The Way I Feel is the third studio album by Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Simon Nimoy is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series , multiple films, television and video game sequels....

. It was released in late 1968 by Dot Records

Dot Records

Dot Records was an American record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. It was founded by Randy Wood. In Gallatin, Tennessee, Wood had earlier started a mail order record shop, known for its radio ads on WLAC in Nashville and its R&B air personality Bill "Hoss" Allen...

, the same year Two Sides

Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy

Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy is Leonard Nimoy's second album, which was released shortly after Music From Outer Space. It was released in early 1968 by Dot Records.-Background:...

was released.

Background

Unlike the first two albums, Nimoy stepped away from his Mr. Spock persona on this album. There are no science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, Spock themed songs, or outer space sound effects featured on the album. The album consists of folk songs. However, it is believed that the spoken word tracks, "Consilium" and "Where It's At" loosely tie into the Spock persona.

Side one

1. "I'd Love Making Love to You" (David Schudson)
2. "Please Don't Try to Change My Mind" (Don Christopher, Leonard Nimoy)
3. "Sunny
   Sunny (song)
   "Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...
   
   " (Bobby Hebb
   Bobby Hebb
   Bobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
   
   )
4. "Where It's At" (Cy Coben)
5. "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell
   Joni Mitchell
   Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
   
   )
6. "If I Had a Hammer
   If I Had a Hammer
   "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
   
   " (Pete Seeger
   Pete Seeger
   Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
   
   , Lee Hays)

Side two

1. "Here We Go 'Round Again" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes)
2. "Billy Don't Play the Banjo Anymore" (Randy Sparks)
3. "It's Getting Better
   It's Getting Better (Cass Elliot song)
   It's Getting Better is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil that was a sunshine pop hit single in 1969 for Cass Elliot.The song describes the singer's satisfaction with a love relationship that is down-to-earth rather than extravagantly romantic, a subgenre of love song exemplified by the...
   
   " (Barry Mann
   Barry Mann
   Barry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.-Career:...
   
   , Cynthia Weil
   Cynthia Weil
   Cynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
   
   )
4. "Consilium" (Leonard Nimoy, Charles R. Grean)
5. "Love Is Sweeter" (John Hartford
   John Hartford
   John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...
   
   )
6. "The Hitch-Hiker" (David Somerville, Bruce Belland)

Production

• Produced by Charles R. Grean and Tom Mack
• Arranged by George Tipton ("Both Sides Now", "If I Had A Hammer", "Here We Go 'Round Again" and "It's Getting Better"),
• Arranged by Charles R. Grean ("Where It's At", "Billy Don't Play The Banjo Anymore", "Consilium" and "The Hitch-Hiker"), Ray Pohlman ("I'd Love Making Love To You" and "Please Don't Try To Change My Mind"), and Bill Stafford ("Sunny").
• Engineered by Thorne Nogar.

External Links

Review of The Way I Feel at maidenwine.com, a detailed Leonard Nimoy fan site.