I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore
{{Infobox album
| name = I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore
| type = studio
| artist = Nat King Cole
| cover = I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = January 14–May 5, 27, 1964
| venue =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 29:54
| label = Capitol
| producer = Lee Gillette
| chronology = Nat King Cole
| prev_title = Let's Face the Music!
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = L-O-V-E
| next_year = 1965
}}
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore is a 1964 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=i-dont-want-to-be-hurt-anymore-r24805|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore|access-date=February 28, 2011}} The album reached #18 on Billboards Top LP chart. I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore b/w People was released on Capitol 5155 in 1964, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #22 and #100, respectively. I Don't Want to See Tomorrow b/w L-O-V-E peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 19, 1964 on Capitol 5261. The B-side peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 26, 1964.{{cite web|title= Nat King Cole – I Don't Want To See Tomorrow / L-O-V-E|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nat-King-Cole-I-Dont-Want-To-See-Tomorrow-L-O-V-E/release/1471233|access-date=January 31, 2017|publisher=Discogs}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=336 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/336/mode/2up |accessdate=5 May 2025}}
}}
The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album three stars, and said it "suffered from a lack of strong material and arrangements...with the sad sentiments undercut by relatively quick tempos and a perky backup chorus"
Track listing
- "I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore" - 2:29
- "You're Crying On My Shoulder" (Sidney Lippman, Fred Wise) - 2:22
- "Only Yesterday" (Hoagy Carmichael, Bretha Scott) - 2:59
- "I'm Alone Because I Love You" (Ned Miller, Ira Schuster, Al Young) - 1:37
- "Don't You Remember" - 1:57
- "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young) - 2:49
- "I Don't Want to See Tomorrow" (Lenwood Morris, Bernie Wayne) - 2:36
- "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" (Oakley Haddleman, C. Watts) - 2:46
- "Was That the Human Thing to Do" (Sammy Fain, Joe Young) - 2:46
- "Go If You're Going" (James P. Johnson) - 2:25
- "Road to Nowhere" (Robert Ecton) - 3:07
- "All Cried Out" - 2:01
Personnel
References
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Category:Capitol Records albums