- jazz, vocal jazz
- 78 min
- 20 tracks
- Efor, S.L
Lady in Satin is the eleventh studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1958 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer. Her final album, "Billie Holiday" was released just before her death; the album was retitled Last Recording, and re-released just after her death. Lady in Satin was produced by Irving Townsend and engineered by Fred Plaut.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1I´m a Fool to Want You3:26
- 2For Heaven’s Sake3:29
- 3You Don’t Know What Love Is3:51
- 4I Get Along Without You Very Well3:02
- 5For All We Know2:56
- 6Violets for Your Furs3:26
- 7You’ve Changed3:20
- 8It’s Easy to Remember4:03
- 9But Beautiful4:32
- 10Glad to Be Unhappy4:10
- 11I’ll Be Around3:27
- 12The End of a Love Affair4:48
- 13Prelude to a Kiss5:35
- 14A Ghost of a Chance4:27
- 15Gone With the Wind3:24
- 16Come Rain or Come Shine4:22
- 17What’s New?4:16
- 18Fine and Mellow6:21
- 19When Your Lover Has Gone2:30
- 20Don’t Explain2:52
20 tracks, 78 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billie Holiday
- Label
- Efor, S.L
- Released
- 1958
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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