Stardust (Natalie Cole album)

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Stardust
Stardust Natalie Cole album.jpg
Studio album by
Natalie Cole
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996
RecordedJune–September 1996
Studio Ocean Way Recording, Capitol Studios, Conway Studios and LeGonks West (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA); The Hit Factory and Sony Music Studios (New York, NY); The Shire (Bedford, NY); Wisseloord Studios (Hilversum, Netherlands)
Genre Jazz
Length78:30
Label Elektra
Producer
Natalie Cole chronology
Holly & Ivy
(1994)		Stardust
(1996)		 Snowfall on the Sahara
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Billboard (favorable) [2]
Cash Box (favorable) [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]

Stardust is a studio album by American singer Natalie Cole, released on September 24, 1996. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "When I Fall in Love", a duet with Nat King Cole, at the 39th Grammy Awards. [5]

Contents

The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster. [6] The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes [7]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."There's a Lull in My Life"
5:22
2."Stardust"
4:40
3."Let's Face the Music and Dance"
  • Ramone
2:16
4."Teach Me Tonight"
3:16
5."When I Fall in Love" (duet with Nat King Cole)
  • Foster
4:12
6."What a Diff'rence a Day Made"
  • Ramone
3:16
7."Love Letters"
  • Heyman
  • Young
  • Duke
4:49
8."He Was Too Good to Me"
  • Ramone
5:07
9."Dindi" (Portuguese)
  • Ramone
4:36
10."Two for the Blues"
  • Duke
4:22
11."If Love Ain't There"
  • Ramone
3:25
12."To Whom It May Concern"
  • Foster
3:27
13."Where Can I Go Without You?"
  • Ramone
4:23
14."Ahmad's Blues"
  • Duke
4:13
15."Pick Yourself Up"
  • Ramone
3:31
16."If You Could See Me Now"
  • Duke
4:42
17."Like a Lover"
  • Natalie Cole
  • Duke
5:17
18."This Morning It Was Summer"
  • Foster
3:24
19."When I Fall in Love" (Spanish Version)
  • Heyman
  • Young
  • Foster
4:12
Total length:78:30
Notes

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes [7]

Production

Charts

Chart (1996) [10] Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [11] 33
U.S. Billboard 200 20
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Verna, Paul (1996-09-28). "Reviews & Previews: Albums" (PDF). Billboard . p. 85. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  3. ↑ Darzin, Daina (1996-10-19). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . p. 9. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ "The 39th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy Awards . Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  6. ↑ "The 39th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy Awards . Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  7. 1 2 Cole, Natalie. "Stardust" (Album Notes). Elektra. 1996.
  8. ↑ Nat King Cole with Billy May's Orchestra. "Nat King Cole Discography: November 21, 1961 (Los Angeles, CA)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  9. 1 2 Nat King Cole with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra. "Nat King Cole Discography: December 28, 1956 (Los Angeles, CA)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Stardust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic . Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 63.
  12. ↑ "American album certifications – Natalie Cole – Stardust". Recording Industry Association of America.
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