Just for a Thrill

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Just for a Thrill
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 2004
Genre Country
Label Image Entertainment
Producer Jerry Sharell, Ronnie Milsap Rob Galbraith
Ronnie Milsap chronology
The Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
(2004)
Just for a Thrill
(2004)
My Life
(2006)
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Just for a Thrill is the twenty-third studio album of country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 2004 under Image Records, his first for the label. The album consisted of fourteen recordings of pop and jazz standards.

Contents

The record peaked at number 11 on Top Jazz Albums, Milsap's first appearance on the chart. Allmusic gave the album four stars, commenting that "Milsap's voice is in great shape." The review cited the tracks, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Haunted Heart," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," and "Since I Fell for You" as being "complemented" by Milsap's "vocals and piano." [1]

Track listing

  1. "I Don't Want Nobody to Have My Love But You" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:45
  2. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul) – 4:08
  3. "Cry" (Churchill Kohlman) – 3:53
  4. "Make Believe Medley" – 3:24
  5. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" – (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
  6. "Haunted Heart" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:54
  7. "But I Do" (Paul Gayten, Robert Guidry) – 4:04
  8. "Since I Fell for You" (Johnson) – 4:19
  9. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 4:04
  10. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
  11. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 3:27
  12. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 3:37
  13. "My Funny Valentine" (Hart, Lor Hart, Rodgers) – 3:40
  14. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 3:27

Cover versions

In 2013, the renowned Spanish actress and singer Natalia Dicenta released a version of the song "Just for a Thrill" on her album Colours .

Personnel

Chart

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Top Country Albums -
U.S. Top Jazz Albums 11

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