Where Did Everyone Go?


Where Did Everyone Go? is a 1963 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. This was the fourth and final album that Cole and Jenkins recorded together, following Love Is the Thing, The [Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album)|The Very Thought of You] and Every Time [I Feel the Spirit (album)|Every Time I Feel the Spirit].
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 25, 1963, and remained on the chart for six weeks, peaking at number 68. It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 27, 1963, and remained on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at number 75.

Reception

The initial Billboard review from April 13, 1963 commented that "Here he is in a superb collection of ballad tunes, many of them in a lonesome, blue mood, with standout backing provided by Gordon Jenkins...Great mood wax for buyers and spinners".
The Allmusic review of Where Did Everyone Go? by Lindsay Planer said "there is a perceptible poignancy and longing weaved throughout Jenkins' arrangements. The opener "Where Did Everyone Go?" possesses a solitude accentuated by responsive instrumentation that supports, yet never intrudes. Cole's practically conversational delivery of pop standards...become musical soliloquies with the score as a sonic subtext."

Track listing

  1. "Where Did Everyone Go?" – 4:35
  2. "Say It Isn't So" – 3:06
  3. "If Love Ain't There" – 3:10
  4. "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When [the World Was Young]" – 4:01
  5. "Am I Blue" – 3:01
  6. "Someone to Tell It To" – 3:16
  7. "The End of a Love Affair" – 3:10
  8. "I Keep Going Back to Joe's" – 2:38
  9. "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" – 2:47
  10. "No, I Don't Want Her" – 3:03
  11. "Spring Is Here" – 2:34
  12. "That's All There Is " – 2:42

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