Released July 19, 2005 Length 41:42 Release date 19 July 2005 Genre Traditional pop music | Recorded 2004-2005 | |
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Carly simon all the things you are
Moonlight Serenade is an album by the American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. It is her 22nd studio album (her 29th overall), and her fourth album of pop standards.
Contents
- Carly simon all the things you are
- Carly simon moonlight serenade
- Formats and Alternate versions
- Track listing
- Transatlantic concert
- Concert tour
- Awards
- Charts
- Songs
- References
Released on July 19, 2005 by Columbia Records, Moonlight Serenade debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks. It was Simon's first US Top 10 album since Boys in the Trees (1978). The album was produced by Richard Perry, with whom Simon had worked with in the 1970s on songs such as "You're So Vain".
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Carly simon moonlight serenade
Formats and Alternate versions
The album was released in both regular and DualDisc formats, the latter which included an interview with Simon and Perry, as well as behind the scenes footage of the recording sessions and the entire album in surround sound.
Track listing
- "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 4:02
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:48
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 4:39
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:32
- "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 4:26
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:06
- "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)" – 3:31
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:31
- "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:26
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:49
- "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52
Transatlantic concert
In September 2005, Simon performed two concerts aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, on a transatlantic trip from New York City to Southampton. A DVD of the concerts was released as A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 on November 22, 2005, and an edited version was broadcast on various PBS stations during their December 2005 pledge drives. Simon performed many songs from the album, along with some of her biggest hits.
Concert tour
In October 2005, Simon announced her "Serenade Tour" which was to include older hits and songs from Moonlight Serenade. Her children, Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, joined her on the tour.
Awards
48th Annual Grammy Awards
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Moonlight Serenade4:02
2I've Got You Under My Skin3:48
3I Only Have Eyes for You4:40