Carmen for Cool Ones

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album four stars and reviewer Ken Dryden wrote that McRae was on "great form" on the album and particularly praised "All the Things You Are", "What's New?" and a "particularly dark version" of "The Night We Called It a Day".

Track listing

1. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:26
2. "A Shoulder to Cry On" - 3:53
3. "Any Old Time" (Artie Shaw) - 3:10
4. "Weak for the Man" (Jeanne Burns) - 4:08
5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 2:29
6. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 2:15
7. "(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) - 1:47
8. "Without a Word of Warning" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 3:20
9. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 3:27
10. "You Are Mine" - 1:55
11. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 4:27
12. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 2:58

Personnel