Nice to Be Around (Maureen McGovern album)

1974 studio album by Maureen McGovern

Nice to Be Around

Studio album by Maureen McGovern

Released

1974

Carl Maduri

Maureen McGovern chronology

The Morning After
(1973)

Nice to Be Around
(1974)

Academy Award Performance
(1975)

Nice to Be Around is Maureen McGovern's second studio album, released in 1974. The title track was the theme from the 1973 film Cinderella Liberty. McGovern composed the music for the songs "All I Want (All I Need)," "Love Knots," "Little Boys & Men" (dedicated to Mark Christopher Axelson), and "Memory."

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nice to Be Around" (from the motion picture Cinderella Liberty)	John Williams, Paul Williams	2:27
2.	"Give Me a Reason to Be Gone"	Marie Cain	2:45
3.	"Where Did We Go Wrong"	Ron Miller, Tom Baird	3:22
4.	"All I Want (All I Need)"	Maureen McGovern, Jim Kennedy	3:47
5.	"Like a Sunday Morning"	Joel Diamond, A. Kenneth	3:10

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Knots"	Maureen McGovern, Ron Barron	3:30
2.	"Everybody Wants to Call You Sweetheart"	Randy Edelman	2:50
3.	"Little Boys & Men"	Maureen McGovern, Jim Kennedy	3:30
4.	"Memory"	Maureen McGovern, Jim Kennedy	3:20
5.	"Put a Little Love Away"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	3:00

Album credits

Produced by: Carl Maduri for Belkin-Maduri Productions
Engineer: Arnie Rosenberg
Assistant engineer: John Nebe
"Nice to Be Around" and "Little Boys & Men" arranged by: Jimmie Haskell
"Give Me a Reason to Be Gone," "Where Did We Go Wrong," "Like a Sunday Morning" and "Put a Little Love Away" arranged by: Gene Page
"All I Want (All I Need)," "Love Knots" and "Memory" arranged and conducted by: Gary Kekel
"Nice to Be Around," "Like a Sunday Morning" and "Little Boys & Men" conducted by: Sid Sharp
"Give Me a Reason to Be Gone," "Where Did We Go Wrong," "Like a Sunday Morning" and "Put a Little Love Away" conducted by: Bob Hill
"Everybody Wants to Call You Sweetheart" arranged and conducted by: Lee Bush

References

High Fidelity. Vol. 24. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1974. p. 114. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1975). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. p. 1-PA242. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

v t e John Williams
Discography Composition list Accolades
Soundtracks	Jaws (1975) Star Wars (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman (1978) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Return of the Jedi (1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) SpaceCamp (1986) Empire of the Sun (1987) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Home Alone (1990) JFK (1991) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler's List (1993) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Angela's Ashes (1999) The Patriot (2000) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Munich (2005) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) War Horse (2011) Lincoln (2012) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) The BFG (2016) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) The Fabelmans (2022) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Compilations	John Williams Greatest Hits 1969–1999 (1999)
Compositions	"Star Wars (Main Title)" "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" "The Imperial March" "Ewok Celebration" "Summon the Heroes" "Duel of the Fates" "The Five Sacred Trees" Horn Concerto "Liberty Fanfare" "For New York" "American Journey" "Soundings" "Air and Simple Gifts" Violin Concerto No. 2
Songs	"Nice to Be Around"
See also	Music of Star Wars Music of Superman Music of the Harry Potter films Barbara Ruick Joseph Williams Music by John Williams (2024)
Category

v t e Maureen McGovern
Studio albums	The Morning After Nice to Be Around Academy Award Performance: And the Envelope, Please Maureen McGovern Another Woman in Love Baby I'm Yours Out of This World A Long and Winding Road
Live albums	Naughty Baby
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern
Singles	"The Morning After" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "We May Never Love Like This Again" "The Continental" "Can You Read My Mind" "Different Worlds" "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "We Could Have It All" "You Belong to Me"

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