We Are in Love
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| We Are in Love | ||
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| Studio album by Harry Connick, Jr. | ||
| Released | July 3, 1990 | |
| Recorded | RCA Studio B, NYC: April 4, 5, and 22, 1990 | |
| Genre | Big Band w/orchestra | |
| Length | 52:51 | |
| Label | Sony/Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | Harry Connick Jr., Marc Shaiman, George Butler, Bobby Colomby | |
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| Harry Connick, Jr. chronology | ||
| When Harry Met Sally... (1989) |
We Are In Love (1990) |
Lofty's Roach Souffle (1990) |
We Are In Love is an album by American artist Harry Connick, Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on drums, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Joining the quartet, is Connick's Big Band. Most of the tracks include an orchestral background.
Released in 1990, it topped the jazz charts in the same year, and crossed over to the pop charts as well, selling over 2 million copies worldwide. The album gave Connick a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, and he performed the title track "We Are In Love," live on the Grammy telecast in 1991.
The album was released at the same day as his trio instrumental album Lofty's Roach Souffle, and his home video debut entitled "Singin' & Swingin'".
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[edit] Track listing
- "We Are in Love" (Harry Connick Jr) – 2:40
- "Only 'Cause I Don't Have You" (Connick, Ramsey McLean) – 4:22
- "Recipe for Love" (Connick) – 2:34
- "Drifting" (Marc Shaiman) – 5:14
- "Forever, for Now" (Connick, McLean) – 4:20
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 5:09
- "Heavenly" (Connick, McLean) – 1:59
- "Just a Boy" (Connick, McLean) – 6:05
- "I've Got a Great Idea" (Connick) – 4:21
- "I'll Dream of You Again" (Connick) – 3:33
- "It's Alright with Me" (Cole Porter) – 4:53
- "Buried in Blue" (Connick, McLean) – 6:55
Recorded at Evergreen Radford Studio, North Hollywood, California on March 7-9 & 12-15, 1990 and RCA Studio B, New York, New York on April 19 & 23 and May 1, 1990.
[edit] Musicians
- Harry Connick Jr. - Piano, Vocals
- Branford Marsalis - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax
- Russell Malone - Guitar
- Benjamin Jonah Wolfe - Bass
- Shannon Powell - Drums
[edit] Cheers episode
Harry Connick Jr. guest stars as Russell Boyd, in a Cheers episode in 1991. (A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff, season 10). Smitten by Rebecca (Kirstie Alley), Russell begins composing special songs for her. He sits by the piano and sings "I'll dream of you again", from this album.
