At Last (Cyndi Lauper album)

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At Last
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ReleasedNovember 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
Recorded2003
StudioLivewire Recording, Avatar Studios, Bennett Studios, Right Track Studios, Clinton Recording Studios [1]
Genre
Length50:02
Label
Producer
Cyndi Lauper chronology
The Great Cyndi Lauper
(2003)
At Last
(2003)
Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities)
(2005)
Singles from At Last
  1. "Walk On By"
    Released: November 2003
  2. "Stay"
    Released: March 2004
Professional ratings
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At Last is the seventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The album is a collection of covers of jazz standards, in addition to a cover of a contemporary song re-arranged into a jazz song. [3] The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee" and was co-produced by Lauper with Russ Titelman. [4] The album's longbox was available only at Costco or Sam's Club shops within the first two weeks when it was released. [5] In 2008 Lauper said in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Extra that the album was a special project, with the intervention of the record company and that she does not consider it as a "career album". [6]

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The album was well received by the public and music critics. AllMusic and Slant Magazine praised the album and gave it three stars out of five. [7] [8] The album debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 copies sold in its first week, [9] while the song "Walk On By" S.A.F. hit #10 on Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play and the Eddie X Mixes version hit the same chart at #15. [10]

To promote the album, Cyndi headlined VH1 Divas Live 2004 alongside such artists as Patti LaBelle and Debbie Harry, performing "Stay" with Sheila E. on percussion. By 2012, it had sold 276,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."At Last" Ray Eberle 2:44
2."Walk On By" Dionne Warwick 4:34
3."Stay"Maurice Williams Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 3:14
4."La Vie en Rose"
(English adaptation by Mack David)
Édith Piaf 3:35
5."Unchained Melody" Todd Duncan 4:27
6."If You Go Away" Jacques Brel (English adaptation by Rod McKuen) Damita Jo 4:27
7."Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"
Aretha Franklin 4:40
8."My Baby Just Cares for Me" Eddie Cantor 2:37
9."Makin' Whoopee" (with Tony Bennett)
  • Donaldson
  • Kahn
Eddie Cantor4:16
10."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Nina Simone 3:40
11."You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Smokey Robinson The Miracles 4:03
12."Hymn to Love"(English adaptation by Eddie Constantine)Édith Piaf3:33
13."On the Sunny Side of the Street" Fats Waller and his Rhythm 4:08
Total length:49:58

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [12] [13] 32
Canadian Albums (Billboard)32
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 85
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 205
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 124
U.S. Billboard 200 [18] 38
U.S. Billboard Internet Albums [19] 12

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
United States [5] 18 November 2003 CD Epic (Sony)EK 90760
Japan [5] 27 November 2003EICP290

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