Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album)

Quiet Nights
Studio album by Diana Krall
Released	March 31, 2009
Recorded	2009
Studio	Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Vocal jazz bossa nova
Length	54:56
Label	Verve
Producer	Diana Krall Tommy LiPuma
Diana Krall chronology
From This Moment On (2006) Quiet Nights (2009) Glad Rag Doll (2012)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Boston Globe	Positive[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
The Hartford Courant	Positive[5]
Los Angeles Times	Lukewarm[6]
The New York Times	Positive[7]
The Observer	[8]
The Phoenix	[9]
PopMatters	[10]
Toronto Star	[11]

Quiet Nights is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009 by Verve Records. The album marks Krall's first work with arranger Claus Ogerman since 2002's Live in Paris, and her first studio work with Ogerman since 2001's The Look of Love.^[2] In 2010, the title track earned Claus Ogerman the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).^[12]

The album's title comes from the English-language title of the bossa nova standard "Corcovado", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and first made popular in the early 1960s. The title track is one of three selections written or co-written by Jobim. Krall had previously included the Jobim-penned "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez") on her 2006 release From This Moment On, and performed Jobim's "The Boy from Ipanema" with Rosemary Clooney on the latter's 2000 album Brazil.

Commercial performance

Quiet Nights debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 24,000 copies in its first week.^[13] Five weeks later, the album peaked at number two with 11,000 units sold.^[14] In the United States, it sold 104,000 copies to debut at number three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Jazz Albums, becoming Krall's ninth number-one album on the latter chart.^[15]

In mainland Europe, the album reached the top spot in Hungary, Poland, and Portugal, and charted inside the top five in Austria, France, Greece, Norway, and Spain, as well as on the European Top 100 Albums chart. It also debuted on the New Zealand RIANZ chart at number two. In late 2009, Billboard ranked Quiet Nights at number 25 on the Top Jazz Albums decade-end chart of the 2000s.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Where or When"	Lorenz Hart	Richard Rodgers	4:09
2.	"Too Marvelous for Words"	Johnny Mercer	Richard A. Whiting	4:03
3.	"I've Grown Accustomed to His Face"	Alan Jay Lerner	Frederick Loewe	4:46
4.	"The Boy from Ipanema"	Norman Gimbel Vinicius de Moraes	Antonio Carlos Jobim	4:52
5.	"Walk On By"	Hal David	Burt Bacharach	5:01
6.	"You're My Thrill"	Sidney Clare	Jay Gorney	5:47
7.	"Este Seu Olhar"	Jobim	Jobim	2:45
8.	"So Nice"	Marcos Kostenbader Valle Paulo Sérgio Valle Gimbel (English words)	M. K. Valle P. S. Valle	3:50
9.	"Quiet Nights"	Gene Lees Buddy Kaye	Jobim	4:45
10.	"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"	Sammy Cahn	Jule Styne	4:49
11.	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (bonus track)	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	B. Gibb R. Gibb	4:28
12.	"Every Time We Say Goodbye" (bonus track)	Cole Porter	Porter	5:19

iTunes Store bonus tracks[17]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"For No One"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:58
14.	"I See Your Face Before Me"	Howard Dietz Arthur Schwartz	5:04

Deluxe edition bonus DVD[18]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Love Being Here with You"
2.	"Boy from Ipanema"
3.	"Exactly Like You"
4.	"Quiet Nights"
5.	"You're My Thrill"
6.	"I Don't Know Enough About You"
7.	"Let's Fall in Love"
8.	"Makin' Whoopee" (with Elvis Costello and Elton John)

Notes

• Tracks 1–7 on the deluxe edition bonus DVD were recorded live at ORCAM's auditorium in Madrid, Spain on May 29, 2009; track 8 is taken from Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

Personnel

Diana Krall – vocals, piano, producer Nico Carmine Abondolo – bass Eun Mee Ahn – violin Daniel Behr – photography Charlie Bisharat – violin Caroline Campbell – violin Darius Campo – violin John Clayton – bass Antony Cooke – cello Larry Corbett – cello Paulinho da Costa – percussion Mario de Leon – violin Drew Dembowski – bass Yue Deng – violin Thomas Dienner – viola Bruce Dukov – concertmaster, violin Earl Dumler – oboe David Ewart – violin Rick Fernandez – assistant engineer Marlo Fisher – viola James Freebarin-Smith – cello Matt Funes – viola Steve Genewick – engineer Alan Grunfeld – violin Jeff Hamilton – drums Reggie Hamilton – bass Trevor Handy – cello Lisa Hansen – release coordinator Melanie Inglessis – make-up Dan Johnson – assistant engineer Peter Kent – violin Hollis King – art direction Andy Kman – release coordinator Steve Kujala – alto flute, bass flute Razdan Kuyumijian – violin Janet Lakatos – viola Timothy Landauer – cello Bill Lane – French horn Tommy LiPuma – producer

Liane Mautner – violin Robert Maxwell – photography Chris McMillan – hair stylist Ed Meares – bass Joe Meyer – French horn Todd Miller – French horn Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering Dan Neufeld – viola John Newcott – release coordinator Helen Nightengale – violin Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor Sid Page – concertmaster, violin Joel Pargman – violin Katia Popov – violin Barbara Porter – violin Sue Raney – bass Steve Richards – cello Gil Romero – violin Geri Rotella – alto flute, bass flute Doug Sax – mastering Al Schmitt – engineer, mixing David Shostac – alto flute, bass flute Dan Tobin Smith – cello Tereza Stanislav – violin Rudy Stein – cello Shari Sutcliffe – contractor, project coordinator Joey Tierne – wardrobe Marda Todd – viola Rick Todd – French horn Doug Tornquist – tuba Cecilia Tsan – cello Mari Tsumura – violin Josephina Vergara – violin David F. Walther – viola Brad Warnaar – French horn Amy Wickman – violin Anthony Wilson – guitar Evan Wilson – viola Robert Zimmitti – vibraphone

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 14 Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[20] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 7 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 2 Croatian Combined Albums (HDU)[25] 17 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[26] 13 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] 16 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] 15 European Albums (Billboard)[29] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 35 French Albums (SNEP)[31] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 7 Greek Albums (IFPI)[33] 12 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[34] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[35] 8 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[36] 21 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[37] 24 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[38] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[39] 2 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[40] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[41] 1 Scottish Albums (OCC)[42] 18 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[43] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 18 Swedish Jazz Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[47] 11 UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC)[48] 1 US Billboard 200[49] 3 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[50] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[51] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[52] 67 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[53] 21 European Albums (Billboard)[54] 51 French Albums (SNEP)[55] 61 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[56] 14 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[57] 35 US Billboard 200[58] 91 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[59] 2 Chart (2010) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[60] 13 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[61] 11 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–09) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[16] 25

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[62]	Gold	35,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[63]	Gold	10,000^*
France (SNEP)[64]	Gold	50,000^*
Hungary (MAHASZ)[65]	Platinum	6,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[66]	Gold	7,500^^
Poland (ZPAV)[67]	Platinum	20,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[68]	Platinum	20,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[69]	Gold	30,000^^

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