Hollywood | ||||
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Studio album by The Puppini Sisters | ||||
Released | 4 November 2011 | |||
Genre | Jazz, vocal | |||
Length | 37:43 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer | Fred DeFaye | |||
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Singles from Hollywood | ||||
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Hollywood is the fourth studio album by the close harmony trio The Puppini Sisters, released through Decca on 4 November 2011. The album was released on 26 December in the United Kingdom. Hollywood is the trio's homage to the classic music of the silver screen. The album features ten cover versions of popular songs from films and musicals, as well as one original song written by the group. Hollywood was recorded with The Puppini Sisters standing round one microphone. It is the last album to be recorded with Stephanie O'Brien, who departed the group in 2012. Hollywood received mixed reviews from critics and charted at Number 16 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Marcella Puppini explained that Hollywood is the group's "expression of our love for the old icons of the silver screen." The Puppini Sisters re-arranged their favourite classic songs from old films and musicals. Songs on the album include a "cheeky" version of "Good Morning", the high-energy track "I Got Rhythm", "a delicately fragile" take on "Moon River" and an upbeat version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", sung in a minor key, which gives it a "sinister nature." The title track is an original song written by the trio. "Hollywood" is about "the pursuit of getting your name in lights". The Puppini Sisters recorded Hollywood "in the old-fashioned way" with the three group members standing round one microphone.
Hollywood was produced by Fred DeFaye, who previously produced the group's Holiday album Christmas with The Puppini Sisters. The Puppini Sisters hired Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant to create the wardrobe for the album and their subsequent tour. The Puppini Sisters released a video to accompany their version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" directed by Alex de Campi. Of the video's look, the director stated "We wanted to honour the Puppini Sisters' retro tradition while also reinterpreting it in a more contemporary, fashionable light. So our starting point were pulp novel covers and the pinups of Gil Elvgren via Vogue Magazine."