We Are in Love

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We Are in Love
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Studio album by
Harry Connick Jr.
ReleasedJuly 3, 1990
RecordedApril 4, 5, and 22, 1990
Studio RCA, New York City
Genre Jazz /Big Band
Length52:05
Label Sony/Columbia
Producer Harry Connick Jr., Marc Shaiman, George Butler, Bobby Colomby
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
When Harry Met Sally...
(1989)		We Are in Love
(1990)		 Lofty's Roach Souffle
(1990)
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Entertainment Weekly B− 7/13/90

We Are in Love is an album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on drums, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on double bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Joining the quartet is Connick's Big Band. Most of the tracks include an orchestral background.

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Released in 1990, it topped the jazz charts in the same year. The album gave Connick a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, and he performed the title track live on the Grammy telecast in 1991. "Recipe for Love" also became one of Connick's biggest hits, peaking at #32 in the UK Singles Chart on re-release (the original release had only peaked at #86).

The album was released the same day as his trio instrumental album Lofty's Roach Souffle , and his home video debut entitled Singin' & Swingin' .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harry Connick, Jr., unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Are in Love" 2:40
2."Only 'Cause I Don't Have You"Harry Connick, Jr.; Ramsey McLean4:22
3."Recipe for Love" 2:34
4."Drifting" Marc Shaiman 5:14
5."Forever, for Now"Harry Connick, Jr.; Ramsey McLean4:20
6."A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" Eric Maschwitz; Manning Sherwin 5:09
7."Heavenly"Harry Connick, Jr.; Ramsey McLean1:59
8."Just a Boy"Harry Connick, Jr.; Ramsey McLean6:05
9."I've Got a Great Idea" 4:21
10."I'll Dream of You Again" 3:33
11."It's All Right with Me" Cole Porter 4:53
12."Buried in Blue"Harry Connick, Jr.; Ramsey McLean6:55
Total length:52:05

Recorded at Evergreen Radford Studio, North Hollywood, California on March 7–9 & 12–15, 1990 and RCA Studio B, New York, New York on April 19 & 23 and May 1, 1990.

Musicians

Certifications

Certifications for We Are In Love
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [1] Platinum100,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [2] Gold100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [4] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – We Are in Love". Music Canada . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – We Are in Love" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved February 27, 2020.Select 1993年12月 on the drop-down menu
  3. ↑ "British album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – We Are in Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – We Are in Love". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
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