Hopeless Romantics

Hopeless Romantics
Studio album by Michael Feinstein, George Shearing
Released September 27, 2005
Recorded May 6-10, 2002
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Concord
Michael Feinstein chronology
Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
(2003)
Hopeless Romantics
(2005)
The Sinatra Project
(2008)
George Shearing chronology
Back to Birdland
(2001)
Hopeless Romantics
(2005)

Hopeless Romantics is a 2005 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein accompanied by pianist George Shearing, recorded in 2002 and released on the Concord label. The album is a tribute to the American composer Harry Warren, who Feinstein met in his twenties. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Aaron Latham awarded the album 3½ stars and stated of Shearing that the "album's low-key approach leaves little room for him to shine", but praised Feinstein as "pitch-perfect...squeezes every ounce of good sentimentality out of each lyric".[2]

Track listing

All music composed by Harry Warren.

No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "I Had the Craziest Dream"  Mack Gordon 3:01
2. "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"  Al Dubin 3:26
3. "This Heart of Mine"  Arthur Freed 4:23
4. "At Last"  Gordon 4:01
5. "I'll String Along with You"  Dubin 4:13
6. "You're My Everything"  Mort Dixon, Victor Young 4:04
7. "The More I See You"  Gordon 4:12
8. "Serenade In Blue"  Gordon 4:37
9. "I Know Why (And So Do You)"  Gordon 4:37
10. "September in the Rain"  Dubin 4:11
11. "Shadow Waltz"  Dubin 3:43
12. "There Will Never Be Another You"  Gordon 3:19
13. "I Only Have Eyes for You"  Dubin 4:45
14. "You'll Never Know"  Gordon 3:52
15. "You're My Everything"  Dixon, Young 3:05

Personnel

References

  1. Jazz Review accessed October 24, 2010
  2. 1 2 Latham, A Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2010
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