Vavoom!

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Vavoom!
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2000
Length43:18
Label Interscope
Producer Glen Ballard, Peter Collins, Dave Darling
The Brian Setzer Orchestra chronology
The Dirty Boogie
(1998)
Vavoom!
(2000)
Jumpin' East of Java
(2001)
Professional ratings
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Vavoom! is the fourth studio album by the swing band The Brian Setzer Orchestra. It was released in 2000 on Interscope Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Setzer; except where indicated.

  1. "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (Jerry Gray, Bill Finegan, Carl Sigman, Setzer, Mike Himmelstein)
  2. "Jumpin' East of Java"
  3. "Americano" (Renato Carosone, Nicola "Nisa" Salerno, Setzer, Mike Himmelstein)
  4. "If You Can't Rock Me"
  5. "Gettin' In the Mood" (Wingy Manone, Joe Garland, Andy Razaf, Setzer, Mike Himmelstein)
  6. "Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder)" (Setzer, Mark Winchester)
  7. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
  8. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
  9. "The Footloose Doll"
  10. "From Here to Eternity" (Setzer, Rick Bell)
  11. "That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes"
  12. "'49 Mercury Blues"
  13. "Jukebox"
  14. "Gloria" (Esther Navarro)
  15. "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" (Bill Haley) (Japan only bonus track)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [2] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] 83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 33
US Billboard 200 [5] 62

Notes

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Vavoom! at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7169". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  3. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Vavoom!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  4. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Vavoom!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  5. "Brian Setzer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2025.


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