Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album)

Quiet Nights is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009, by Verve Records.

Quiet Nights
Studio album by
Diana Krall
ReleasedMarch 31, 2009 (2009-03-31)
Recorded2009
StudioCapitol (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length54:34
LabelVerve
Producer
Diana Krall chronology
The Very Best of Diana Krall
(2007)		 Quiet Nights
(2009)		 Glad Rag Doll
(2012)

Background

The album marks Krall's first work with arranger Claus Ogerman since 2002's Live in Paris, and her first studio work with Ogerman since 2001's The Look of Love.[1] In 2010, the title track earned Claus Ogerman the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).[2]

The album's title comes from the English-language title of the bossa nova standard "Corcovado", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and first made popular in the early 1960s. The title track is one of three selections written or co-written by Jobim. Krall had previously included the Jobim-penned "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez") on her 2006 release From This Moment On, and performed Jobim's "The Girl from Ipanema" (retitled "The Boy from Ipanema") with Rosemary Clooney on the latter's 2000 album Brazil.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Tom HullA–[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
The Observer[8]
The Phoenix[9]
PopMatters5/10[10]
Record Collector[11]
Toronto Star[12]

Quiet Nights received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews.[3]

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote, "The sound and style are the same as for The Look of Love, with Claus Ogerman's billowing strings and woodwinds conjuring a romantic atmosphere with film-noir overtones. Ms. Krall's supple keyboard solos trickle in and out of the orchestration like pianistic pillow talk. She has lowered her voice to a husky near-murmur, as though she were luxuriating in the afterglow of passion on tangled sheets. The forerunners for this excursion into soft-focus eroticism are the ballad albums of Peggy Lee and Julie London".[13]

Steve Greelee of The Boston Globe noted, "The line between dreamy and sleepy is a fine one, and many jazz singers have fallen on the wrong side of it when attempting bossa nova. Diana Krall, however, negotiates it skillfully on Quiet Nights, her first album of all bossas. It probably has a lot to do with her honeyed voice, her laid-back delivery, and her experience – she has 11 albums and 15 years of recording under her belt".[14]

Commercial performance

Quiet Nights debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 24,000 copies in its first week.[15] Five weeks later, the album peaked at number two with 11,000 units sold.[16] In the United States, it sold 104,000 copies to debut at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Jazz Albums, becoming Krall's ninth number-one album on the latter chart.[17]

In mainland Europe, the album reached the top spot in Hungary, Poland, and Portugal, and charted inside the top five in Austria, France, Greece, Norway, and Spain, as well as on the European Top 100 Albums chart. It also debuted on the New Zealand RIANZ chart at number two. In late 2009, Billboard ranked Quiet Nights at number 25 on the Top Jazz Albums decade-end chart of the 2000s.[18]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Where or When"Lorenz HartRichard Rodgers4:09
2."Too Marvelous for Words"Johnny MercerRichard A. Whiting4:03
3."I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face"Alan Jay LernerFrederick Loewe4:46
4."The Boy from Ipanema"
Antonio Carlos Jobim4:52
5."Walk On By"Hal DavidBurt Bacharach5:01
6."You're My Thrill"Sidney ClareJay Gorney5:47
7."Este Seu Olhar"JobimJobim2:45
8."So Nice"
  • M. K. Valle
  • P. S. Valle
3:50
9."Quiet Nights"
Jobim4:45
10."Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"Sammy CahnJule Styne4:49
11."How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (bonus track)
  • B. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
4:28
12."Every Time We Say Goodbye" (bonus track)Cole PorterPorter5:19
Total length:54:34
iTunes Store bonus tracks[19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."For No One"
2:58
14."I See Your Face Before Me"
5:04
Total length:62:36
Deluxe edition bonus DVD[20]
No.TitleLength
1."I Love Being Here with You" 
2."Boy from Ipanema" 
3."Exactly Like You" 
4."Quiet Nights" 
5."You're My Thrill" 
6."I Don't Know Enough About You" 
7."Let's Fall in Love" 
8."Makin' Whoopee" (with Elvis Costello and Elton John) 

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Quiet Nights.[21]

Musicians

Orchestra
  • Eun Mee Ahn, Charlie Bisharat, Caroline Campbell, Darius Campo, Mario de Leon, Yue Deng, Bruce Dukov (concertmaster), David Ewart, Alan Grunfeld, Tammy Hatwan, Peter Kent, Razdan Kuyumjian, Liane Mautner, Helen Nightengale, Sid Page (concertmaster), Joel Pargman, Katia Popov, Barbara Porter, Gil Romero, Tereza Stanislav, Mari Tsumura, Josephina Vergara, Amy Wickman, Tiffany Yi Hu – violins
  • Thomas Dienner, Marlo Fisher, Matt Funes, Janet Lakatos, Vicki Miskolczy, Dan Neufeld, Kate Reddish, Todd Marda, David Walther, Evan Wilson – violas
  • Larry Corbett (first), Antony Cooke, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Trevor Handy, Timothy Landauer, Steve Richards, Dan Smith, Rudy Stein, Cecilia Tsan – celli
  • Nico Carmine Abondolo, Drew Dembowski, Reggie Hamilton, Ed Meares (first), Sue Ranney – basses
  • Heather Clark, Steve Kujala, Geri Rotella, David Shostac – alto flutes, bass flutes
  • Bill Lane, Joseph Meyer, Todd Miller, Rick Todd (first), Brad Warnaar – French horns
  • Earl Dumler – oboe
  • Doug Tornquist – tuba
  • Robert Zimmitti – vibes

Technical
  • Tommy LiPuma – production
  • Diana Krall – production
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – recording
  • Rick Fernandez – engineering assistance
  • Dan Johnson – engineering assistance
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Sangwook Nam – mastering

Artwork
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Philip Manning – design
  • Robert Maxwell – photography
  • Daniel Behr – beach photo

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[66] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[67] Gold 10,000*
France (SNEP)[68] Gold 50,000*
Hungary (MAHASZ)[69] Platinum 6,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[70] Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[71] Platinum 20,000*
Portugal (AFP)[72] Platinum 20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[73] Gold 40,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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