Careless Love (album)
2004 studio album by Madeleine Peyroux
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Careless Love is the third studio album by American singer Madeleine Peyroux, released on September 14, 2004, by Rounder Records. The songs are cover versions except for "Don't Wait Too Long", which Peyroux co-wrote with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. A deluxe version of the album, released in 2021, included a second CD (or two LPs) featuring previously unreleased live recordings of all but one of the original tracks plus three additional songs, as performed at the Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival on July 15, 2005.[3]
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
Studio
- Market Street Recording (Venice, Los Angeles)
- Paramount Recording (Hollywood)
Length42:33
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| Released | September 14, 2004 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:33 | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Producer | Larry Klein | |||
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| The Guardian | [2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dance Me to the End of Love" | Leonard Cohen | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Don't Wait Too Long" | Madeleine Peyroux; Jesse Harris; Larry Klein | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Don't Cry Baby" | Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger | 3:16 |
| 4. | "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" | Bob Dylan | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Between the Bars" | Elliott Smith | 3:42 |
| 6. | "No More" | Salvador Camarata; Bob Russell | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Lonesome Road" | Gene Austin; Nathaniel Shilkret | 3:10 |
| 8. | "J'ai deux amours" | Vincent Scotto; Géorges Koger; Henri Varna | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Weary Blues" | Hank Williams | 3:39 |
| 10. | "I'll Look Around" | George Cory; Douglass Cross | 4:47 |
| 11. | "Careless Love" | W. C. Handy; Martha Koenig; Spencer Williams | 3:50 |
| 12. | "This Is Heaven to Me" | Frank Reardon; Ernest Schweikert | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 42:33 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dance Me to the End of Love (Live)" | Leonard Cohen | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Don’t Cry Baby (Live)" | Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Don't Wait Too Long (Live)" | Madeleine Peyroux; Jesse Harris; Larry Klein | 5:47 |
| 4. | "You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Live)" | Bob Dylan | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Between the Bars (Live)" | Elliott Smith | 5:33 |
| 6. | "J'ai deux amours (Live)" | Vincent Scotto; Géorges Koger; Henri Varna | 4:33 |
| 7. | "Walking After Midnight (Live)" | Alan Block; Don Hecht | 5:04 |
| 8. | "No More (Live)" | Salvador Camarata; Bob Russell | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Lonesome Road (Live)" | Gene Austin; Nathaniel Shilkret | 7:29 |
| 10. | "I Hear Music (Live)" | Burton Lane; Frank Lesser | 3:15 |
| 11. | "I’ll Look Around (Live)" | George Cory; Douglass Cross | 6:08 |
| 12. | "Careless Love (Live)" | W. C. Handy; Martha Koenig; Spencer Williams | 6:10 |
| 13. | "Destination Moon (Live)" | Marvin Fisher; Roy Alfred | 4:53 |
| 14. | "This is Heaven to Me (Live)" | Frank Reardon; Ernest Schweikert | 5:59 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks – guitars
- Larry Goldings – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Estey Organ, Hammond organ, celeste
- David Piltch – double bass
- Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
- Lee Thornburg – trumpet (tracks 6 and 12)
- Scott Amendola – brushes (track 10)
Technical
- Production coordinator – Cindi Peters
- Design – Steven Jurgensmeyer
- Assistant Engineer – Nicolas Fournier, Ricky Chao
- Mixing – Helik Hadar
- Management – American International Artists
- Mastering – Bernie Grundman
- Photography – Andrew MacNaughtan
- Producer – Larry Klein
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[33] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[34] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[35] | Gold | 10,000^ |
| Greece (IFPI Greece)[36] | Gold | 10,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[37] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[38] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||