Carmen McRae (1954 album)


Carmen McRae is a 1955 album by Jazz singer Carmen McRae. It was McRae's second album and was released on the Bethlehem label exclusively as 10" monoaural LP.> The album was reissued on LP in 1976 as The Finest of Carmen McRae: You'd Be So Easy to Love, with an additional track, "Too Much in Love to Care". In 1994 Betlehem had digitally remastered the recordings and released a CD with six additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original sessions.

Reception

reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that of it that "Overall the music is pleasing but not too memorable and one wishes there were more variety".

Track listing

  1. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" - 2:26
  2. "If I'm Lucky " - 3:17
  3. "Old Devil Moon" - 2:40
  4. "Tip Toe Gently" - 2:40
  5. "You Made Me Care" - 2:09
  6. "Last Time for Love" - 3:05
  7. "Misery" - 3:53
  8. "Too Much in Love to Care" - 2:33
;Alternate takes released on 1994 CD reissue
  2. "Too Much in Love to Care" - 3:19
  3. "Old Devil Moon" - 2:37
  4. "You Made Me Care" - 2:09
  5. "Too Much in Love to Care" - 2:20
  6. "Last Time for Love" - 3:03

    Personnel

;Tracks 1-4
;Tracks 5-8