Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3

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Stardust: The Great American Songbook 3
Stardust: The Great American Songbook 3 cover
Cover album by Rod Stewart
Released October 19, 2004
Genre Pop standards
Label J Records
Producer Clive Davis, Richard Perry, Steve Tyrell, Lauren Wild
Professional reviews
Rod Stewart chronology
As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2
(2003)
Stardust: The Great American Songbook 3
(2004)
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4
(2005)

Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3, released in 2004, is Rod Stewart's third album of Pop standards. The album was dedicated to the Tartan Army.

Contents

[edit] Chart Performance

In the USA, Stardust reached #1, Rod Stewart's first #1 album there since 1978's Blondes Have More Fun. In the United Kingdom, it reached #3 and was certified Platinum.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:30
  2. "For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Deek Watson) - 3:01
  3. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:05
  4. "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Theile, George David Weiss) - 4:30
  5. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:01
  6. "Manhattan" (Rodgers, Hart) (duet with Bette Midler) - 2:53
  7. "'S Wonderful" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 3:24
  8. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Rodgers, Hart) - 3:50
  9. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, I. Gershwin) - 3:23
  10. "But Not for Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 3:22
  11. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby) - 3:13
  12. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) (duet with Dolly Parton) - 3:51
  13. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) - 3:08
  14. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:03
  15. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart) - 3:12 Bonus Track for Japan
  16. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, James Phillips) - 3:13 previously issued on Volume II, Bonus Track for Japan

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2004 Billboard 200 1

[edit] External links

Preceded by
50 Number Ones by George Strait
Billboard 200 number-one album
November 6 - November 12, 2004
Succeeded by
Unfinished Business by R. Kelly & Jay-Z