The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan

The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan
Studio album by
Sarah Vaughan
Released1963
RecordedMay–July 1963
GenreVocal jazz
Length54:43
LabelRoulette
Sarah Vaughan chronology
The Divine One
(1961) 		The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan
(1963) 		Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan
(1961)

The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan is a 1963 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Benny Carter.[1]

This was Vaughan's first album with Carter. Her second, The Lonely Hours, was released in 1964.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and said that Vaughan was "frequently miraculous [...] Throughout, Vaughan is in prime voice, overcoming the weaker material and uplifting the more superior songs."[1]

Track listing

  1. "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 3:05
  2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:01
  3. "Moonlight on the Ganges" (Sherman Myers, Chester Wallace) – 2:37
  4. "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:14
  5. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:38
  6. "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:16
  7. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:09
  8. "The Trolley Song" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:37
  9. "I'm Gonna Live Until I Die" (Manny Curtis, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent) – 2:05
  10. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
  11. "Great Day" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 2:02
  12. "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (September 21, 1963). "LP Reviews" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 132. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.