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Astoria: Portrait of the Artist

{{Infobox album|

| name = Astoria: Portrait of the Artist

| type = studio

| artist = Tony Bennett

| cover = TonyBennettAstoria.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 27, 1990[https://tonybennett.com/media.php?ty=album&tb=25 Tony Bennett.com]

| recorded = May 16–18, 1989

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 47:13

| label = Columbia

| producer = Danny Bennett

| prev_title = Bennett/Berlin

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Perfectly Frank

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r24294|first=William|last=Ruhlmann}}

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

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.{{cite web |title=The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-collection-mw0002217006 |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}

Track listing

  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

References

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Category:1990 albums

Category:Tony Bennett albums

Category:Columbia Records albums