As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II
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| Studio album by Rod Stewart | |||||
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October 14, 2003 |
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| Label (s) | J Records | ||||
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
45:44 |
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Richard Perry, Clive Davis , Phil Ramone |
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As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Volume II ( English for, how time flies: The Great American Songbook Volume II ') is the second cover album of British singer Rod Stewart . It was released on October 14, 2003 and contains only cover versions of songs from the Great American Songbook of American popular music from the 1920s to 1950s.
Production and guest posts
As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II was produced by American music producers Richard Perry, Clive Davis and Phil Ramone .
In addition to Rod Stewart, other artists sing on three songs. The American singer Cher can be heard on the song Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered , while the hip-hop musician Queen Latifah has a guest appearance on As Time Goes By . Moreover, it is I Only Have Eyes for You , a duet with Spanish singer Ana Belén .
Cover design
The album cover shows Rod Stewart in a black suit. He looks at the viewer and holds a hand to his forehead. At the top right of the picture are the words Rod Stewart and As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Volume II in red and black respectively. The background is kept white.
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | Original lyricist / composer (year) | length |
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| 1 | Time after time | Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne (1947) | 2:59 | |
| 2 | I'm in the mood for love | Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh (1935) | 3:06 | |
| 3 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington , Bob Russell (1940) | 2:48 | |
| 4th | Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered | Cher | Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart (1940) | 4:13 |
| 5 | 'Till There Was You | Meredith Willson (1957) | 2:50 | |
| 6th | Until the Real Thing Comes Along | Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin , LE Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols (1936) | 3:37 | |
| 7th | Where or When | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (1937) | 3:09 | |
| 8th | Smile | Charlie Chaplin , Geoffrey Parsons , John Turner (1936) | 3:12 | |
| 9 | My Heart Stood Still | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (1927) | 3:02 | |
| 10 | Someone to Watch over Me | George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin (1926) | 3:30 | |
| 11 | As Time Goes By | Queen Latifah | Herman Hupfeld (1931) | 3:48 |
| 12 | I only have eyes for you | Ana Belén | Al Dubin , Harry Warren (1934) | 3:06 |
| 13 | Crazy She Calls Me | Bob Russell, Carl Sigman (1949) | 3:27 | |
| 14th | Our Love Is Here to Stay | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (1938) | 2:57 |
Chart successes and singles
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As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II entered the German album charts at number 46 on November 10, 2003 and stayed in the top 100 for a total of four weeks. It was more successful in the United States and the United Kingdom, where the album reached rank 2 and 4 respectively.
As singles , the songs were Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered and Time After Time decoupled, both could not be placed on the charts.
Sales figures and awards
In 2004, As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II earned a double platinum record in the United States for more than two million units sold . It also went double-platinum in the UK in 2013 for over 600,000 sales. In total, the album received record awards for more than 3.1 million copies sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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 platinum
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40,000 |
 Australia (ARIA)
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3 × platinum
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210,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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2 × platinum
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200,000 |
 Poland (ZPAV)
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platinum
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70,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
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 gold
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30,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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2 × platinum
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2,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × platinum
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600,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold 11 × platinum |
3,150,000 |
Main article: Rod Stewart / Music Sales Awards
reception
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| Reviews | |
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| laut.de |
 
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| allmusic |
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Giuliano Benassi from laut.de rated As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II with two out of five points. He thinks that the album doesn't deliver anything new compared to its predecessor It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook . In addition, “the shallow orchestral accompaniment” is criticized, “which sounds more like karaoke based on the keyboard than like working on scores.” Only Queen Latifah's guest appearance is positively highlighted.
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Chart tracking As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Volume II on officialcharts.de
- ↑ US: 2 × platinum
- ↑ UK: 2 × platinum
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
