My One and Only Thrill

My One and Only Thrill
Studio album by Melody Gardot
Released	April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)
Recorded	Capitol Studios Stage and Sound (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Market Street (Santa Monica, California)
Genre	Jazz, blues
Length	48:07
Label	Verve, Universal Classics and Jazz
Producer	Larry Klein
Melody Gardot chronology
Live from SoHo (2009) My One and Only Thrill (2009)
Singles from My One and Only Thrill
"Who Will Comfort Me" Released: March 17, 2009 "Baby I'm a Fool" Released: April 7, 2009 "Your Heart Is As Black As Night" Released: March 7, 2011

My One and Only Thrill is the second studio album by American jazz singer–songwriter Melody Gardot, released in the United States on April 28, 2009 by Verve Records. As May 2009, two singles had been released: "Who Will Comfort Me" and "Baby I'm a Fool". All tracks are original, except "Over the Rainbow" (originally sung by Judy Garland in 1939's The Wizard of Oz), which is included as a tribute to her grandmother.^[1] It features string arrangements by Vince Mendoza, who, along with producer Larry Klein, is known for his works with Joni Mitchell. Cover artwork for the album was photographed by Nicholas LaClair and makeup for Gardot by Victoria Stiles.^[2] The album received three Grammy Award nominations: Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the titular track (Vince Mendoza), Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Helik Hadar & Al Schmitt) and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (Larry Klein). The album has sold over 500,000 copies to date.^[3]

In November 2009 a deluxe addition was released, a digi-pack including an orchestral version of "If the Stars Were Mine" and an additional EP with five tracks recorded live at a radio concert in Paris, as well as an extended booklet.^[4] A second deluxe addition, the "Starwatch edition" was released in November 2010. This version includes three bonus "Chill Out Mix" tracks and instead of the live EP it includes the "Bye Bye Blackbird" EP, four tracks recorded with British jazz guitarist David Preston.^[5]

Contents 1 Style 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4.1 Year-end charts 5 Certifications 6 References

Style

Keeping the dark piano jazz style, the album incorporates several elements of samba and Brazilian music, which Gardot considers major influences. Regarding the slightly quiet and always smooth sound, she was quoted saying that, because of her health problems, not many instruments could be used. She added that it was a very logical process.^[1] The album is mainly sung in English, except for the French-language track "Les étoiles" ("The Stars").

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
BBC Music	(favorable)[7]
Billboard	(favorable)[8]
The Boston Globe	(favorable)[9]
The Guardian	[10]
The Independent	(favorable)[11]
JazzTimes	(favorable)[12]
The New York Times	(favorable)[13]
The Times	[14]
Toronto Star	[15]
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The album gained favorable reviews upon its release, calculating an average rating of 71% according to Metacritic based on ten critic reviews.^[16] Allmusic remarked that "These are slight, subtle progressions but what impresses is how thoroughly My One and Only Thrill lives up to the promise of her debut, offering another album that is as enchanting in its sound as it is in its substance," rewarding the albums with 4 stars out of five.^[17] The Times described the album as "an exceptional album and anyone who thought the great age of the torch singer was long over should lend an ear" rewarding the album with four stars, as well, out of a possible five.^[18]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Melody Gardot , except when noted. 

Charts

The album reached a peak of #42 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, becoming her highest charting album there, to date. Furthermore, the album has enjoyed success throughout Europe. It made the top five in France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden and Greece and charted strongly in countries such as the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. The album narrowly missed the top 10 in the UK, reaching a respectable #12, her highest peak there so far. Moreover, the album charted just outside the top 30 and the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand respectively. In Germany, the album debuted at No. 32 and quickly fell down. Thanks to the new edition of the album, it had a re-entry at No. 23 more than one year later and jumped up in the next weeks to No. 4, the album's highest position as of now.^[19] The album is estimated to have sold over 500,000 copies worldwide,^[3] 200,000 of which have been sold in France, where the album has been certified double-platinum by SNEP.

Chart (2009–2010)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[20]	23
Austrian Albums Chart[21]	44
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[21]	31
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[22]	5
Danish Albums Chart[21]	20
Dutch Albums Chart[21]	12
European Top 100 Albums [23]	21
Finnish Albums Chart[24]	20
French Albums Chart[21]	4
German Albums Chart[21]	4
German Downloads Chart[25]	1
Greek Albums Charts[26]	5
Irish Albums Chart[21]	34
New Zealand Albums Chart[21]	11
Japan Albums Chart[21]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart[21]	2
Polish Albums Chart[21]	18
Spanish Albums Chart[21]	19
Swedish Albums Chart[21]	1
Swiss Albums Chart[21]	17
UK Albums Chart[21]	12
U.S. Billboard 200[27]	42
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums[27]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Rank
German Albums Chart[28]	33

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[29]	Gold	15,000^
France (SNEP)[30]	2× Platinum	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[31]	Gold	100,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[32]	Gold	7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[33]	Gold	10,000*
Sweden (GLF)[34]	2× Platinum	80,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Melody Gardot Studio albums Worrisome Heart · My One and Only Thrill EPs Some Lessons: The Bedroom Sessions · Live from SoHo Singles "Worrisome Heart" · "Goodnite" · "Quiet Fire" · "Who Will Comfort Me" · "Baby I'm a Fool"