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2 | [[caption-width-right:349:''After Hours'']] |
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4 | ''After Hours'' is a 1961 album by American {{jazz}} vocalist Music/SarahVaughan. The album was released in 1961, while Vaughan was under contract to Roulette Records. ''After Hours'' is notable for its bare-bones arrangements. Vaughan, guitarist Mundell Lowe and standup bassist George Duvivier are the only musicians on the album. |
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6 | In 2001 Creator/{{NPR}} included ''After Hours'' in their Basic Jazz Record Library. |
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8 | !!Tracklist |
9 | # "My Favorite Things" - 2:46 |
10 | # "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - 2:26 |
11 | # "Wonder Why" - 4:21 |
12 | # "You'd Be So Easy to Love" - 2:12 |
13 | # "Sophisticated Lady" - 3:52 |
14 | # "Great Day" - 2:18 |
15 | # "Ill Wind" - 3:13 |
16 | # "If Love Is Good to Me" - 2:12 |
17 | # "In a Sentimental Mood" - 4:06 |
18 | # "Vanity" - 4:19 |
19 | # "Through the Years" - 3:09 |
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21 | !! Ev'ry time we trope goodbye: |
22 | * AlliterativeTitle: "'''W'''onder '''W'''hy" |
23 | * BeneathTheMask: "Vanity" |
24 | -->''They call it vanity because I'd rather be''\ |
25 | ''All by myself instead of laughing with the crowd''\ |
26 | ''If I don't care to be part of their gaiety''\ |
27 | ''They often say to me, "Don't be so proud"''\ |
28 | ''But how are they to know''\ |
29 | ''I'm looking high and low''\ |
30 | ''For love that used to be my own''\ |
31 | ''I never even glance''\ |
32 | ''When offered new romance''\ |
33 | ''I can't because I'm yours alone.'' |
34 | * CoverVersion: A given, since this is a standards album. "My Favorite Things" is from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', for one. |
35 | * FaceFramedInShadow: The spotlight on the cover leaves a good part of Sassy's face in shadow. |
36 | * FaceOnTheCover: A dramatically lit Sassy singing into the microphone. |
37 | * GospelMusic: "Great Day" has elements of this, and the lyrics mention the angel Gabriel. |
38 | * GrayRainOfDepression: "Ill Wind". |
39 | -->''Go ill wind, go away, skies are oh, so gray''\ |
40 | ''Around my neighborhood and that's no good.'' |
41 | * ListSong: "My Favorite Things" is a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the obvious]]. |
42 | * {{Minimalism}}: As mentioned above, this is jazz reduced to only voice and two instruments. |
43 | * MotherNature: Gets a mention on "If Love Is Good to Me" |
44 | * OneWomanSong: "Sophisticated Lady" |
45 | * OneWordTitle: "Vanity" |
46 | * PepTalkSong: "Great Day". |
47 | -->''When you’re down and out''\ |
48 | ''Lift up your head and shout''\ |
49 | ''There’s gonna be a great day.'' |
50 | * SomethingAboutARose: "In a Sentimental Mood". |
51 | -->''Rose petals seem to fall''\ |
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