Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 18 October 2005 | |||
Studio |
| |||
Genre | Traditional pop, jazz | |||
Label | J | |||
Producer | Clive Davis, Bob Mann, Steve Tyrell | |||
Rod Stewart chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | D [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV is the fourth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 18 October 2005 for J Records, and his 23rd album overall.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "I've Got a Crush on You" (duet with Diana Ross) | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:08 |
2. | "I Wish You Love" | Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, Albert A. Beach | 3:38 |
3. | "You Send Me" (duet with Chaka Khan) | Sam Cooke | 3:36 |
4. | "Long Ago and Far Away" | Jerome Kern, I. Gershwin | 3:11 |
5. | "Makin' Whoopee" (duet with Elton John) | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | 3:44 |
6. | "My One and Only Love" (featuring Roy Hargrove) | Guy Wood, Robert Mellin | 3:25 |
7. | "Taking a Chance on Love" | Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter | 3:27 |
8. | "My Funny Valentine" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:49 |
9. | "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" | Irving Berlin | 3:09 |
10. | "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (featuring Dave Koz) | Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar | 3:50 |
11. | "Blue Skies" | Berlin | 2:43 |
12. | "Let's Fall in Love" (featuring George Benson) | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 3:15 |
13. | "Thanks for the Memory" | Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger | 3:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
14. | "Cheek to Cheek" | Berlin | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
14. | "Cheek to Cheek" | Berlin | 3:28 |
15. | "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner | 3:14 |
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA) [25] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA) [26] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Poland (ZPAV) [27] | Gold | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF) [28] | Gold | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [30] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Bal du moulin de la Galette, with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. A Night on the Town was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until Time in 2013.
Blondes Have More Fun is British musician Rod Stewart's ninth album, released in November 1978. As was the popular musical trend at the time, it is Stewart's foray into disco music. The album was commercially successful, reaching number 3 in the UK and number 1 in the US, but was critically divisive. The lead single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" became one of Stewart's biggest hits, peaking at No.1 in both the UK and US.
Enrique is the debut English album and fourth studio album by Enrique Iglesias recorded in English and released on 23 November 1999. The album launched two number one US Billboard Hot 100 hits, "Bailamos" and "Be with You".
The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart is Rod Stewart's career-retrospective compilation album released in 2001. The album summarises his solo work beginning with material from his 1971 breakthrough album Every Picture Tells a Story until his 2001 album Human. For contractual reasons, only two songs from his Mercury Records tenure were included. The rest of the material is from different albums released under Warner Bros. Records.
All the Best is a greatest hits album by American singer Tina Turner, released on November 1, 2004, by Parlophone. In the United States, it was released on February 1, 2005, by Capitol Records, followed by an abridged single-disc version titled All the Best: The Hits on October 4, 2005.
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook is the first album of American pop standards recorded by British musician Rod Stewart, and his 20th album overall. It was released on 22 October 2002, and became the first in a five-volume series.
As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook, Volume II is Rod Stewart's second album of pop standards, and his 21st album overall. It was released on 14 October 2003 by J Records.
Stardust... the Great American Songbook, Volume III is the third studio album of pop standards by British musician Rod Stewart, released on 19 October 2004 by J Records, and his 22nd album overall. The album was dedicated to the Tartan Army.
The following is the complete discography of British singer Rod Stewart. Throughout his career, Stewart has sold 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists in history. According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), he has sold 46.6 million albums and singles in the US. Billboard ranked him as the 15th Greatest Artist of all time. He is also the 20th Greatest Hot 100 artist of all time and the 13th Greatest Billboard 200 Artist of all time.
Simon & Garfunkel, an American singer-songwriter duo, has released five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, four live albums, one extended play, twenty-six singles, one soundtrack, and four box sets since 1964. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first formed a duo in 1957 as Tom & Jerry, before separating and later reforming as Simon & Garfunkel.
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is Rod Stewart's 1979 Warner Bros. Records best-of compilation.
Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time is the 24th album by Rod Stewart, released on 10 October 2006. After four years of success singing pop standards from the Great American Songbook, Still the Same was composed of classic rock covers.
The discography of Limp Bizkit, an American nu metal band, consists of six studio albums, three compilation albums, one remix album, one live album, one extended play, 26 singles, three promotional singles, 28 music videos and two video albums. Limp Bizkit formed in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida. The band has sold an estimated 40 million albums worldwide.
If We Fall in Love Tonight is an album released by Rod Stewart on 12 November 1996. It includes mostly previously released songs. The album was released in both the US and UK, though the versions differ slightly. It was released by Warner Bros. Records, and produced the singles "If We Fall in Love Tonight" and "When I Need You".
Unplugged...and Seated is a live album released by British musician Rod Stewart on 24 May 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It is Stewart's second live album and his first appearance on MTV Unplugged. The unplugged versions of "Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison, "Reason to Believe", "Having a Party", and "People Get Ready" were released as singles, with "Have I Told You Lately" and "Having a Party" reaching success as singles. A special collector's edition was released in March 2009 on Rhino Records. This two-disc package included the DVD of the performance with 13 songs while the CD contained 17 tracks including two songs not on the original 1993 release.
The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III is a box set by British rock band Queen which comprises their three greatest hits albums, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III. The album was originally released on 13 November 2000 on the Parlophone label. A booklet with song facts and images is also included with the three CD set. The US release was delayed by Hollywood Records until September 2002 and featured the 2001 Japanese release remastered versions of Greatest Hits Volumes 1 and 2 on the US and Canadian versions of The Platinum Collection. The album peaked at number 2 in the UK.
Soulbook is the 25th studio album by Rod Stewart. Like his previous five albums, Soulbook features Stewart singing old material; for this album he sings classic material from Motown and the soul genre. It was released on 17 October 2009 and was produced by Steve Tyrell, Steven Jordan and Chuck Kentis.
Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V is the fifth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 19 October 2010, and his 26th studio album overall. It has sold 363,000 copies as of October 2012.
Merry Christmas, Baby, is the first Christmas album by Rod Stewart and his 27th studio album overall, released on 30 October 2012. The album has proved to be a top 10 success in many countries including the UK, US, Canada and Australia. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in November 2012 with over 1,000,000 copies sold in the US.
Time is the twenty-eighth studio album by Rod Stewart, it was released on 3 May 2013 in the UK, on 7 May in the US and Canada, and on 8 May in Japan under the title "Time: Toki no Tabibito" (タイム~時の旅人~). In May 2013, Stewart released Time, a rock album of his own original material. It marked a return to songwriting after what Stewart termed "a dark period of twenty years"; he said that writing his autobiography gave him the impetus to write music again. The album entered the top 10 in the US and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1, setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart-topping albums by an artist, as his last studio album to reach the top spot was A Night on the Town in 1976. The album was certified platinum in the UK on 16 August 2013 and double-platinum on 29 December 2017. Overall, the album was the No. 7 best-selling album of 2013 in the UK. In the United States, the album has sold 141,000 copies as of September 2015.