- Moonlight Serenade (Carly Simon album)
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Moonlight Serenade 
Studio album by Carly Simon Released July 19, 2005 Recorded 2004-2005 Genre Standards Length 41:42 Label Columbia Producer Richard Perry Carly Simon chronology Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hitss
(2004)Moonlight Serenade
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[1]Entertainment Weekly (B-)[2] Rolling Stone [3]Moonlight Serenade is an album by the American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. It is her 22nd studio album (her 29th overall), and her fourth album of pop standards.
Released on July 19, 2005 by Columbia Records, Moonlight Serenade debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week. It was Simon's first US Top 10 album since 1978. The album was produced by Richard Perry, with whom Simon had worked with in the 1970s on songs such as "You're So Vain".
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Contents
Formats
The album was released in both regular and DualDisc format, which included an interview with Simon and Perry, as well as surround sound tracks.
Track listing
- "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 4:02
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:48
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 4:39
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:32
- "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 4:26
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:06
- "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)" – 3:31
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:31
- "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:26
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:49
- "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52
Alternate versions
- A special copy of the album was released by Barnes and Noble with a bonus track, "My Foolish Heart".
- The album was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2005. It included "My Foolish Heart" and another track, "Let It Snow".
- The album was re-released in the United States before Christmas 2005 with additional Christmas-themed tracks, including "Let It Snow".
Transatlantic concert
In September 2005, Simon performed two concerts aboard the Queen Mary 2, on a transatlantic trip from New York to Southampton. A DVD of the concerts was released on November 22, 2005, and an edited version was broadcast on various PBS stations during their December 2005 pledge drives.
Concert tour
In October 2005, Simon announced her "Serenade Tour" which was to include older hits and songs from Moonlight Serenade. Her children, Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, joined her on the tour.
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 2005 The Billboard 200 7 2005 Top Internet Albums 7 References
External links
Studio albums Carly Simon · Anticipation · No Secrets · Hotcakes · Playing Possum · Another Passenger · Boys in the Trees · Spy · Come Upstairs · Torch · Hello Big Man · Spoiled Girl · Coming Around Again · My Romance · Have You Seen Me Lately · This Is My Life · Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera · Letters Never Sent · Film Noir · The Bedroom Tapes · Moonlight Serenade · Into White · This Kind of LoveCompilations The Best of Carly Simon · Greatest Hits Live · Clouds in My Coffee · The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better · Christmas Is Almost Here · Anthology · Christmas Is Almost Here Again · Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest HitsSingles "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" · "Anticipation" · "You're So Vain" · "Mockingbird" · "Nobody Does It Better" · "You Belong to Me" · "Why" · "Kissing with Confidence" · "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"Related articles Categories:- 2005 albums
- Carly Simon albums
- Pop standards
- Albums produced by Richard Perry
- Columbia Records albums
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