| Is That All There Is? | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Peggy Lee |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Recorded: | Jun 8, 1967 – Oct 15, 1969 |
| Genre: | Vocal jazz |
| Length: | 36:24 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Phil Wright, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Dave Cavanaugh |
| Prev Title: | A Natural Woman |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
Is That All There Is? is a 1969 studio album by Peggy Lee, featuring arrangements by Randy Newman. The eponymous title track won Lee the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female at the 12th Grammy Awards.
The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album four and a half stars and commented that
Everything on this LP is a gem ... The LP's centerpiece, however, is Newman's hit arrangement of Leiber & Stoller's title song, which was covered by P.J. Harvey in the 1990s. Influenced by German cabaret, this half-spoken, half-sung treasure is as hauntingly soulful as it is maudlin. The song's outlook is far from optimistic; essentially, it's saying that we might as well grab our moments of pleasure and enjoyment where we can find them because ultimately, life is nothing more than a meaningless series of disappointments. But there's nothing disappointing about Is That All There Is?, an LP that is most certainly among Lee's finest accomplishments.[1]