What's It All About (Pat Metheny album)

What's It All About
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released	June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
Recorded	February 2011
Genre	Jazz, folk jazz
Length	55:50
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Pat Metheny

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Review scores
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Allmusic
All About Jazz

What's It All About is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, released by Nonesuch Records on June 14, 2011. It is Metheny's first album which does not include his own material. On February 12, 2012, What's It All About received a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sound of Silence"	Paul Simon	6:33
2.	"Cherish"	Terry Kirkman	5:28
3.	"Alfie"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	7:46
4.	"Pipeline"	Bob Spickard, Brian Carman	3:28
5.	"Garota de Ipanema"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes	5:12
6.	"Rainy Days and Mondays"	Roger Nichols, Paul Williams	7:12
7.	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"	Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman	6:03
8.	"Slow Hot Wind"	Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel	4:28
9.	"Betcha by Golly, Wow"	Thom Bell, Linda Creed	5:18
10.	"And I Love Her"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:22

Bonus track on LP and digital download

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk	6:37

Bonus track on LP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"This Nearly Was Mine"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	4:29

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – baritone guitar, 42-string guitar (track 1), 6-string guitar (track 4), nylon-string guitar (track 10)

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)	1
US Billboard 200	125

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Category
2012	Grammy Award for Best New Age Album