But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn

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But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Recorded1987–2005
Genre Jazz [1]
Length63:01
Label Verve
Shirley Horn chronology
May the Music Never End
(2003)
But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn
(2005)
The Swingin' Shirley Horn
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn is a greatest hits album by American jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn, released on October 11, 2005, by Verve Records. [5] The album, among other things, also contains three live recordings made at the Au Bar in New York in January 2005.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Just Found Out About Love"2:27
2."You Won't Forget Me"7:10
3."You Don't Know Me"2:58
4."The Great City" Curtis Lewis 2:05
5."Fever"4:45
6."If You Love Me"6:04
7."A Time for Love"6:45
8."Come Dance with Me"2:51
9."Nice 'n' Easy" (Live)
4:53
10."But Beautiful"
4:42
11."Here's to Life"
5:37
12."Jelly, Jelly" (Live)4:54
13."Loads of Love" (Live) Richard Rodgers 3:07
14."I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Live)
4:43
Total length:63:01

Charts

Chart performance for But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn
Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [6] 20
US Top Traditional Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 8

References

  1. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Review". AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. Wilkins, Woodrow (January 5, 2006). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn album review". All About Jazz . Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  3. Trachtenberg, Jay (December 30, 2005). "Shirley Horn: But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn Album Review – Music". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Horn, Shirley". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-1561592371.
  5. Ouelette, Dan (October 29, 2005). "Horn's 'Beautiful' Music". Billboard . Vol. 117, no. 44. New York. p. 61. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. "Shirley Horn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  7. "Shirley Horn". Billboard . Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2023.