Bittersweet (Carmen McRae album)

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Released1964 (1964)
RecordedMay 20, 1964[1]
Length43:10
Bittersweet
Studio album by
Released1964 (1964)
RecordedMay 20, 1964[1]
GenreVocal jazz
Length43:10
LabelFocus
ProducerMort Fega
Carmen McRae chronology
Live at Sugar Hill
(1963)
Bittersweet
(1964)
Second to None
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Bittersweet is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1964 on producer Mort Feghi's independent label Focus Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. The album received critical acclaim.[2][4][5][6][7][8]

  1. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 3:50
  2. "How Did He Look?" (Gladys Shelley, Abner Silver) – 3:08
  3. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:36
  4. "The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 2:49
  5. "If You Could Love Me" (Norman Simmons) – 2:08
  6. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:21
  7. "Second Chance" (Dory Langdon, André Previn) – 3:37
  8. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 2:52
  9. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 2:44
  10. "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) – 3:23
  11. "Ghost of Yesterday" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 3:09
  12. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 2:53
  13. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 2:40

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