- jazz, vocal jazz
- 37 min
- 12 tracks
- MGM Records
Billie Holiday is the twelfth and final studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released on MGM Records in 1959. It was retitled after her death as Last Recording.
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Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic1.5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1All of You2:33
- A2Sometimes I’m Happy2:50
- A3You Took Advantage of Me3:12
- A4When It’s Sleepy Time Down South4:08
- A5There’ll Be Some Changes Made2:56
- A6’Deed I Do2:18
- B1Don’t Worry ’bout Me3:12
- B2All the Way3:26
- B3Just One More Chance3:47
- B4It’s Not for Me to Say2:29
- B5I’ll Never Smile Again3:27
- B6Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home3:03
12 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- MGM Records
- Released
- 1959-07
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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