The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan
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| The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan | ||||
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1963 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 54:43 | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
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The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan is a 1963 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Benny Carter.[1]
This was Vaughan's second album with Carter. Her first, The Lonely Hours, was released in 1963.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| New Record Mirror | [2] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and said that Vaughan was "frequently miraculous [...] Throughout, Vaughan is in prime voice, overcoming the weaker material and uplifting the more superior songs."[1]
Track listing[edit]
- "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 3:05
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:01
- "Moonlight on the Ganges" (Sherman Myers, Chester Wallace) – 2:37
- "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:14
- "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:38
- "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:16
- "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:09
- "The Trolley Song" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:37
- "I'm Gonna Live Until I Die" (Manny Curtis, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent) – 2:05
- "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
- "Great Day" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 2:02
- "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:11
Personnel[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (September 21, 1963). "LP Reviews" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 132. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.