I Wanna Be Around...


I Wanna Be Around... is a studio album by American singer Tony Bennett. released on February 18, 1963 by Columbia Records, it was produced by Ernie Altschuler.
The album debuted on the [Billboard 200|Billboard Top LPs] chart in the issue dated April 6, 1963, and remained on the album chart for 44 weeks, peaking at number five. it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated March 16, 1963, and remained on the chart for in a total of 63 weeks, peaking at number two.
Two singles from the album, "I [Wanna Be Around]" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated January 12, 1963, peaking at number 14 during its 16-week run. number five on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its 16-weeks there. and number 15 on the Cashbox singles chart during its 16 weeks there. "The [Good Life (1962 song)|The Good Life]", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated May 11, 1963, peaking at number 14 during its 16-week run. number seven on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its ten-weeks there. number 25 on the Cashbox singles chart during its eleven weeks there. and number 27 in the UK during a 13-week stay.
The album was released on compact disc by Columbia Records in 1995 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Bennett's 1962 breakthrough studio album, I Left [My Heart in San Francisco (album)|I Left My Heart in San Francisco]. On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.

Reception

Billboard mentions "He sings 'em all with the great heart ad warmth"
Cashbox felt there are "some expressive and feelingful Bennett readings of a host of choice new and old tunes with some pulsating backing by the Ralph Sharon Trio."
Variety notes "Bennett gives each song substance with his dramatic balladeering helped on occasion by The Ralph Sharon Trio and always by the orch and arranging supplied by Mark Manning"
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said "there were also some excellent arrangements, including a percussion-and-flute reading of "Let's Face the Music and Dance" that echoed the Beat of My Heart album and a nod to the South American trend with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights."

Track listing

  1. "The Good Life" – 2:15
  2. "If I Love Again" – 3:19
  3. "I Wanna Be Around" – 2:11
  4. "I've [Got Your Number (Cy Coleman song)|I've Got Your Number]" – 1:45
  5. "Until I Met You" – 2:57
  6. "Let's Face [the Music and Dance]" – 2:52
  7. "Once Upon a Summertime" – 2:00
  8. "If You Were Mine" – 2:15
  9. "I Will Live My Life for You" – 2:26
  10. "Someone to Love" – 1:58
  11. "It Was Me" – 3:04
  12. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" – 3:16
Bonus tracks on CD reissue :
  2. "Autumn in Rome" – 2:15
  3. "The Way That I Feel" – 2:55
  4. "The Moment of Truth" – 2:14
  5. "Got Her Off My Hands " – 2:00
  6. "Long About Now" – 2:44
  7. "Young and Foolish" – 3:22
  8. "Tricks" – 1:48
Recorded March 16, 1962, October 19, 1962, December 19, 1962, April 22, 1963, April 24, 1963, April 26, 1963

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