At Last...The Duets Album

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At Last...The Duets Album
At Last...The Duets Album Kenny G.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2004
Genre Smooth jazz
Length54:45
Label Arista
Producer Walter Afanasieff
Emanuel Kiriakou
Raphael Saadiq
Kenny G chronology
The Romance of Kenny G
(2004)
At Last...The Duets Album
(2004)
The Greatest Holiday Classics
(2005)
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At Last...The Duets Album is the second cover album and thirteenth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 2004, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 40 on the Billboard 200. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - featuring LeAnn Rimes (Bryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Robert John Lange) - 5:04
  2. "At Last" - featuring Arturo Sandoval (Harry Warren/Mack Gordon) - 4:06
  3. "I Believe I Can Fly" - featuring Yolanda Adams (R. Kelly) - 5:19
  4. "Careless Whisper" - featuring Brian McKnight (Andrew Ridgeley/George Michael) - 4:17
  5. "Beautiful" - featuring Chaka Khan (Linda Perry) - 5:32
  6. "Pick Up the Pieces" - featuring David Sanborn (Alan Gorrie/Owen McIntyre/Roger Ball/Malcolm Duncan/Robbie McIntosh/Hamish Stuart) - 4:13
  7. "Baby Come to Me" - featuring Daryl Hall (Rod Temperton) - 3:56
  8. "Misty" - featuring Gladys Knight (Johnny Burke/Erroll Garner) - 4:31
  9. "Don't Know Why" - featuring David Benoit (Jesse Harris) - 5:08
  10. "The Way You Move" - featuring Earth, Wind & Fire (Antwan Patton/Carlton Mahone/Patrick Brown) - 4:41
  11. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" - featuring Richard Marx (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) - 3:54
  12. "Alfie" - featuring Burt Bacharach (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) - 4:10
  13. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" - featuring Barbra Streisand (Jule Styne/Bob Merrill) - 4:30

Personnel

Production

Studios

Bonus track listing No. 1

  1. "The One and Only - featuring Lee-Hom Wang" (Lee-Hom Wang) - 4:20 (Bonus)
  2. "Misty Moon - featuring Lim Hyung Joo" (Lim Hyung Joo/T. Matsumoto) - 4:32 (Bonus)
  3. "I Need the Both of You - featuring Tata Young" (Du, Pas Sa/Kamo) - 4:34 (Bonus)
  4. "Propose - featuring Tube" (Michiya Haruhata/Nobuteru Maeda) - 5:22 (Bonus)

Bonus track listing No. 2

  1. "January - featuring Glenn Fredly" (Glenn Fredly) - 3:51 (Bonus)

Bonus track listing No. 3

  1. "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) - 4:22 (Bonus)

Charts

Singles

Information taken from this source. [7]

YearTitleChart positions
US AC
2005"I Believe I Can Fly"28
2005"The Way You Move"12
2005"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"18

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Others

In Indonesia, a collaboration with the Indonesian singer Glenn Fredly is included on the album. The song "Januari" (January) appears as track 14.

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