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{{short description|1970 album by Nancy Wilson}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Can't Take My Eyes Off You
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]]
| cover        = Wilson_Can't_Take_My_Eyes_Off_You_Cover.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = March 1970<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Album Releases |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-03-07.pdf#page=60 |magazine=Billboard |date=1970-03-07 |access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
| recorded     = 1970<ref name=Lord>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jazzdiscography00lord|title=The jazz discography|volume=25|last=Lord|first=Tom|date=1992 |isbn=1881993000|location=West Vancouver, B.C., Canada|oclc=30547554|url-access=registration}}</ref>
| venue        = Los Angeles
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Vocal jazz]]
| length       = 30:00
| label        = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer     = [[Dave Cavanaugh|David Cavanaugh]]
| prev_title   = [[Hurt So Bad (Nancy Wilson album)|Hurt So Bad]]
| prev_year    = 1969
| next_title   = [[Now I'm a Woman]]
| next_year    = 1970
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Campbell>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002485958|first=Al |last=Campbell}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|chapter= Nancy Wilson |title=[[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz]]|edition=Rev Upd|year=2004|publisher=Virgin Books|isbn=1852271833| page=941}}</ref>
}}
'''''Can't Take My Eyes Off You''''' is a studio album by [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]], released on [[Capitol Records]] in 1970. It was produced by [[Dave Cavanaugh|David Cavanaugh]], with arrangements and conducting by Phil Wright and [[Jimmy Jones (pianist)|Jimmy Jones]].
In a positive review, ''[[Record World]]'' called it "another bright and warm outing for the multi-talented Miss Wilson. This is a composer's album with songs by [[Burt Bacharach|Bacharach]] and [[Hal David|David]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller|Leiber and Stoller]], and [[Jimmy Webb]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=Pick Hits Album Reviews |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-03-07.pdf#page=10 |work=Record World |date=1970-03-07 |access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
The album also contains an early Bacharach song written with [[Bob Hilliard]], "Waitin' For Charlie To Come Home," as well as songs made famous by [[Dusty Springfield]] and [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]. The song "[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]" had been included on Wilson's previous album, [[Hurt So Bad (Nancy Wilson album)|Hurt So Bad]] (1969), but it proved so successful on radio that Capitol made it the title track of her new album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soulmusic.info/main.asp?S=3&T=36&ART=2769 |title=NANCY WILSON: CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/NOW I'M A WOMAN EXPANDED EDITION (SMCR-25087) |last=Nathan |first=David |author-link=David Nathan (music writer)| access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
''Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] on March 28, 1970, peaking at No. 155 and remaining on the chart for six weeks.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nancy-wilson/chart-history/tlp/|title=Nancy Wilson Can't Take My Eyes Off You Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref> It fared better on [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot R&B LPs]], reaching No. 38.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nancy-wilson/chart-history/blp/|title=Nancy Wilson Can't Take My Eyes Off You Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref>
In 2013, SoulMusic Records released a digitally remastered version of the album, paired with ''Now I'm a Woman'', another Wilson album from 1970. The compact disc contains three bonus tracks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nancy-Wilson-Cant-Take-My-Eyes-Off-You-Now-Im-A-Woman/release/4813293|title=Nancy Wilson – Can't Take My Eye Off You / Now I'm a Woman |work=Discogs|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
=== Side 1 ===
# "Waitin' For Charlie To Come Home" ([[Burt Bacharach]], [[Bob Hilliard]]) – 2:33
# "[[Brand New Me (Dusty Springfield song)|A Brand New Me]]" ([[Jerry Butler]], [[Kenneth Gamble]], Theresa Bell) – 3:00
# "Mixed Up Girl" ([[Jimmy Webb]]) – 2:30
# "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head|Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head]]" (Bacharach, [[Hal David]]) – 2:54
# "[[This Girl Is a Woman Now]]" (Alan Bernstein, Victor Millrose) – 3:05
=== Side 2 ===
# "[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]" ([[Bob Crewe]], [[Bob Gaudio]]) – 3:21
# "Words And Music" ([[Jack Segal]], Marvin Fisher) – 2:02
# "[[Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song)|Suzanne]]" ([[Leonard Cohen]]) – 4:34
# "[[You've Made Me So Very Happy|You Made Me So Very Happy]]" ([[Berry Gordy]], [[Brenda Holloway]], [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]], [[Patrice Holloway]]) – 3:14
# "Trip With Me" ([[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller|Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller]]) – 2:21
== Personnel ==
* [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] – vocals
* [[Jimmy Jones (pianist)|Jimmy Jones]] – arranger, conductor
* Phil Wright – arranger, conductor
* [[Dave Cavanaugh|David Cavanaugh]] – producer
== References ==
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{{Nancy Wilson}}
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