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Close Enough for Love
Studio album by
Peggy Lee
Released1979
RecordedMay 30–31, 1979
GenreJazz, disco
Length36:39
LabelDRG SL5190
ProducerHugh Fordin
Peggy Lee chronology
Peggy
(1977) 		Close Enough for Love
(1979) 		Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues
(1988)

Close Enough for Love is a 1979 studio album by jazz singer Peggy Lee.[1]

The album was Lee's first recording in the United States since her 1975 album Mirrors. The album was Lee's only recording for DRG Records, and featured Lee with her regular quartet.[2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, JT Griffith said that "Peggy Lee's voice sounds a bit depressed on this album, indicating, perhaps, an unfamiliarity with the new musical trappings. But that quality also gives the album's more straightforward numbers, like "Rain Sometimes" and "Come in From the Rain" (sounding like Wings), a moving, somber tone. An example of a dated album, but one that is a ripe for a rediscovery."[1]

Track listing

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  1. "You" (Tom Snow) – 4:04
  2. "Easy Does It" (Richard P. Hazard, Peggy Lee) – 3:28
  3. "Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 3:55
  4. "A Robinsong" (Michael Franks) – 3:18
  5. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:48
  6. "I Can't Resist You" (Walter Donaldson, Will Donaldson, Ned Wever) – 4:33
  7. "Come in from the Rain" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:07
  8. "In the Days of Our Love" (Lee, Marian McPartland) – 3:18
  9. "Through the Eyes of Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Sager) – 3:11
  10. "Rain Sometimes" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:55

Personnel

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Performance
Production
  • Hans Alvers – photography
  • Tchad Blake – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Sibbi Chalawick – art direction
  • Hugh Fordin – producer
  • Will Friedwald – liner notes
  • LuAnn Graffeo – art direction
  • Geoff Howe – engineer, mixing, mixing engineer
  • Richard Hazard – arranger, conductor
  • Dan O'Leary – reissue producer
  • Van-John Sfiridis – production supervisor
  • Alan Silverman – remastering

References

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  1. ^ a b c Close Enough for Love at AllMusic
  2. ^ James Gavin (11 November 2014). Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee. Simon and Schuster. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-4516-4168-4.
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