It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
by Rod Stewart
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 October 2002
- Label: J Records
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 49:10
- Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Clive Davis with Richard Perry and Phil Ramone, Stewart's twentieth studio album opens a five-volume standards project, recasting his voice in a romantic, orchestral neo-crooner setting drawn from traditional pop and swing. 'These Foolish Things' is among its signature performances, and the project marked a sustained return to the standards repertoire.
Genres
Descriptors: male-vocals, orchestral, ballad, melodic, retro, vocal
Tracklist
- You Go To My Head (4:16)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me (3:25)
- The Way You Look Tonight (3:48)
- It Had To Be You (3:24)
- That Old Feeling (2:54)
- These Foolish Things (3:47)
- The Very Thought Of You (3:18)
- Moonglow (3:32)
- I'll Be Seeing You (3:51)
- Every Time We Say Goodbye (3:26)
- The Nearness Of You (2:59)
- For All We Know (3:24)
- We'll Be Together Again (3:53)
- That's All (3:05)
Credits
- Alli Truch - creative director
- Daphna Kastner - music consultant
- Jill Dell'Abate - production manager, contractor
- Dan Higgins - clarinet [clarinet solo], alto saxophone [alto saxophone solo]
- Will Hollis - piano, arranged by [string synthesizers & solo], piano, synthesizer [string synthesizers], synth [synth vibe solo]
- John Ferraro - drums, percussion
- Bob Mann - arranged by, guitar, guitar, guitar [guitar solo]
- Randy Kerber - piano, synthesizer [string synthesizer]
- Steve Deutsch - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation], technician [protools operator]
- Andrew Felluss - engineer [assistant engineer], mixed by [mix assistant], technician [protools operator]
- Richard Perry - producer, arranged by, arranged by [basic track]
- Jeffrey 'Woody' Woodruff - engineer [additional engineering], recorded by
- Alex Gibson - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- Bobby Ginsberg - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- Brian Cook - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- J.J. Blair - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- Johnny Kubelka - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- Trent Slatton - engineer [additional engineering], technician [protools operation]
- Timmy Olmstead - engineer [assistant engineer], mixed by [mix assistant]
- Carter Humphrey - mixed by, recorded by
- Phil Ramone - producer, producer [vocal]
- Frank Filipetti - recorded by, mixed by
- Sammy Fain - music by, written-by
- Lew Brown - words by, written-by
- Irving Kahal - words by, written-by
- Keith Naftaly - a&r
- Jeri Heiden - art direction
- Ben McCarthy - coordinator [production coordinator]
- Chris Steinmetz - engineer [additional engineering]
- Jr. - engineer [additional engineering]
- Joel Moss - engineer [additional engineering]
- Brian Dixon - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Nick Howard - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Ryan Smith - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Wade Childers - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Bill Zehme - liner notes
- Annie Challis - management
- Arnold Stiefel - management
- Stiefel Entertainment - management
- Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Andrew MacPherson - photography by
- Clive Davis - producer
- Don C. Tyler - producer [additional production support - precision lacquer]
- Larry Emerine - producer [additional production support - precision lacquer]
- Drew L. - producer [additional production support - quality cd duplication]
- Lauren Wild - producer [special production support]
- Mark Valentine - recorded by
- Haven Gillespie - written-by
- J. Fred Coots - written-by
- George & Ira Gershwin - written-by
- Dorothy Fields - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Gus Kahn - written-by
- Isham Jones - written-by
- Holt Marvell - written-by
- Jack Strachey - written-by
- Ray Noble - written-by
- Eddie Delange - written-by
- Irving Mills - written-by