The Man I Love (album) explained
| The Man I Love |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Peggy Lee |
| Cover: | themanilove.jpg |
| Recorded: | April 2 – August 30, 1957 |
| Genre: | Vocal jazz |
| Length: | 40:11 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Prev Title: | Songs from Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | Sea Shells |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
The Man I Love is an album by jazz singer Peggy Lee with an orchestra arranged by Nelson Riddle and conducted by Frank Sinatra. This was Lee's first album after returning to Capitol.[1]
Reception
AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars. Critic William Ruhlmann wrote that Sinatra directed Lee to sing like Billie Holiday, "to reinforce the near-victimhood of the woman depicted in the songs." Nelson Riddle's "lush strings...hint of dark things" in "a superb pairing of singer, conductor, and arranger".
Track listing
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45
- "Please Be Kind" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:14
- "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:05
- "(Just One Way to Say) I Love You" (Irving Berlin) – 2:53
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 2:55
- "Something Wonderful" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:15
- "He's My Guy" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 4:13
- "Then I'll Be Tired of You" (Harburg, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:28
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:45
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:23
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 3:38
- "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 3:37
Personnel
Notes and References
- Web site: Ruhlmann . William . The Man I Love . AllMusic . 10 October 2018.
