Destination Moon (album)

Destination Moon
Studio album by Deborah Cox
Released June 4, 2007 (Canada)
June 19, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded 2005–2006
Avatar Studios
Legacy Recording Studios
333 Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre R&B, jazz
Length 43:01
Label Decca
Producer Rob Mounsey
Deborah Cox chronology
The Morning After
(2002)
Destination Moon
(2007)
The Promise
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Destination Moon is the fourth album by Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox, released in June 2007 by Decca Records. It also pays tribute to legendary jazz singer Dinah Washington, and Cox calls it "a concept album that I've had in mind for years".[2] Many of Washington's songs are reinterpreted on the album including the title track "Destination Moon". Most of the album was recorded live with a forty-piece orchestra and was produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey who has worked with the likes of Aaron Neville, Natalie Cole, and Rihanna, to name a few.

The week after its release, it peaked at number one on the iTunes Top Jazz Albums and number three on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums.

Track listing

  1. "Destination Moon" (Roy Alfred, Marvin Fisher) – 2:41
  2. "What a Difference a Day Made" (Stanley Adams, María Grever) – 4:07
  3. "Misery" (Dinah Washington, Louis Howard) – 3:42
  4. "Baby, You've Got What It Takes" (Clyde Otis, Murray Stein) – 3:35
  5. "This Bitter Earth" (Otis) – 4:06
  6. "Squeeze Me" (Thomas Waller, Clarence Williams) – 2:22
  7. "New Blowtop Blues" (Leonard Feather, Jane Feather) – 3:00
  8. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 4:08
  9. "I Don't Hurt Anymore" (Donald Robertson, Jack Rollins) – 3:27
  10. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:33
  11. "September in the Rain" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:23
  12. "Look to the Rainbow" (E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 3:55
Circuit City Exclusive Bonus Track
  1. "Out of Sight Out of Mind" (Otis, Ivory Joe Hunter) – 4:19

Charts

Chart (2007)[3] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 175
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 24
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums 3

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