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2006 studio album by Madeleine Peyroux
Half the Perfect World is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer
Madeleine Peyroux . It was released on September 12, 2006. It peaked at No. 33 on the
Billboard 200 albums chart and had sold 218,000 copies in the United States by December 2008.
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The album contains four original songs, all of them co-written by Peyroux, and cover versions of songs by Johnny Mercer, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Charlie Chaplin, Serge Gainsbourg, and Leonard Cohen.
[1] "
I'm All Right ," "A Little Bit" and "
Once in a While " were released as singles.
David Dye listed the album at number 10 on
World Cafe 's list of the top 10 CDs of 2006.
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Track listing
"
I'm All Right " (
Walter Becker , Peyroux,
Larry Klein ) – 3:27
"
The Summer Wind " (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer,
Johnny Mercer ) – 3:55
"Blue Alert" (
Leonard Cohen ,
Anjani Thomas ) – 4:10
"
Everybody's Talkin' " (
Fred Neil ) – 5:10
"
River " featuring
k.d. lang (
Joni Mitchell ) – 5:19
"A Little Bit" (
Jesse Harris , Klein, Peyroux) – 4:02
"
Once in a While " (Harris, Klein, Peyroux) – 4:00
"(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" (
Tom Waits ) – 3:27
"Half the Perfect World" (Cohen, Thomas) – 4:21
"La Javanaise" (
Serge Gainsbourg ) – 4:11
"California Rain" (Harris, Klein, Peyroux) – 2:57
"
Smile " (
Charlie Chaplin ,
Geoffrey Parsons ,
John Turner ) – 3:57
Personnel
Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6–8, 10, 11)
Sam Yahel – piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12),
Wurlitzer electric piano (1, 3, 6, 8, 11),
Hammond organ (1, 3, 6),
Estey organ (7, 9, 10, 12)
Larry Goldings –
celeste (tracks 3, 10)
Till Brönner – trumpet (tracks 8, 12)
Gary Foster – alto saxophone (tracks 2, 9)
Dean Parks – guitars (exc. track 3; solos on 1, 6), ukulele (1, 11, 12)
Greg Leisz –
pedal steel guitar (tracks 8, 11)
David Piltch – double bass
Scott Amendola – drums (tracks 2, 5, 9, 12)
Jay Bellerose – drums (exc. 2, 5, 9, 12), additional cymbals (2, 9)
String quartet arranged by
Mark Orton (tracks 7, 10)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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"Half the Perfect World" . AllMusic . Retrieved November 9, 2017 .
^ Hermann, Andy.
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Being There Magazine review
Archived October 24, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Fordham, John (October 27, 2006).
"Madeleine Peyroux, Half the Perfect World" . The Guardian . Retrieved November 9, 2017 .
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JazzPolice.com review
Archived October 16, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Snow, Mat (November 2006). "NY State of Mind: Madeleine Peyroux Half the Perfect World ". Mojo : 104.
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musicOMH.com review
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Rolling Stone review
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"inthenews.co.uk review" . Archived from
the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2011 .
^ Cohen, Jonathan (December 1, 2008).
"Peyroux Goes 'Bare' On New Album" . Billboard . Retrieved December 12, 2008 .
^ Dye, David (December 4, 2006).
"World Cafe's Top 10 CDs of 2006" .
NPR .
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"ARIA Jazz & Blues Albums – Week Commencing 11th September 2006" (PDF) .
The ARIA Report . No. 862. September 11, 2006. p. 20. Archived from
the original (PDF) on February 23, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via
National Library of Australia .
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GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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IFPI Greece . Archived from
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Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
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Official Charts Company . Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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"Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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Billboard . Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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Billboard . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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Billboard . Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
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Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
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SNEP . Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
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ISSN
0006-2510 – via
Google Books .
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Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
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"British album certifications – Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World" .
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