Glad Rag Doll (album)

Glad Rag Doll
Studio album by Diana Krall
Released	October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)
Studio	Avatar (New York City) The Village (West Los Angeles)
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:10
Label	Verve
Producer	T Bone Burnett
Diana Krall chronology
Quiet Nights (2009) Glad Rag Doll (2012) Wallflower (2015)

Glad Rag Doll is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on October 2, 2012, by Verve Records. Produced by T Bone Burnett, ^[1] the album covers mainly jazz tunes from the 1920s and 1930s, mostly from Krall's father's collection of 78-rpm records. ^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[5]
Bass Musician	[6]
Christianity Today	[7]
Daily Express	5/5 [8]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [9]
Tom Hull	A− [10]
Montreal Gazette	[11]
The New Zealand Herald	[12]
PopMatters	8/10 [13]

Glad Rag Doll received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 12 reviews. ^[4]

Peter Goddard of the Toronto Star wrote, "Glad Rag Doll is choc-a-block with utterly unlistenable moments, murky production and heavy-handed playing, notably from drummer Jay Bellerose who approaches everything as if it were a march. This supposedly 'old time' heavy-on-the beat approach totally messes with Krall's singing. What Glad Rag Doll might have sounded like is given away by its four "bonus tracks," each produced by Krall accompanying herself on piano". ^[14]

Brendon Veevers of Renowned for Sound commented, "Upon first glance of the new record it would appear that Krall has taken a 'sex sells' approach to marketing as we are presented with a scantily clad songbird draped over red velvet in all but some rather revealing black lingerie, however, don't judge a CD by its sleeve as the contents within are anything but sex driven. Although a covers collection Glad Rag Doll reveals itself to be, over a running time of just shy of an hour, a record that could easily be one of Krall's best work to date". ^[15]

Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes noted, "Though her voice seems to have grown a shade more tenuous since 2009's Quiet Nights , she remains one of the most compelling balladeers around. Indeed, her slightly heightened fragility only adds to the tranquil beauty of 'Prairie Lullaby,' the redemptive ache of 'Let It Rain,' the hollowness of Doc Pomus' brilliantly atmospheric 'Lonely Avenue' (one of two tracks of more recent vintage) and the road-weariness of 'Wide River to Cross' (also newer). And Krall is masterful in her interpretations of the delicately contemplative title track (explored solely with Ribot, who is equally transfixing) and the melodramatic playlet 'Here Lies Love,' with its marvelous faux-dirge propulsion". ^[16]

Commercial performance

Glad Rag Doll debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, selling 46,000 copies in its first week. ^[17]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye"	Harry M. Woods	3:07
2.	"There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears"	Fred Fisher	4:30
3.	"Just Like a Butterfly That's Caught in the Rain"	Mort Dixon Woods	3:43
4.	"You Know – I Know Ev'rything's Made for Love"	Al Sherman Charles Tobias Howard E. Johnson	3:48
5.	"Glad Rag Doll"	Milton Ager Dan Dougherty Jack Yellen	4:35
6.	"I'm a Little Mixed Up"	Betty James Edward Johnson	4:37
7.	"Prairie Lullaby"	Billy Hill	4:22
8.	"Here Lies Love"	Ralph Rainger Leo Robin	5:09
9.	"I Used to Love You but It's All Over Now"	Albert Von Tilzer Lew Brown	2:51
10.	"Let It Rain"	James Kendis Hal Dyson	5:44
11.	"Lonely Avenue"	Doc Pomus	6:58
12.	"Wide River to Cross"	Julie Miller Steven P. Miller	3:51
13.	"When the Curtain Comes Down"	Carl Hoefle Al Lewis Sherman	4:55
Total length:			58:10

Deluxe edition bonus tracks ^[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"As Long as I Love"	Milton Drake George Jessel Ben Oakland	2:32
15.	"Glad Rag Doll" (alternate version)	Ager Dougherty Yellen	2:56
16.	"Garden in the Rain"	James Dyrenforth Carroll Gibbons	2:57
17.	"There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears" (alternate version)	Fisher	2:11
Total length:			68:46

iTunes Store bonus track ^[19]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"All I Do Is Dream of You"	Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed	5:28
Total length:			63:38

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Glad Rag Doll. ^[20]

Musicians

• Diana Krall – vocals (all tracks); piano (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
• Jay Bellerose – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
• Dennis Crouch – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
• Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5–13); electric guitar (tracks 2, 8, 11, 12); ukulele, 6-string bass (track 3); banjo (tracks 8, 11, 13)
• Keefus Ciancia – keyboards (tracks 1–4, 6–12); Mellotron (track 13)
• Colin Linden – Dobro (track 2); electric guitar (track 6)
• Bryan Sutton – electric guitar (track 3); acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 4); baritone guitar (track 12)
• Howard Coward ^[a] – ukulele (tracks 4, 13); mandola (track 11); tenor guitar (track 12); background vocals (tracks 12, 13)
• T Bone Burnett – electric guitar (track 11)

Technical

• T Bone Burnett – production
• Mike Piersante – recording, mixing, editing
• Bob Mallory – second engineer
• Vanessa Parr – second engineer
• Zachary Dawes – mixing assistance
• Thomas Perme – equipment technician
• Gavin Lurssen – mastering at Lurssen Mastering, Hollywood, California

Artwork

• Mark Seliger – photography
• Ruth Levy – production
• Coco Shinomiya – package design
• Edwin Fotheringham – lettering, illustration

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [22] 44 Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [23] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [24] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [25] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 12 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [27] 2 Croatian Albums (HDU) [28] 14 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [29] 9 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [30] 13 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [31] 21 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [32] 48 French Albums (SNEP) [33] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 17 Greek Albums (IFPI) [35] 4 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [36] 5 Irish Albums (IRMA) [37] 61 Italian Albums (FIMI) [38] 10 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [39] 32 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) [40] 34 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [41] 19 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [42] 21 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [43] 9 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [44] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC) [45] 22 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [46] 10 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [47] 23 Swedish Jazz Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [48] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [49] 13 UK Albums (OCC) [50] 21 UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [51] 1 US Billboard 200 [52] 6 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [53] 1 US Traditional Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [54] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [55] 5 French Albums (SNEP) [56] 60 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [57] 30 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [58] 91 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [59] 7 Chart (2013) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [60] 20 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [61] 3 Chart (2014) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) [62] 42

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [63]	Gold	40,000^
France (SNEP) [64]	Gold	50,000*
Hungary (MAHASZ) [65]	Gold	3,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [66]	Gold	10,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Howard Coward is a pseudonym for Elvis Costello. ^[21]

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