The Art of Romance

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The Art of Romance
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 2004 (2004-11-19)
Recorded2004
Genre Jazz, vocal jazz
Length47:01
Label Columbia
Producer Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
A Wonderful World
(2002)
The Art of Romance
(2004)
Duets: An American Classic
(2006)
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The Art of Romance is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 2004, that won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Bennett became a songwriter for the first time in his long career by writing the lyrics for the song "All for You".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 4:28
  2. "All in Fun" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:08
  3. "Where Do You Start" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Mandel) – 3:42
  4. "Little Did I Dream" (Dave Frishberg, Mandel) – 3:45
  5. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 5:06
  6. "Time to Smile" (Geoffery Clarkson, Mercer) – 3:24
  7. "All for You" (Tony Bennett, Django Reinhardt) – 4:35
  8. "The Best Man" (Roy Alfred, Fred Wise) – 2:52
  9. "Don't Like Goodbyes" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 4:15
  10. "Being Alive" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:52
  11. "Gone with the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:16

Personnel

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