Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V

2010 studio album by Rod Stewart

Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V is the fifth title in Rod Stewart`s series of covers of pop standards, released on 19 October 2010, and his 26th studio album overall. It has sold 363,000 copies as of October 2012.[4]

Track listing

1. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
2. "Beyond the Sea" (Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet) – 3:25
3. "I`ve Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:50
4. "What a Difference a Day Makes" (Stanley Adams, María Grever) – 3:21
5. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 3:32
6. "I`ve Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:52
7. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:07
8. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:37
9. "September in the Rain" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:55
10. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:45
11. "Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:56
12. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) – 2:48

Limited edition bonus CD

1. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 4:09
2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:09
3. "She`s Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:23
4. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:29
5. "Ain`t Misbehavin`" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:48
6. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Young) – 3:45

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals (11)
• Joe Sample – acoustic piano (1, 7)
• Mike Thompson – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 10, 12), synth strings (11), accordion (12), arrangements
• Alex Navarro – synth strings (1–10, 12), acoustic piano (3, 8), vibraphone solo (9)
• Larry Goldings – additional synth strings (3), acoustic piano (11)
• Nick Sample – additional synth strings (4)
• Alicia Morgan – synth strings (7, 12)
• Doug Lloyd – organ (7)
• Larry Koonse – guitars (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
• Aaron Kaplan – guitars (3, 5, 8, 11)
• Reggie McBride – bass (1, 2)
• Chris Golden – bass (5, 6, 11), double bass (3)
• Trey Henry – bass (4, 7, 9, 10, 12)
• Joel Hamilton – bass (8)
• John Ferraro – drums (1–12)
• Kalani Das – percussion (1)
• Doug Webb – tenor sax solo (1–3), "stritch" sax solo (5), flute solo (6), tenor saxophone (7, 11), "stritch" saxophone (9), flute (9, 10), clarinet (11), additional horn arrangements
• Andrew Lippman – trombone solo (2)
• Lee Thornburg – brass parts (3, 9), trumpet solo (4), trombone solo (6), flugelhorn solo (8), flugelhorn (10), additional horn arrangements
• Tom Evans – clarinet (11)
• Adrian Woods – cello (3, 6)
• Clive Davis – arrangements
• Richard Perry – arrangements
• Mike Navarro – synth string arrangements
• Alan Broadbent – live string arrangements
• Lauren Wild – backing vocals (1, 5, 7–9, 11, 12), arrangements, BGV arrangements
• Angela Michael – backing vocals (7, 9, 11, 12)
• Natasha Pierce – backing vocals (7)
• Jeffrey Purrough – backing vocals (7)

Credits (bonus tracks 1–6)

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals
• Mike Thompson – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4–6), synth strings (6)
• Alex Navarro – synth strings (1–3, 5), acoustic piano (3), vibraphone solo (5)
• Aaron Kaplan – guitars (1–4, 6)
• Larry Koonse – guitars (1, 5)
• Trey Henry – bass (1, 2, 5)
• Chris Golden – bass (4, 6)
• Reggie McBride – double bass (3)
• John Ferraro – drums
• Kalani Das – percussion (1)
• Doug Webb – clarinet solo (1), tenor sax solo (3, 6), tenor saxophone (4), clarinet (4), flute (4)
• Lee Thornburg – trumpet solo (2, 3)
• Ariana Hall – backing vocals (1)
• Anita Pointer – backing vocals (1)
• Lauren Wild – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Angela Michael – backing vocals (1, 4)

Production

• Producer – Richard Perry
• Co-Producers – Clive Davis, Rod Stewart and Lauren Wild.
• Recorded by Carter William Humphrey and Jeffrey Purrough
• Additional Engineering and ProTools – Rob Gaudet, Bobby Ginsburg, Paul Meyer, Todd Steinhauer and Seth Waldmann.
• Mixed by Richard Perry and Jeffrey Purrough
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Josh Cheuse
• Photography – Ketil Dietrichson and Mark Seliger
• Liner Notes – Rod Stewart and Arnold Stiefel
• Management – Arnold Stiefel for Stiefel Entertainment.
• Project Manager – Lotus Donovan for Stiefel Entertainment.
• Assistant Production Manager – Ben McCarthy
• Legal – Alan Grubman and Barry Tyerman

Reception

"I was looking forward to hearing Rod [Stewart]`s records of standards. I thought if anybody could bring something different to these songs, Rod certainly could. But the records were disappointing. Rod`s a great singer, but there`s no point putting a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I`m not going to knock anybody`s right to make a living, but you can always tell if somebody`s heart and soul is into something, and I didn`t think Rod was into it in that way. It sounds like so many records where the vocals are overdubbed, and these kind of songs don`t come off well if you use modern recording techniques." - Bob Dylan, 2015[5]

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