30 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

30
Studio album by Harry Connick Jr.
Released October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
Recorded September 4–8, 1998
Studio Sony Music Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Sony/Columbia (U.S.)
Producer Tracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Come by Me
(1999)		 30
(2001)		 Songs I Heard
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
PopMattersfavorable[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]

30 is an album by American singer Harry Connick Jr. The album was recorded in 1998, when Connick was 30 years old, but it was not released until 4 years later, on the same date as his album Songs I Heard. The album includes both vocal and instrumental tracks.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Walkin'"Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino2:48
2."Chattanooga Choo Choo"Mack Gordon, Harry Warren3:39
3."Somewhere My Love"Maurice Jarre7:09
4."The Gypsy"Billy Reid5:31
5."If I Were a Bell"Frank Loesser6:55
6."Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"Henry Creamer, Turner Layton3:45
7."Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree"Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown4:10
8."There Is Always One More Time"Ken Hirsch, Doc Pomus3:52
9."New Orleans"Hoagy Carmichael4:01
10."Speak Softly Love"Nino Rota4:02
11."Junco Partner"Bob Shad6:10
12."Don't Fence Me In"Robert Fletcher, Cole Porter3:58
13."Don't Like Goodbyes"Harold Arlen, Truman Capote3:20
14."I'll Only Miss Her (When I Think of Her)"Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen8:51

Personnel

  • Harry Connick Jr. – Piano, vocals, arranger, liner notes
  • Ben Wolfe – Bass on track #5 "If I Were a Bell"
  • Rev. James Moore – Organ, vocals on track #8 "There Is Always One More Time"
  • Wynton Marsalis – Piano, trumpet on track #14 "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her"
  • Tracey Freeman – Producer
  • Vladimir Meller – Mastering
  • Steven Kadison – Assistant mastering engineer
  • Gregg Rubin – Recording & Mix Engineer
  • Ryan Hewitt – Assistant engineer
  • Christopher Austopchuk – Art direction
  • Alice Butts – Art direction
  • Palma Kolansky – Photography

Charts

Chart (2001) Provider(s) Peak
position
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[4] Billboard 94
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (U.S.)[4] 3
Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.)[5] 24
Chart (2002) Provider(s) Peak
position
Norwegian Album Chart[6] VG Nett 35

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ PopMatters review
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. 1 2 U.S. Album Charts
  5. ↑ Allmusic, 30 Chart History
  6. ↑ Norwegian Album Chart
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