| Love | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rosemary Clooney |
| Cover: | roselove.jpg |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Recorded: | March 6–24, 1961 |
| Genre: | Vocal jazz |
| Length: | 45:20 |
| Label: | Reprise |
| Producer: | Rosemary Clooney |
| Prev Title: | Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Thanks for Nothing |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Love is a studio album by Rosemary Clooney, arranged by Nelson Riddle, recorded in 1961 but not released until 1963.
Clooney and Riddle were having an affair at the time of the recording, and this was the second album that Riddle had arranged for Clooney. They recorded Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! in 1960 for RCA Victor Records, and the songs that make up Love were recorded the same year. RCA Victor didn't release Love at the time, and Frank Sinatra bought the master tapes for Love from RCA when he signed Clooney to his record label, Reprise Records in 1963.
Reviewing the CD reissue of the album in 1995, New York Times music critic Stephen Holden compared Love to Riddle's legendary 1955 collaboration with Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours. "Ms. Clooney was 32 when she recorded the album," Holden wrote, "and her singing is hushed and lovely."[1]