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Stardust
Studio album by
Natalie Cole
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996
RecordedJune–September, 1996 at Ocean Way Recording, Capitol Studios, Conway Studios and LeGonks West (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA); The Hit Factory and Sony Music Studios (New York, NY); The Shire (Bedford, NY); Wisseloord Studios (Hilversum, The Netherlands).
GenreJazz
Length78:30
LabelElektra
Producer
Natalie Cole chronology
Holly & Ivy
(1994) 		Stardust
(1996) 		This Will Be: Natalie Cole's Everlasting Love
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[2]

Stardust is a studio album by American singer Natalie Cole, released on September 24, 1996. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "When I Fall in Love", a duet with Nat King Cole, at the 39th Grammy Awards.[3]

The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.[4] The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[5]

  1. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 5:22
  2. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:40
  3. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) - 2:16
  4. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) - 3:16
  5. "When I Fall in Love" (duet w/ Nat King Cole) (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 4:12
  6. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever) - 3:16
  7. "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) - 4:49
  8. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:07
  9. "Dindi" (Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 4:36
  10. "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 4:22
  11. "If Love Ain't There" (Johnny Burke) - 3:25
  12. "To Whom It May Concern" (Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins) - 3:27
  13. "Where Can I Go Without You?" (Young, Peggy Lee) - 4:23
  14. "Ahmad's Blues" (Ahmad Jamal, Bobby Williams) - 4:13
  15. "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 3:31
  16. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:42
  17. "Like a Lover" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta) - 5:17
  18. "This Morning It Was Summer" (Bob Haymes) - 3:24
  19. "When I Fall in Love" (Spanish Version) (Heyman, Young) - 4:12
Notes
  • Nat King Cole's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" originally recorded on November 21, 1961[6]
  • Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love" originally recorded on December 28, 1956[7]
  • Portuguese Lyrics on "Dindi" written by Louis Oliveira
  • Additional Lyrics on "Two for the Blues" written by Natalie Cole
  • Additional Portuguese Lyrics on by Dori Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi & Natalie Cole

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[5]

Production

  • Producers – Phil Ramone (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13 & 15); David Foster (Tracks 2, 5, 12 & 18); George Duke (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16-17); Natalie Cole (Track 17).
  • Executive Producer – Natalie Cole
  • Production Assistants – Simon Ramone (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13 & 15); Corrine Duke (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16-17).
  • Instrumental (Track) Recording – Al Schmitt (Tracks 1, 5, 12, 13 & 18); Elliot Scheiner (Tracks 3, 6, 8-9, 11 & 15); Erik Zobler (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16-17); Dave Reitzas (Track 5).
  • Vocal Recording – Al Schmitt (Tracks 1, 5, 13 & 18); Elliot Scheiner (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13 & 15); Dave Reitzas (Tracks 2, 4-5, 12, 14 & 17-18); Erik Zobler (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16).
  • Additional Engineering – Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson and Patrick Ulenberg.
  • Assistant Engineers – Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charles Paakkari, Rail Rogut and Robbes Stieglitz.
  • Mixed by Al Schmitt at Bill Schnee Studio (Hollywood, CA).
  • Orchestra and Big Band Contractors – Debbie Datz, Jill Dell'Abate, Bill Hughes, Morris Repass and Patti Zimmitti.
  • Project Coordinator – Shari Sutcliffe
  • Album Concept – Natalie Cole
  • Art Direction – Gabrielle Raumberger
  • Design – Emily Rich
  • Photography – Rocky Schenck
  • Management – Dan Cleary
  • Personal Assistant – Benita Hill Johnson
  • Hair – Janet Zeitoun
  • Make-up – Tara Posey
  • Stylist – Cecille Parker
  • Linguists – Dori Caymmi, Helena Caymmi, David Romano, Roberta Taurello and Veronique Triquet.
  • Liner Notes – Dick La Palm

Charts

Chart (1996)[8] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 20
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 11

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ "The 39th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  4. ^ "The 39th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  5. ^ a b Cole, Natalie. "Stardust" (Album Notes). Elektra. 1996.
  6. ^ Nat King Cole with Billy May's Orchestra. "Nat King Cole Discography: November 21, 1961 (Los Angeles, CA)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b Nat King Cole with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra. "Nat King Cole Discography: December 28, 1956 (Los Angeles, CA)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Stardust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
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