y Vivieron Muy Felices (2xLP) Ariola 25142-XD Spain 1977
Once Upon A Time...Happily Ever After (2xLP, Album) Casablanca Records CALD 5003 US 1977
Once Upon A Time...Happily Ever After (2xLP, Album) Casablanca Records, PYE Records CALD 5003 UK 1977
Once Upon A Time... (CD, Album) Casablanca Records 826 238-2 M-1 US 1987
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by DirtyDisco Mar 21, 2008

referencing Once Upon A Time..., 2xLP, Album, NBLP 7078

The ethereal 'Now I Need You' and 'Working The Midnight Shift' which segue into each other are brilliant late seventies electro-glam disco, and by far the best pieces on the album. 'Now I Need You' sounds like some sort of disco religious hymn. But the other tracks aren't to be looked over, 'Rumour Has It' is one of Donna's best tracks. And they're overly produced giving them a nice sheen that still sounds fresh today. This is one of my favorite LPs and this is coming from someone who mostly listens to noise and industrial bands.
Review by kompressorkanonen Oct 19, 2004 (edited over 5 years ago)

referencing Once Upon A Time..., 2xLP, Album, NBLP 7078

An all-round good disco LP with some sort of modern-day Cinderella theme. For me, however, all the real action takes place on side B where Moroder and Bellotte steal the show with some truly epic electronics. "Working The Midnight Shift" and "Queen For A Day" are both excellent, but the real 24-carat track is "Now I Need You", where Donna's emotional vocals and an almost gospel-like chorus are underpinned by the trademark minimal Munich groove. The track closes with an instrumental section which is pure synth-and-sequencer heaven; sounds like something Blue Planet Corporation could have done 17 years later. As much as I dig "I Feel Love", this is even better. Magic, simply magic.