The Art of Excellence

Infobox Album
Name = The Art of Excellence
Type = Album
Artist = Tony Bennett


Background = orange | Released = 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Jazz
Length = 42:17
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Danny Bennett
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfoxqe5ldje link] | Last album = " The Special Magic of Tony Bennett "
(1979)
This album = " The Art of Excellence "
(1986)
Next album = " "
(1990)

"The Art of Excellence" is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1986. It was his first album upon re-signing with Columbia Records, and began his career comeback that would culminate in the mid-1990s.

Track listing

#"Why Do People Fall in Love?" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 4:05
#"Moments Like This" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:47
#"What Are You Afraid Of?" (Jack Segal, Robert Wells) - 3:01
#"When Love Was All We Had" (Jorge Calandrelli, Sergio Mihanovich) - 5:08
#"So Many Stars" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Sergio Mendes) - 3:44
#"Everybody Has the Blues" (James Taylor) - 3:37
#"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 4:20
#"City of the Angels" (Fred Astaire, Tommy Wolf) - 2:24
#"Forget the Woman" (Ettore Stratta) - 3:16
#"A Rainy Day" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 2:59
#"I Got Lost in Her Arms" (Irving Berlin) - 4:27
#"The Day You Leave Me" (Cy Coleman, C. Gore) - 2:46

Personnel

* Tony Bennett - vocals
* Ralph Sharon - piano