- Lady in Satin
Infobox Album | Name =Lady in Satin
Type =Studio album
Artist =Billie Holiday
Released =June 1958
Recorded =19-21 February 1958
Genre =Jazz
Length =44:36
Label =Columbia Records
Producer =Irving Townsend
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:owpzef5k7gf2 link]
*"Penguin Guide to Jazz" (rating|3|4) (with reservation)
Last album ="Body and Soul"
1957
This album ="Lady in Satin"
Next album ="Blues are Brewin' " 1958Lady in Satin is a 1958 album by the
jazz singerBillie Holiday and featuring bandleaderRay Ellis . Ellis said of the album in 1997::"I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You". There were tears in her eyes...After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was.Fact|date=September 2007
"Lady in Satin" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. [ [http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/#l Grammy Hall of Fame] ] "
The Penguin Guide to Jazz " gave the album a three-star rating (of a possible four stars), but expressed a basic reservation about the album, describing it as "a voyeuristic look at a beaten woman."cite book|last=Cook|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Cook|coauthors=Brian Morton|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear=1992|edition=8th ed.|series=The Penguin Guide to Jazz |year=2006|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|language=English|isbn=0-141-02327-9|page=p. 653]Track listing
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I'm a Fool to Want You " (Joel Herron ,Frank Sinatra ,Jack Wolf ) – 3:23
#"For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton ,Sherman Edwards ,Donald Meyer ) – 3:26
#"You Don't Know What Love Is " (Gene DePaul ,Don Raye ) – 3:48
#"I Get Along Without You Very Well " (Hoagy Carmichael ) – 2:59
#"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots ,Sam M. Lewis ) – 2:53
#"Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair ,Matt Dennis ) – 3:24
#"You've Changed" (Bill Carey ,Carl Fischer ) – 3:17
#"It's Easy to Remember " (Lorenz Hart ,Richard Rodgers ) – 4:01
#"But Beautiful" (w. Johnny Burke, m.Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 4:29
#"Glad to Be Unhappy " (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:07
#"I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder ) – 3:23
#"The End of a Love Affair" [Mono Version] (Edward Redding ) – 4:46
#"I'm a Fool to Want You" – 3:24 †
#"I'm a Fool to Want You" – 3:23 †
# The End of a Love Affair: The Audio Story – 9:49 †
#"The End of a Love Affair" – 4:46 †† Bonus tracks included with the 1997 Columbia CD Reissue (65144)
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