Still Unforgettable

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Still Unforgettable
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008 [1]
Recorded2007–2008
Studio Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre Jazz
Label DMI/Atco
Producer
  • Natalie Cole
  • Gail Deadrick
  • Tena Clark (exec.)
Natalie Cole chronology
Leavin'
(2006)
Still Unforgettable
(2008)
Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Patriot Ledger (average) [2]

Still Unforgettable is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and performer Natalie Cole. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Still Unforgettable at the 51st Grammy Awards. [3]

Contents

Background

Speaking in July 2008 to noted UK soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul, Cole discussed the thinking behind 'Still Unforgettable': "While we were still trying to create that same 'Unforgettable'-type mood or environment, this time I wanted to expand. Rather than just doing another Nat 'King' Cole tribute – which was not necessary – I wanted to go deeper into the American Songbook, by not just getting songs from my father, but also from other singers of his time like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peggy Lee. You know, there was something about the approach that the writers from that era had to the lyrics and the melodies that was so intentional, so purposeful. Which I think is the thing that's missing from music today." [4]

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, information is based on the album's Liner Notes [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Duet with Nat King Cole)2:59
2."Come Rain or Come Shine"3:08
3."Coffee Time"2:28
4."Somewhere Along the Way"4:42
5."You Go to My Head"5:24
6."Nice 'N' Easy"3:31
7."Why Don't You Do Right?" Joe McCoy 4:02
8."Here's That Rainy Day"6:03
9."But Beautiful"
  • Van Heusen
  • Burke
3:51
10."Lollipops and Roses" Tony Velona 5:52
11."The Best Is Yet to Come"4:04
12."Something's Gotta Give"Mercer2:49
13."Until the Real Thing Comes Along"
3:09
14."It's All Right with Me" Cole Porter 3:29
Borders Exclusive Bonus Tracks [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."All the Things You Are"3:06
16."Bésame Mucho"
  • Consuelo Velazquez
  • Sunny Skylar
5:08
Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Track [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."How Do You Keep the Music Playing"5:54
Japan Bonus Tracks [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."All the Things You Are"
  • Kern
  • Hammerstein II
3:06
16."Bésame Mucho"
  • Velazquez
  • Skylar
5:08
17."Busted"3:57
18."How Do You Keep the Music Playing"5:54
19."The Man That Got Away"3:45
Expanded Digital Edition [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."All the Things You Are"
  • Kern
  • Hammerstein II
3:06
16."The Man That Got Away"
  • Arlen
  • Gershwin
3:45
17."Summer Sun"
  • Chad Cates
  • Dave Barnes
  • Matt Wertz
4:00
18."Bésame Mucho"
  • Velazquez
  • Skylar
5:08
19."Willow Weep for Me"5:39
20."Busted"
  • Howard
3:57
21."How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
  • Legrand
  • Bergman
  • Bergman
5:54


Note

Personnel

Musicians

Orchestra

Horns, Reeds and Woodwinds

Strings

Arrangements

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 59
US Billboard 200 [12] 19
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 8
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [14] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 Cole, Natalie (September 9, 2008). "Still Unforgettable". AllMusic . Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. The Patriot Ledger review
  3. "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. Natalie Cole interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' September 2008
  5. Cole, Natalie. "Still Unforgettable" (Album Notes). DMI Records / Atco Records. 2008.
  6. Still Unforgettable (Borders Exclusive with Bonus Tracks)
  7. Still Unforgettable (Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track)
  8. Still Unforgettable (Japan Release)
  9. Still Unforgettable (Expanded Edition)
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