Your Songs
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Cover to the Compact Disc edition of the album
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| Studio album by Harry Connick Jr. | ||||
| Released |
Vinyl: August 25, 2009 CD:September 22, 2009 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | 2008-June 2009 The Music Shed New Orleans, Capitol Studios | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, jazz, big band, vocal | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer |
Clive Davis (executive,) Tracey Freeman, Harry Connick Jr. |
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| Harry Connick Jr. chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Vinyl LP Album Cover
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| Singles from Your Songs | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Billboard | (favorable) |
| Daily Music Guide | |
| The Advocate | (favorable) |
Your Songs is a studio album by American multi-platinum selling recording artist Harry Connick Jr., released by Columbia Records. It was released first in the United States on a limited edition double vinyl LP on August 25, 2009, then released on CD on September 22.
The album is a collaboration with Connick and record producer Clive Davis.
Most of the songs are chosen by record producer Clive Davis, who aimed towards classic, familiar songs, as contemporary as possible.
Davis had expressed an interest in working with Connick, who at first did not know what that meant, as he had never done such a collaboration before. Connick had an idea of bringing in a famous arranger for the album, but Davis suggested for Connick to do the arrangements himself, and he did. The finished arrangements however is influenced by Davis.
Since Davis is no longer heading up contemporary labels like arista and J Records, his focus as Chief Executive Officer of Creative, his focus has been on executive producing adult contemporary fare from the past for artists like Barry Manilow and Harry Connick Jr. to meager results
The song "Bésame Mucho" was suggested for the album by Connick's father, the previous district attorney of the Parish of Orleans, Harry Connick Sr.. Father and son has previously sung a duet on Sr.'s 1998 album release New Orleans...My Home Town, which also included songs which Jr. has recorded on his albums since.
The brothers Branford and Wynton Marsalis contribute to the album. Both are multiple Grammy winners, Branford on saxophone, and Wynton who has received nine Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize for Music, on trumpet. Both are childhood friends of Connick. Also Grammy nominated trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, and guitar player Bryan Sutton plays on the album.
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