Careless Love (album)

Careless Love
Studio album by Madeleine Peyroux
Released	September, 2004
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:50
Label	Rounder/Universal
Producer	Larry Klein
Madeleine Peyroux chronology
Got You on My Mind (2004) Careless Love (2004) Half the Perfect World (2006)

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Careless Love is a 2004 jazz album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. All the tracks are cover versions, except for "Don't Wait Too Long," which Peyroux co-wrote with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. It is Peyroux's most critically acclaimed album so far and her song choices were praised^{[citation needed]}. The song "Don't Wait Too Long" was featured in a commercial for Dockers.

Track listing

1. "Dance Me to the End of Love" (Leonard Cohen) - 3:56
2. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Madeleine Peyroux–Jesse Harris–Larry Klein) - 3:10
3. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie–James P. Johnson–Stella Unger) - 3:16
4. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (Bob Dylan) - 3:26
5. "Between the Bars" (Elliott Smith) - 3:42
6. "No More" (Salvador Camerata–Bob Russell) - 3:31
7. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin–Nathaniel Shilkret) - 3:10
8. "J'ai Deux Amours" (Vincent Scotto–Géorges Koger–Henri Varna) - 2:54
9. "Weary Blues" (Hank Williams) - 3:39
10. "I'll Look Around" (George Cory-Douglass Cross) - 4:47
11. "Careless Love" (William C. Handy-Martha Koenig–Spencer Williams) - 3:50
12. "This Is Heaven to Me" (Frank Reardon–Ernest Schweikert) - 3:12

(Recorded at Market Street Recording Studios, Venice, Los Angeles, and at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, by Helik Hadar)

Personnel

• Madeleine Peyroux — vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dean Parks — guitars
• Larry Goldings — piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Estey Organ, Hammond organ, celeste
• David Piltch — bass
• Jay Bellerose — drums, percussion
• Lee Thornburg — trumpet (tracks 6 and 12)
• Scott Amendola — brushes (track 10)

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