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Carmen McRae (1955 album)

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Carmen McRae
Studio album by
Carmen McRae
Released1955 (1955)
RecordedOctober–December 1954[1]
GenreJazz
Length36:11
LabelBethlehem
Carmen McRae chronology
A Foggy Day with Carmen McRae
(1953) 		Carmen McRae
(1955) 		By Special Request
(1955)

Carmen McRae is a 1955 album by Jazz singer Carmen McRae. It was McRae's second album and was released on the Bethlehem label exclusively as 10" monoaural LP.[2][3] The album was reissued on LP in 1976 as The Finest of Carmen McRae: You'd Be So Easy to Love, with an additional track, "Too Much in Love to Care".[4] In 1994 Betlehem had digitally remastered the recordings and released a CD with six additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original sessions.[5][6]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[8]

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote of it"Overall the music is pleasing but not too memorable and one wishes there were more variety".[6]

Track listing

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  1. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:26
  2. "If I'm Lucky (I'll Be the One)" (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard) – 3:17
  3. "Old Devil Moon" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:40
  4. "Tip Toe Gently" (Mat Mathews, Girard) – 2:40
  5. "You Made Me Care" (Darwin, Girard) – 2:09
  6. "Last Time for Love" (Carmen McRae) – 3:05
  7. "Misery" (Tony Scott) – 3:53
  8. "Too Much in Love to Care" (Carroll Coates, James J. Kriegsmann) – 2:33
Alternate takes released on 1994 CD reissue
  2. "Too Much in Love to Care" (Alternate take) – 3:19
  3. "Old Devil Moon" (Alternate stereo) – 2:37
  4. "You Made Me Care" (Alternate stereo) – 2:09
  5. "Too Much in Love to Care" (Alternate stereo) – 2:20
  6. "Last Time for Love" (Alternate stereo) – 3:03

Personnel

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Tracks 1–4
Tracks 5–8

References

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  1. ^ "Carmen McRae — The 1940's & 50's". Jazz Discography. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Carmen McRae 10" at Discogs
  3. ^ Bethlehem Records discography accessed September 26, 2015
  4. ^ The Finest of Carmen McRae: You'd Be So Easy to Love LP at Discogs
  5. ^ Carmen McRae CD at Discogs
  6. ^ a b c Carmen McRae at AllMusic
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "McRae, Carmen". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1561592371.
  8. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). "Carmen McRae". The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. pp. 470–471. ISBN 9780679768739.
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