Worrisome Heart

Worrisome Heart
Studio album by Melody Gardot
Released 2006
February 26, 2008
Recorded November 2005-May 2006
Genre Jazz, blues
Length 33:14
Label Verve Records/UCJ
Producer Melody Gardot, Glenn Barratt
Melody Gardot chronology
Some Lessons: The Bedroom Sessions
(2005)		 Worrisome Heart
(2006)		 Live from SoHo
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
BBC (favorable)[2]
The Boston Globe (favorable)[3]
The Guardian [4]
JazzTimes (favorable)[5]
Metro [6]
The New York Times (favorable)[7]
Washington Post (favorable)[8]
The Times [9]

Worrisome Heart is the debut album of jazz singer-songwriter Melody Gardot. It was first released independently in 2006 and later re-released on Verve Records in 2008. The album also contains some songs previously released on Gardot's first extended play release, Some Lessons: The Bedroom Sessions.

Contents

Background

Speaking of how the album first came to be made, in November 2008 Gardot told noted United Kingdom jazz/soul writer Pete Lewis of 'Blues & Soul' that: "It was created independently of a record company. It was made privately. So my only intention, or my only GOAL, was to make a record that at the end of the day I was happy with. And the way that the instrumentation was decided on was based on what I heard in my head, and what I thought would FEEL the best. So I guess having it released is kinda like having somebody publish your diary in a way!"[10]

Tracklisting

All songs written and composed by Melody Gardot.

  1. "Worrisome Heart" – 4:21
  2. "All That I Need Is Love" – 2:36
  3. "Gone" – 2:50
  4. "Sweet Memory" – 3:21
  5. "Some Lessons" – 5:23
  6. "Quiet Fire" – 4:13
  7. "One Day" – 2:02
  8. "Love Me Like a River Does" – 4:06
  9. "Goodnite" – 3:04
  10. "Twilight" – 1:01

Chart positions

Charts (2008–2010) Peak positions
U.S. Billboard 200 80[11]
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 4[11]
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums 2[11]
UK Album Chart 172[12]
French Albums Chart 8[13]
German Albums Chart 44[14]
Norwegian Albums Chart 31[13]
Swedish Singles Chart 25[15]

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ BBC review
  3. ^ The Boston Globe review
  4. ^ The Guardian review
  5. ^ JazzTimes review
  6. ^ Metro review
  7. ^ The New York Times review
  8. ^ Washington Post review
  9. ^ The Times review
  10. ^ Pete Lewis Interviews Melody Gardot, 'Blues & Soul' November 2008
  11. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History - Melody Gardot". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2008. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=813706&model.vnuAlbumId=825882. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  12. ^ Chart Log UK: G Zobbel.de
  13. ^ a b http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Melody+Gardot&titel=Worrisome+Heart&cat=a
  14. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/album50
  15. ^ Melody Gardot on Swedish Charts
Melody Gardot
Studio albums
Worrisome Heart · My One and Only Thrill
EPs
Singles