Blame It on My Youth (Holly Cole Trio album)

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Blame It On My Youth
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Studio album by Holly Cole
Released 1991 (Canada)
1992 (US)
Recorded Eastern Sound, Toronto, June-July 1991
Genre Jazz
Length37:45
Label Capitol
Producer Greg Cohen
Holly Cole chronology
Girl Talk
(1990)		Blame It On My Youth
(1991)		 Don't Smoke in Bed
(1993)
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Blame It On My Youth is an album by the Holly Cole Trio. Originally released in Canada in 1991 on Alert Records, it was subsequently released internationally in 1992 on the Manhattan imprint of Capitol Records.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Trust in Me" (Sherman, Sherman) – 3:23
  2. "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Coleman, McCarthy) – 2:37
  3. "If I Were a Bell" (Loesser) – 2:17
  4. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 4:13
  5. "Purple Avenue" (Waits) – 3:57
  6. "Calling You" (Telson) – 4:38
  7. "God Will" (Lovett) – 3:11
  8. "On the Street Where You Live" (Lerner, Loewe) – 5:33
  9. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Razaf, Waller) – 2:20
  10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Fain, Kahal) – 5:54

Personnel

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  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Blame It on My Youth > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
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