Love Is the Thing

by Nat "King" Cole

Love Is the Thing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1957
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embracing the sweeping, heavily romantic orchestrations of arranger Gordon Jenkins, the legendary vocalist delivers his first stereophonic recording. The incredibly lush string arrangements perfectly frame his famously rich, velvety baritone on a selection of deeply sentimental ballads. The massive commercial success of the album decisively cemented his transition from a small-group jazz pioneer to a mainstream pop icon.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, atmospheric, orchestral, velvety, vocal

Tracklist

  1. When I Fall In Love
  2. Stardust
  3. Stay As Sweet As You Are
  4. Where Can I Go Without You?
  5. Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much
  6. Love Letters
  7. Ain't Misbehavin'
  8. I Thought About Marie
  9. At Last
  10. It's All In The Game
  11. When Sunny Gets Blue
  12. Love Is The Thing

Credits

  • Nat King Cole - primary artist
  • Gordon Jenkins - arranged by, conductor, written-by
  • Jim Jonson - illustration
  • Edward Heyman - written-by
  • Victor Young - written-by
  • Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
  • Mitchell Parish - written-by
  • Harry Revel - written-by

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