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Astoria: Portrait of the Artist

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Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1990[1]
RecordedMay 16–18, 1989
GenreVocal jazz
Length47:13
LabelColumbia
ProducerDanny Bennett
Tony Bennett chronology
Bennett/Berlin
(1987) 		Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
(1990) 		Perfectly Frank
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Astoria: Portrait of the Artist is a 1990 studio album by Tony Bennett.[3] The title refers to Bennett's birthplace, Astoria, Queens.

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "When Do the Bells Ring for Me?" (Charles DeForest) – 2:58
  2. "I Was Lost, I Was Drifting" (Kim Gannon, Bronisław Kaper) – 3:54
  3. "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" (Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods) – 3:17
  4. "The Girl I Love" ("The Man I Love") (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:17
  5. "It's Like Reaching for the Moon" (Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Gerald Marqusee) – 2:28
  6. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 3:43
  7. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:58
  8. "Antonia" (Jack Segal, Robert Wells) – 3:05
  9. "A Weaver of Dreams"/"There Will Never Be Another You" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young)/(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:42
  10. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:00
  11. "Where Do You Go from Love?" (DeForest) – 3:03
  12. "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:21
  13. "Where Did the Magic Go?" (P.J. Erickson, Buddy Weed) – 4:50
  14. "I've Come Home Again" (DeForest) – 2:32

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Tony Bennett.com
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Astoria: Portrait of the Artist at AllMusic
  3. ^ Wigwag - Page 85 1989 Astoria, then, is a serious piece of work from one of the very few musicians left of the breed who traveled the land over the second half of the twentieth century. With the skill and wisdom gained from a conscientious study of the art of intimate ...
  4. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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