Unforgettable... with Love

Unforgettable... with Love
Studio album by Natalie Cole
Released June 11, 1991
Recorded November, 1990–April, 1991
at Pacifique Recording Studios
Genre Jazz
Length 72:47
Label Elektra
Producer André Fischer, David Foster, Tommy LiPuma (also exec.), Natalie Cole (exec.)
Natalie Cole chronology
Good to Be Back
(1989)
Unforgettable… with Love
(1991)
I've Got Love on My Mind
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
"Unforgettable"
Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" duet from Unforgettable… with Love

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Unforgettable... with Love, also known as simply Unforgettable, is a 1991 album by American singer Natalie Cole. Released on June 11, 1991, The album focuses on covers of standards previously performed by her father, Nat King Cole. It was also her debut for Elektra Records, after being given her release from Capitol Records.

Background

The record was very successful in the Pop, Jazz, and R&B markets and was considered the major comeback recording that had been brewing since Cole's late 1980s releases. The album was certified 7x platinum as of 2009 by the RIAA. The album won the 1992 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered - Non-Classical, while the track "Unforgettable" (duet with her father Nat King Cole) won four additional Grammys: Record of the Year, Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. The album also won Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female the same year.

Two albums prior to this one (1987's Everlasting and 1989's Good to Be Back) also moved to Elektra after Cole signed with the label. Her uncle Ike Cole plays piano on the album.

Track listing

  1. "The Very Thought of You" – 4:15
  2. "Paper Moon" – 3:24
  3. "Route 66" (Natalie's uncle Ike Cole Played Piano) – 3:00
  4. "Mona Lisa" – 3:45
  5. "L-O-V-E" – 2:32
  6. "This Can't Be Love" – 2:13
  7. "Smile" – 3:37
  8. "Lush Life" – 4:20
  9. "That Sunday That Summer" – 3:31
  10. "Orange Colored Sky" – 2:26
  11. Medley: "For Sentimental Reasons"/"Tenderly"/"Autumn Leaves" – 7:26
  12. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" – 2:40
  13. "Avalon" – 1:51
  14. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" – 2:34
  15. "Too Young" – 4:32
  16. "Nature Boy" – 3:23
  17. "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" – 3:24
  18. "Almost Like Being in Love" – 2:11
  19. "Thou Swell" – 1:50
  20. "Non Dimenticar" – 2:56
  21. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" – 3:28
  22. "Unforgettable" (duet with Nat King Cole) – 3:29

Credits

Musicians

Charts

Chart (1991)[4][5] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 9
UK Albums Chart[6] 11
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 5
Chart (1992) Peak
position
German Albums Chart[7] 32
Italian Albums Chart[8] 5
Swedish Albums Chart 18
Swiss Albums Chart 15

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 47

References

Preceded by
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
by Van Halen
U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
July 27, 1991 – August 24, 1991
Succeeded by
Metallica by Metallica
Preceded by
Vagabond Heart by Rod Stewart
Metallica by Metallica
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
August 4, 1991 – August 18, 1991
September 1, 1991 – September 15, 1991
Succeeded by
Metallica by Metallica
On Every Street by Dire Straits
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