Careless Love (album)

Careless Love
Studio album by Madeleine Peyroux
Released	September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
Studio	Market Street Recording (Venice, Los Angeles) Paramount Recording (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:33
Label	Rounder
Producer	Larry Klein
Madeleine Peyroux chronology
Got You on My Mind (2004) Careless Love (2004) Half the Perfect World (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Careless Love is the third studio album by American singer Madeleine Peyroux, released on September 14, 2004, by Rounder Records. The songs are cover versions except for "Don't Wait Too Long", which Peyroux co-wrote with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. A deluxe version of the album, released in 2021, included a second CD (or two LPs) featuring previously unreleased live recordings of all but one of the original tracks plus three additional songs, as performed at the Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival on July 15, 2005. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Me to the End of Love"	Leonard Cohen	3:56
2.	"Don't Wait Too Long"	Madeleine Peyroux; Jesse Harris; Larry Klein	3:10
3.	"Don't Cry Baby"	Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger	3:16
4.	"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"	Bob Dylan	3:26
5.	"Between the Bars"	Elliott Smith	3:42
6.	"No More"	Salvador Camarata; Bob Russell	3:31
7.	"Lonesome Road"	Gene Austin; Nathaniel Shilkret	3:10
8.	"J'ai deux amours"	Vincent Scotto; Géorges Koger; Henri Varna	2:54
9.	"Weary Blues"	Hank Williams	3:39
10.	"I'll Look Around"	George Cory; Douglass Cross	4:47
11.	"Careless Love"	W. C. Handy; Martha Koenig; Spencer Williams	3:50
12.	"This Is Heaven to Me"	Frank Reardon; Ernest Schweikert	3:12
Total length:			42:33

Disc 2 (deluxe edition)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Me to the End of Love (Live)"	Leonard Cohen	4:46
2.	"Don’t Cry Baby (Live)"	Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger	4:28
3.	"Don't Wait Too Long (Live)"	Madeleine Peyroux; Jesse Harris; Larry Klein	5:47
4.	"You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Live)"	Bob Dylan	4:39
5.	"Between the Bars (Live)"	Elliott Smith	5:33
6.	"J'ai deux amours (Live)"	Vincent Scotto; Géorges Koger; Henri Varna	4:33
7.	"Walking After Midnight (Live)"	Alan Block; Don Hecht	5:04
8.	"No More (Live)"	Salvador Camarata; Bob Russell	4:31
9.	"Lonesome Road (Live)"	Gene Austin; Nathaniel Shilkret	7:29
10.	"I Hear Music (Live)"	Burton Lane; Frank Lesser	3:15
11.	"I’ll Look Around (Live)"	George Cory; Douglass Cross	6:08
12.	"Careless Love (Live)"	W. C. Handy; Martha Koenig; Spencer Williams	6:10
13.	"Destination Moon (Live)"	Marvin Fisher; Roy Alfred	4:53
14.	"This is Heaven to Me (Live)"	Frank Reardon; Ernest Schweikert	5:59

Personnel

Musicians

• Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dean Parks – guitars
• Larry Goldings – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Estey Organ, Hammond organ, celeste
• David Piltch – double bass
• Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
• Lee Thornburg – trumpet (tracks 6 and 12)
• Scott Amendola – brushes (track 10)

Technical

• Production coordinator – Cindi Peters
• Design – Steven Jurgensmeyer
• Assistant Engineer – Nicolas Fournier, Ricky Chao
• Mixing – Helik Hadar
• Management – American International Artists
• Mastering – Bernie Grundman
• Photography – Andrew MacNaughtan
• Producer – Larry Klein

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2005–2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 26 Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [5] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 54 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 33 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 18 French Albums (SNEP) [9] 28 Greek Albums (IFPI) [10] 16 Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 32 Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 17 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [13] 91 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 29 Swedish Jazz Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [16] 7 UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [17] 1 US Billboard 200 [18] 71 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] 3 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [20] 2 US Traditional Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [21] 2

Year-end charts 2005 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2005) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [22] 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23] 70 French Albums (SNEP) [24] 121 UK Albums (OCC) [25] 82 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [26] 3 2006 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2006) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [27] 9 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [28] 12 2007 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2007) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [29] 9 2008 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2008) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [30] 17 2009 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2009) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [31] 29 2010 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2010) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [32] 45

Certifications

Certifications for Careless Love

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33]	Gold	35,000^
France (SNEP) [34]	Gold	100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [35]	Gold	100,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece) [36]	Gold	10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [37]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA) [38]	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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