Julie London - London By Night

Title: London By Night Artist: Julie London Release Date: 1958 Re-Released On: 9/8/2009 Label: Japanese Import, Toshiba EMI Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4988006799516, 4988006850910, 766488762723 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cool, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Delicate, Elegant, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Relaxed, Warm, Amiable/Good-Natured, Calm/Peaceful, Gentle, Melancholy, Nocturnal, Reserved, Romantic, Sensual, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish, Bittersweet, Humorous, Reflective, Wistful, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Well, Sir
2. That's for Me
3. Mad About the Boy
4. In the Middle of a Kiss
5. Just the Way I Am
6. My Man's Gone Now
7. Something I Dreamed Last Night
8. Pousse Cafe
9. Nobody's Heart
10. The Exciting Life
11. That Old Feeling
12. Cloudy Morning

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Japanese Import 9412 2002 CD Japanese Import 9412 ------ CD Toshiba EMI 6890

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The exquisite Julie London may be poised like a prohibition-era streetwalker on the album cover, but London By Night is a high-class, quality 1950s pop album. The standards and original tunes on the disc are strung together in such a way that they form a narrative of a lovelorn woman finding true love, getting dumped, and wandering around sadly until finding romantic redemption in the final song. London specialized in downbeat numbers and even the positive love songs are languid and moody, so they jibe well with the wrist-slashers that make up the majority of the album. Many of London's albums feature a song or two by her husband, Bobby Troup. London By Night is no exception and it features two Troup originals: the opening track, "Well, Sir," and "Just the Way I Am," which closes with the emotionally naked line "What a fool I was to dream that someday you could love me just the way I am." It's to London's credit that she could deliver lines like this so convincingly when she was famous for her beauty. It also shows how 1950s audiences were dealing with the same issues of self-worth and esteem that modern ones are grappling with, and why classic albums such as London By Night still have a place in music collections. London By Night has been reissued on CD in Japan and in Britain as a budget-priced two-for-one, paired with the equally fine About the Blues. ~ Nick Dedina, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Pate Cover Design Bob Norberg Remastering Bobby Troup Producer Garrett Howard Photography Julie London Vocals Pete King Performer Ted Keep Engineer