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The Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album)

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The Very Thought of You
Studio album by
Nat King Cole
ReleasedNovember 1958
RecordedMay 2, 6, 8, 1958
StudioCapitol (New York)
GenreTraditional pop
Length49:37
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
St. Louis Blues
(1958) 		The Very Thought of You
(1958) 		To Whom It May Concern
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The Very Thought of You is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins.[1] The album peaked at #17 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart.

Track listing

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LP side A:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Very Thought of You"Ray Noble3:52
2."But Beautiful"
3:30
3."Impossible"Steve Allen3:12
4."I Wish I Knew (Notorious)"
3:16
5."I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)"
2:53
6."Magnificent Obsession"
3:56
7."My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"
4:16

LP side B:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Paradise"
3:17
9."This Is All I Ask"Gordon Jenkins4:34
10."Cherie, I Love You"Lillian Rosedale Goodman3:34
11."Making Believe You're Here"
3:42
12."Cherchez La Femme"
  • Bob Marcus
  • Lorenzo Pack
2:44
13."For All We Know"
3:19
14."The More I See You"
  • Gordon
  • Warren
3:32
Total length:49:37

Bonus tracks added to Capitol Record's CD re-issue:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Don't Blame Me"
3:56
16."There Is No Greater Love"
3:03
Total length:56:36

Bonus tracks added to the Collectors' Choice Music CD re-issue, recorded in 1962:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."Farewell to Arms"
2:51
18."Happy New Year"Gordon Jenkins3:09
Total length:62:36

The "bonus" tracks "Don't Blame Me" and "There Is No Greater Love" were part of the original recording session, and were added to Capitol Record's 1987 and 1997 CD re-issues. In 2007 Collectors' Choice Music also re-issued "The Very Thought of You" on CD and included the tracks "Happy New Year" and "Farewell To Arms" from a 1962 recording session.

Personnel

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Performance

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References

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  1. ^ a b AllMusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 463.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 150–152.
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  • Capitol Records SW 1084 (The Very Thought of You) at discogs.org
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