The Real Me (Patti Austin album)

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The Real Me
The Real Me Patti Austin 1988 album.png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1988
Recorded1988 at Pack's Place
Genre Jazz
Length52:18
Label Qwest
Producer David Pack
Patti Austin chronology
Gettin' Away With Murder
(1985)
The Real Me
(1988)
Love Is Gonna Getcha
(1990)

The Real Me is an album of mostly standards by American singer Patti Austin released in 1988, and recorded for the Qwest label. The album reached #7 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Can Cook Too" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 5:14
  2. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) - 1:37
  3. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:15
  4. "True Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:49
  5. "Across the Alley From the Alamo" (Joe Greene) - 3:47
  6. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:07
  7. "Lazy Afternoon" (Jerome Moross, John La Touche) - 5:46
  8. "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 3:55
  9. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:59
  10. "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 3:26
  11. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 4:21
  12. "Someone Is Standing Outside" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:54
  13. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) - 5:08

Personnel

Strings (4, 6, 11, 13)

Production

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [1] 7

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References

  1. "Patti Austin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.