Moonlight Serenade (Carly Simon album)

Moonlight Serenade is 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on July 19, 2005, by Columbia Records. It is her fourth album of standards.

Moonlight Serenade
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	July 19, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Pop standards
Length	41:42
Label	Columbia
Producer	Richard Perry
Carly Simon chronology
Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004) Moonlight Serenade (2005) Into White (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks.[4] It was Simon's first US Top 10 album since Boys in the Trees (1978). The album was produced by Richard Perry, with whom Simon had worked with in the 1970s on songs such as "You're So Vain".

Moonlight Serenade was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2006.[5]

Formats and alternate versions

The album was released in both regular and DualDisc formats, the latter which included an interview with Simon and Perry, as well as behind the scenes footage of the recording sessions and the entire album in surround sound.[6]

• A special copy of the album was released by Barnes & Noble with a bonus track, "My Foolish Heart".[7]
• The album was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2005. It included "My Foolish Heart" and another track, "Let It Snow".

Track listing

1. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 4:02
2. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:48
3. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 4:39
4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:32
5. "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 4:26
6. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:06
7. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)" – 3:31
8. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:31
9. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:26
10. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:49
11. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52

Transatlantic concert

A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (DVD)

In September 2005, Simon performed two concerts aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, on a transatlantic trip from New York City to Southampton. A DVD of the concerts was released as A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 on November 22, 2005, and an edited version was broadcast on various PBS stations during their December 2005 pledge drives. Simon performed many songs from the album, along with some of her biggest hits.[8]

DVD Track listing

Ballroom set "Moonlight Serenade" "I've Got You Under My Skin" "Where Or When" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "Let the River Run" (C. Simon) "I Only Have Eyes for You" "Jesse" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) "Coming Around Again" (C. Simon) "Moonglow" "All the Things You Are" "The More I See You" "Alone Together" "You Belong to Me" (C. Simon/M. McDonald) "Nobody Does It Better" (M. Hamlisch/C.B. Sager) "You're So Vain" (C. Simon) "Let It Snow" (Bonus performance under Special features)

Acoustic Set "We Have No Secrets" (C. Simon) "Love of My Life/Devoted to You" (C. Simon)/(F. Bryant/B. Bryant) "It Was So Easy" (C. Simon) "Boys In The Trees" (C. Simon) "Anticipation" (C. Simon)

Concert tour

In October 2005, Simon announced her "Serenade Tour" which was to include older hits and songs from Moonlight Serenade. Her children, Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, joined her on the tour.[9]

Awards

48th Annual Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Moonlight Serenade	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Nominated

Credits

Lauren Dooreck – Camara, Art Direction, Design Phil Carbo – Assistant Engineer Andy Chukerman – Arranger, Main Personnel, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings Jim Cox – Main Personnel, Piano Vin D'Onofrio – Guitar, Soloist, Main Personnel Eddie DeLange – Composer Howard Dietz – Composer Al Dubin – Composer Tom Evans – Main Personnel, Saxophone, Soloist John Ferraro – Drums, Main Personnel Sam Fischer – Violin Samuel Formicola – Violin William Galison – Harmonica, Soloist Anthony Gallo – Assistant Engineer George Gershwin – Composer Ira Gershwin – Composer Bobby Ginsburg – Audio Engineer, engineer, Mixing, String Engineer Chris Golden – Bass, Bass Instrument, Main Personnel Mack Gordon – Composer Bob Gothard – Photography Robert Hadley – Mastering Oscar Hammerstein II -Composer Lorenz Hart – Composer Will Hudson – Composer Carter William Humphrey – Engineer Jerome Kern – Composer Shauna Krikorian – Assistant Victor Lawrence – Cello

Larry Lunetta – Main Personnel, Soloist, Trumpet Dylan Margerum – Engineer Ben McCarthy – Production Coordination Robert Mellin – Composer Sammy Merendino – Drum Programming, Main Personnel, Percussion, Programming Glenn Miller – Composer Irving Mills – Composer Alex Navarro – String Arrangements, Synthesizer Strings Jimmy Paar – Digital Editing, Engineer Mitchell Parish – Composer Richard Perry – Arranger, Audio Production, Producer Jeff Phurrough – Digital Editing, Engineer Cole Porter – Composer Cesar Ramirez – Assistant Engineer Mark Robertson – Violin Richard Rodgers – Composer Nick Sample – Digital Editing, Engineer Arthur Schwartz – Composer Danny Seidenberg – Viola Carly Simon – Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals Mike Thompson – Arranger, Fender Rhodes, Main Personnel, Piano, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings, Vibraphone Lee Thornburg – Flugelhorn, Main Personnel, Soloist, Trombone, Trumpet Shalini Vijayan – Violin Harry Warren – Composer Doug Webb – Clarinet, Flute, Main Personnel, Saxophone, Soloist, Stritch Lauren Wild – Arranger, Associate Producer Guy Wood – Composer

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	7
2005	Top Internet Albums	7

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Rolling Stone review
4. "Carly Simon – Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
5. "Carly Simon Official Website – Awards". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
6. "Moonlight Serenade". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "Carly Simon Official Website – My Foolish Heart lyrics". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. "A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. "The Serenade Tour 2005". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website
• Moonlight Serenade Official web page