Taking a Chance on Love (album)

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Taking a Chance on Love
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ReleasedSeptember 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)
RecordedMarch 13, 2004–May 10, 2004
Genre Vocal jazz, pop standards
Label Sony Classical
Producer Peter Asher, Al Schmitt
Jane Monheit chronology
Live at the Rainbow Room
(2003)
Taking a Chance on Love
(2004)
The Season
(2005)
Singles from Taking a Chance on Love
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Taking a Chance on Love is an album by American jazz singer Jane Monheit that includes cover versions of standards and songs from musicals. The album was released on September 7, 2004, via Sony Classical label.

Contents

Background

This was Monheit's fifth album and fourth studio album, her first album with Sony. [11] Taking a Chance on Love was her first collaboration with Grammy Award-winning producers Peter Asher and Al Schmitt. She sang on the album Session 55 by Les Brown, which Schmitt produced.

During the album's first week of release, it entered the pop chart on Billboard magazine and reached number one on the Traditional Jazz chart. The song "Dancing in the Dark" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. [12] [13]

Monheit recorded "Honeysuckle Rose" with Wynton Marsalis on the album In Full Swing by Mark O'Connor. The bonus track "Over the Rainbow" appeared on the soundtrack Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow . [11] [14] The bonus track "I Should Care" is from Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Season One, Vol. 2 (2006).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)MusicalLength
1."Honeysuckle Rose" Andy Razaf, Fats Waller Thousands Cheer (1943)3:39
2."In the Still of the Night" Cole Porter Rosalie (1928)5:06
3."Taking a Chance on Love" Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter Cabin in the Sky (1940)3:19
4."Bill" Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse, Oscar Hammerstein II Show Boat (1927)5:16
5."I Won't Dance" (duet with Michael Bublé)Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields Three Sisters (1934) /
Roberta (1935)
3:36
6."Too Late Now" Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane Royal Wedding (1951)5:21
7."Why Can't You Behave?"Cole Porter Kiss Me, Kate (1948)4:08
8."Do I Love You?"Cole Porter Du Barry Was a Lady (1939)4:53
9."Love Me or Leave Me" Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Whoopee! (1928) /
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
3:34
10."Embraceable You" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Girl Crazy (1930)3:47
11."Dancing in the Dark" Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz The Band Wagon (1931)5:04
12."Over the Rainbow" (bonus track)
(from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow OST)
Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg The Wizard of Oz (1939)3:54
Target Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)MusicalLength
13."I Should Care" Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston Thrill of a Romance (1945)3:42
14."I Wish I Were in Love Again" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Babes in Arms (1937) /
Words and Music (1948)
2:54
UK Edition / Chinese Edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)MusicalLength
9."I Should Care" Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston Thrill of a Romance (1945)3:42
Japanese Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)MusicalLength
9."I Should Care" Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston Thrill of a Romance (1945)3:42
13."I Wish I Were in Love Again" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Babes in Arms (1937) /
Words and Music (1948)
2:54
German Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)MusicalLength
9."I Should Care" Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston Thrill of a Romance (1945)3:42
14."I Wish I Were in Love Again" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Babes in Arms (1937) /
Words and Music (1948)
2:54

EP releases

A four-track EP and a two-track EP release of Monheit's album Taking a Chance on Love were released as limited editions in 2004. [15] [16]

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
2004Billboard Top Jazz Albums [17] 1
2004 The Billboard 200 [17] 94
2004Billboard Top Internet Albums [17] 94
2004Portuguese Charts [18] 13

Personnel

Technical

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