When I Look in Your Eyes

When I Look in Your Eyes
Studio album by Diana Krall
Released June 8, 1999
Genre Jazz, easy listening
Length 50:34
Label Verve
Producer Tommy LiPuma, Johnny Mandel, David Foster
Diana Krall chronology

Love Scenes
(1997)
When I Look in Your Eyes
(1999)
The Look of Love
(2001)

When I Look in Your Eyes is the fifth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1999. It was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year, the first time in 25 years that a jazz album was nominated for the most coveted prize of the night, and won two awards for Best Jazz Vocal and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 42nd Grammy Awards. Billboard ranked album at #9 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

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Track listing

  1. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) - 5:18
  2. "Devil May Care" (Bob Dorough, Terrell Kirk) - 3:20
  3. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:19
  4. "When I Look in Your Eyes" (Leslie Bricusse) - 4:31
  5. "Popsicle Toes" (Michael Franks) - 4:28
  6. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) - 6:10
  7. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:32
  8. "I'll String Along With You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:45
  9. "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 4:57
  10. "Pick Yourself Up" (Fields, Jerome Kern) - 3:02
  11. "The Best Thing for You" (Berlin) - 2:37
  12. "Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin) - 4:35
    Hidden track:
  13. "Why Should I Care?", from the 1999 film True Crime (Clint Eastwood, Carole Bayer Sager, Linda Thompson-Jenner) - 3:46

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard 200 56
1999 Top Canadian Albums 12
1999 Top Internet Albums 5
1999 Top Jazz Albums 1

Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Canada 3x Platinum 240,000
United States Platinum 1,000,000

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Faith: A Holiday Album by Kenny G
Shake It Up by Boney James & Rick Braun
Individuality (Can I Be Me?) by Rachelle Ferrell
Tourist by St. Germain
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums number-one album
January 29 - June 3, 2000
August 19 - September 23, 2000 (second run)
December 9, 2000 - January 20, 2001 (third run)
May 26, 2001 (fourth run)
Succeeded by
Absolute Benson by George Benson
Individuality (Can I Be Me?) by Rachelle Ferrell
Pure Jazz by Various Artists
The Essential Miles Davis by Miles Davis

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1999 When I Look in Your Eyes Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
1999 When I Look in Your Eyes Best Jazz Vocal