Love Is What Stays

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars and said that Love Is What Stays "is a deeply satisfying and, in places, even astonishing reflection on time and its passage. Memory, reverie, regrets, victories, hipster mysticism, and wonderfully canny theatrically poetic wordplay all come to bear in these songs. it is more adventurous and downright wily in its aims than anyone could have hoped for." Jurek says that music fans looking "for true authenticity and artfully made American popular music, should snap this up as quickly as possible. Time will be the judge, but Love Is What Stays may become a Murphy masterpiece and - let's face it - the man embodies the very essence of "hip." And always will."

Track listing

1. "Stolen Moments" (Mark Murphy, Oliver Nelson) - 2:40
2. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 8:06
3. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:14
4. "So Doggone Lonesome" (Johnny Cash) - 4:51
5. "What If" (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 7:18
6. "The Interview" (Murphy) - 5:41
7. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) - 5:33
8. "Stolen Moments (1st Reprise)" - 1:03
9. "Love Is What Stays" (Till Brönner, Murphy) - 6:41
10. "Stolen Moments (2nd Reprise)" - 1:22
11. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 7:54
12. "Blue Cell Phone" (Murphy) - 3:04
13. "Did I Ever Really Live" (Albert Hague, Allan Sherman) - 4:39

Personnel