I'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time

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I'm in the Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time
I'm in the Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time Kenny G.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 2006
Genre Jazz
Length47:57
Label Arista
Producer Kenny G
Walter Afanasieff
Clive Davis
Kenny G chronology
The Holiday Collection
(2006)
I'm in the Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time
(2006)
Rhythm & Romance
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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I'm in the Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time is the third cover album and fourteenth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 2006 and was the last album for the label. The Asian version also includes a bonus track.

Contents

The album debuted at number 37 on the United States Billboard 200, selling about 32,000 copies in its first week. [2] As of February, 2008 the album has sold 250,000 copies in United States. [3] This was also the album's peak position on the chart. [4] It also reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart and number 22 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [5]

Track listing

  1. "You're Beautiful" (Amanda Ghost; James Blunt; Sacha Skarbek) – 4:16
  2. "The Way We Were" (Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Marvin Hamlisch) – 2:53
  3. "Yesterday" (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) – 3:03
  4. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields; Jimmy McHugh) – 4:05
  5. "If" (David Gates) – 3:28
  6. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields; Jerome Kern) – 4:17
  7. "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) – 4:03
  8. "Love Theme From "Romeo & Juliet" (Nino Rota) – 3:47
  9. "It Had to Be You" (Gus Kahn; Isham Jones) – 3:56
  10. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel; Paul Francis Webster) – 4:09
  11. "Fly Me to the Moon / You Make Me Feel So Young" (Bart Howard / Josef Myrow; Mack Gordon) – 3:34
  12. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:35
  13. "You Raise Me Up" (Rolf Løvland; Brendan Graham) – 3:15
  14. "The Moon Represents My Heart" (Sun Yi/Weng; Qing Xi) – 3:36 (Teresa Teng)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 145
US Billboard 200 [7] 37
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [8] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 22

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