New Arrangement

New Arrangement
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1975
StudioDevonshire (Los Angeles, California)
GenreFolk, country, pop, rock
Length35:55
52:59 (reissue)
LabelColumbia
ProducerMichael Stewart
Jackie DeShannon chronology
Your Baby Is a Lady
(1974)
New Arrangement
(1975)
The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon (compilation)
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB−

New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records (PC 33500) in 1975. It contains the first recording of "Bette Davis Eyes", written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974 and later turned into a massive hit by Kim Carnes on the album Mistaken Identity (1981). Another song, "Boat to Sail," that features Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn singing backing vocals, was covered by The Carpenters in their 1976 album A Kind of Hush. Robert Christgau wrote about New Arrangement: "As an American songwriter who has escaped the confessional mode, and as a woman who can sing about subjects other than men, DeShannon exemplifies several healthy trends. The main thing this well-made record reveals, however, is an intelligent professionalism that matters about as much as a surge in enrollment in creative writing classes or women's liberation for female executives."