Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V

Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V is the fifth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 19 October 2010. It has sold 363,000 copies as of October 2012.[4]

Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released19 October 2010
StudioWestlake Studios and Reagan's Garage (Los Angeles, CA); Conway Studios and EastWest Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Genre
Length39:43
LabelJ
ProducerRichard Perry, Rod Stewart, Clive Davis, Lauren Wild
Rod Stewart chronology
Soulbook
(2009)		 Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V
(2010)		 Merry Christmas, Baby
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic51/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Mojo[1]
Uncut[1]

Track listing
  1. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
  2. "Beyond the Sea" (Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet) – 3:25
  3. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:50
  4. "What a Difference a Day Makes" (Stanley Adams, María Grever) – 3:21
  5. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 3:32
  6. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:52
  7. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:07
  8. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:37
  9. "September in the Rain" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:55
  10. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:45
  11. "Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:56
  12. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) – 2:48
Limited edition bonus CD
  1. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 4:09
  2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:09
  3. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:23
  4. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:29
  5. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:48
  6. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Young) – 3:45

Personnel
  • Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals (11)
  • Joe Sample – acoustic piano (1, 7)
  • Mike Thompson – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12), synth strings (11), accordion (12), arrangements
  • Alex Navarro – synth strings (1-10, 12), acoustic piano (3, 8), vibraphone solo (9)
  • Larry Goldings – additional synth strings (3), acoustic piano (11)
  • Nick Sample – additional synth strings (4)
  • Alicia Morgan – synth strings (7, 12)
  • Doug Lloyd – organ (7)
  • Larry Koonse – guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
  • Aaron Kaplan – guitar (3, 5, 8, 11)
  • Reggie McBride – bass (1, 2)
  • Chris Golden – bass (3, 5, 6, 11)
  • Trey Henry – bass (4, 7, 9, 10, 12)
  • Joel Hamilton – bass (8)
  • John Ferraro – drums (1-12)
  • Kalani Das – percussion (1)
  • Doug Webb – tenor sax solo (1, 2, 3), "stritch" sax solo (5), flute solo (6), tenor saxophone (7, 11), "stritch" saxophone (9), flute (9, 10), clarinet (11), additional horn arrangements
  • Andrew Lippman – trombone solo (2)
  • Lee Thornburg – brass parts (3, 9), trumpet solo (4), trombone solo (6), flugelhorn solo (8), flugelhorn (10), additional horn arrangements
  • Tom Evans – clarinet (11)
  • Adrian Woods – cello (3, 6)
  • Clive Davis – arrangements
  • Richard Perry – arrangements
  • Mike Navarro – synth string arrangements
  • Alan Broadbent – live string arrangements
  • Lauren Wild – backing vocals (1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12), arrangements, BGV arrangements
  • Angela Michael – backing vocals (7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Natasha Pierce – backing vocals (7)
  • Jeffrey Purrough – backing vocals (7)

Credits (bonus tracks 1-6)
  • Rod Stewart – lead vocals
  • Mike Thompson – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), synth strings (6)
  • Alex Navarro – synth strings (1, 2, 3, 5), acoustic piano (3), vibraphone solo (5)
  • Aaron Kaplan – guitar (1-4, 6)
  • Larry Koonse – guitar (1, 5)
  • Trey Henry – bass (1, 2, 5)
  • Reggie McBride – bass (3)
  • Chris Golden – bass (4, 6)
  • John Ferraro – drums
  • Kalani Das – percussion (1)
  • Doug Webb – clarinet solo (1), tenor sax solo (3, 6), tenor saxophone (4), clarinet (4), flute (4)
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet solo (2, 3)
  • Ariana Hall – backing vocals (1)
  • Anita Pointer – backing vocals (1)
  • Lauren Wild – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
  • Angela Michael – backing vocals (1, 4)

Production
  • Producer – Richard Perry
  • Co-Producers – Clive Davis, Rod Stewart and Lauren Wild.
  • Recorded by Carter William Humphrey and Jeffrey Purrough
  • Additional Engineering and ProTools – Rob Gaudet, Bobby Ginsburg, Paul Meyer, Todd Steinhauer and Seth Waldmann.
  • Mixed by Richard Perry and Jeffrey Purrough
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction and Design – Josh Cheuse
  • Photography – Ketil Dietrichson and Mark Seliger
  • Liner Notes – Rod Stewart and Arnold Stiefel
  • Management – Arnold Stiefel for Stiefel Entertainment.
  • Project Manager – Lotus Donovan for Stiefel Entertainment.
  • Assistant Production Manager – Ben McCarthy
  • Legal – Alan Grubman and Barry Tyerman

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[5] 4
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 15
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 78
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 25
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 14
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 20
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 83
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[17] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 9
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] 5
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 52
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 5
US Billboard 200[26] 4

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[27] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[28] Gold 40,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[29] Platinum 20,000*
Sweden (GLF)[30] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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