Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album) explained

Quiet Nights
Type:studio
Artist:Diana Krall
Cover:Diana Krall - Quiet Nights.png
Recorded:2009
Studio:Capitol (Hollywood, California)
Genre:
Length:54:34
Label:Verve
Producer:
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Quiet Nights is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009, by Verve Records.

Background

The album marks Krall's first work with arranger Claus Ogerman since 2002's Live in Paris, and her first studio work with Ogerman since 2001's The Look of Love. In 2010, the title track earned Claus Ogerman the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).[1]

The album's title comes from the English-language title of the bossa nova standard "Corcovado", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and first made popular in the early 1960s. The title track is one of three selections written or co-written by Jobim. Krall had previously included the Jobim-penned "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez") on her 2006 release From This Moment On, and performed Jobim's "The Girl from Ipanema" (retitled "The Boy from Ipanema") with Rosemary Clooney on the latter's 2000 album Brazil.

Critical reception

Quiet Nights received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews.

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote, "The sound and style are the same as for The Look of Love, with Claus Ogerman's billowing strings and woodwinds conjuring a romantic atmosphere with film-noir overtones. Ms. Krall's supple keyboard solos trickle in and out of the orchestration like pianistic pillow talk. She has lowered her voice to a husky near-murmur, as though she were luxuriating in the afterglow of passion on tangled sheets. The forerunners for this excursion into soft-focus eroticism are the ballad albums of Peggy Lee and Julie London".[2]

Steve Greelee of The Boston Globe noted, "The line between dreamy and sleepy is a fine one, and many jazz singers have fallen on the wrong side of it when attempting bossa nova. Diana Krall, however, negotiates it skillfully on Quiet Nights, her first album of all bossas. It probably has a lot to do with her honeyed voice, her laid-back delivery, and her experience – she has 11 albums and 15 years of recording under her belt".[3]

Commercial performance

Quiet Nights debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 24,000 copies in its first week.[4] Five weeks later, the album peaked at number two with 11,000 units sold.[5] In the United States, it sold 104,000 copies to debut at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Jazz Albums, becoming Krall's ninth number-one album on the latter chart.[6]

In mainland Europe, the album reached the top spot in Hungary, Poland, and Portugal, and charted inside the top five in Austria, France, Greece, Norway, and Spain, as well as on the European Top 100 Albums chart. It also debuted on the New Zealand RIANZ chart at number two. In late 2009, Billboard ranked Quiet Nights at number 25 on the Top Jazz Albums decade-end chart of the 2000s.

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Quiet Nights.[7]

Musicians

Orchestra

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[8] 1
Croatian Albums (HDU)[9] 17
European Albums (Billboard)[10] 3
Greek Albums (IFPI)[11] 12
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 21
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[13] 24
Swedish Jazz Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 1
US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[15] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Position
Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[16] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 67
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 21
European Albums (Billboard)[19] 51
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 61
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 14
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[22] 35
US Billboard 200[23] 91
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[24] 2
Chart (2010)Position
Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[25] 13
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[26] 11

Decade-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Winners Search . Grammy Awards . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312070424/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?title=Quiet+Nights&year=2009&genre=2 . March 12, 2016.
  2. Web site: Caramanica . Joe . Jon Caramanica . Diana Krall: "Quiet Nights" (Verve) . . March 29, 2009 . June 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324163749/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/arts/music/30choice.html . March 24, 2018.
  3. Web site: Greenlee . Steve . Diana Krall, 'Quiet Nights' . . March 30, 2009 . June 13, 2018.
  4. Web site: Williams . John . 'Academie,' Krall make big debuts . . April 8, 2009 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311225347/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/K/Krall_Diana/2009/04/08/9054851-jam.html . March 11, 2016.
  5. Web site: Williams . John . Krall makes big move on charts . Jam! . May 13, 2013 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310163104/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/K/Krall_Diana/2009/05/13/9445181-jam.html . March 10, 2016.
  6. Caulfield . Keith . Keith Urban Soars To No. 1 On Billboard 200 . . April 8, 2009 . February 16, 2013.
  7. Quiet Nights . liner notes . . . 2009 . B0012433-02.
  8. ARIA Jazz & Blues Albums – Week Commencing 6th April 2009 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090419140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090420-0000/issue997.pdf . dead . 2009-04-19 . . 997 . 21 . April 6, 2009 . May 8, 2020 . National Library of Australia.
  9. Web site: Top Kombiniranih – Tjedan 16. 2009. . Top Combined – Week 16, 2009 . hr . . May 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041451/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=529 . September 24, 2015.
  10. Hits of the World . Billboard . 121 . 15 . April 18, 2009 . 50 . 0006-2510 . Google Books.
  11. Web site: http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm . el:Top 50 Ελληνικών και Ξένων Αλμπουμ – Εβδομάδα 17/2009 . Top 50 Greek and Foreign Albums – Week 17/2009 . el . . May 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090520074324/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm . May 20, 2009.
  12. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/101427/products/805840/1/ . ja:クワイエット・ナイツ ダイアナ・クラール . Quiet Nights Diana Krall . ja . . March 11, 2016.
  13. Web site: Diana Krall – Quiet Nights . mexicancharts.com . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030002147/http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Diana+Krall&titel=Quiet+Nights&cat=a . October 30, 2013.
  14. Web site: Veckolista Jazz – Vecka 15, 2009 . sv . . May 31, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160623164012/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=97&dfom=20090015 . June 23, 2016.
  15. Diana Krall Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums) . . January 29, 2021.
  16. Web site: ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Jazz & Blues Albums 2009 . . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200415005953/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-jazz-blues-2009.htm . April 15, 2020.
  17. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2009 – Albums . fr . Ultratop . October 11, 2011.
  18. Year End Charts – Top Canadian Albums . Billboard . 2009 . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008124453/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/canadian-albums . October 8, 2012.
  19. Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums . Billboard . 2009 . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003174206/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/european-100-albums . October 3, 2012.
  20. Web site: Classement Albums – année 2009 . fr . . January 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921185658/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2009&type=2 . September 21, 2013.
  21. Web site: Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista – eladási darabszám alapján – 2009 . hu . MAHASZ . May 8, 2020.
  22. Web site: Top 100 – annual chart: 2009 . pl . Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011201154/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/top100/roczna.php?lang=2&idlisty=3 . October 11, 2011.
  23. Year End Charts – Top Billboard 200 . Billboard . 2009 . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003062419/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/the-billboard-200 . October 3, 2012.
  24. Jazz Albums – Year-End 2009 . Billboard . April 24, 2020.
  25. Web site: ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Jazz & Blues Albums 2010 . Australian Recording Industry Association . March 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200415005729/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-jazz-blues-2010.htm . April 15, 2020.
  26. Jazz Albums – Year-End 2010 . Billboard . April 24, 2020.
  27. Jazz Albums: Decade End Chart (2000s) . Billboard . March 13, 2016 . subscription.

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