The Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album)

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:52
2. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:30
3. "Impossible" (Steve Allen) – 3:12
4. "I Wish I Knew (Notorious)" (C.A. Rossi, Al Stillman) – 3:16
5. "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) – 2:53
6. "Magnificent Obsession" (Fred Karger, Frankie Laine) – 3:56
7. "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)" (Mack Gordon, Warren) – 4:16

LP side B:

8. "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford) – 3:17
9. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:34
10. "Cherie, I Love You" (Lillian Rosedale Goodman) – 3:34
11. "Making Believe You're Here" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:42
12. "Cherchez La Femme" (Bob Marcus, Lorenzo Pack) – 2:44
13. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:19
14. "The More I See You" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:32

Bonus tracks added to Capitol Record's CD re-issue:

15. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:56
16. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 3:03

Bonus tracks added to the Collectors' Choice Music CD re-issue, recorded in 1962:

17. "Farewell to Arms" (Allie Wrubel, Abner Silver) – 2:51
18. "Happy New Year" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:09

The "bonus" tracks "Don't Blame Me" and "There Is No Greater Love" were part of the original recording session, and were added to Capitol Record's 1987 and 1997 CD re-issues. In 2007 Collectors' Choice Music also re-issued "The Very Thought of You" on CD and included the tracks "Happy New Year" and "Farewell To Arms" from a 1962 recording session.

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