Judy in Love is a studio album by Judy Garland released on November 3, 1958, by Capitol Records. The album was conceived as a contrast to the sad themes of her previous album, Alone, with Nelson Riddle providing arrangements that move between swing, slow ballads, and Latin-influenced rhythms, while reworking standards like "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love". The repertoire, largely drawn from pre-1940 songs, including several by Cole Porter, is presented with a degree of emotional distance, reframing themes of infatuation as expressions of mature passion suited to Garland's stage in life.[1] The LP was her first to be recorded in stereo.[2]
Critical reception
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Cash Box described the album as "a Judy Garland effort that's a natural sales plum", praising her "positive vocals on love" delivered with "artful buoyancy and touching tenderness".[3] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic called it "a gem", and highlighted how it recontextualizes classic love songs into expressions of "mature passion".[1]
Track listing
Judy in Love| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" | James F. Hanley | 3:39 |
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| 2. | "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 4:39 |
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| 3. | "This Is It" | Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz | 2:18 |
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| 4. | "More Than You Know" | Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans | 3:19 |
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| 5. | "I Am Loved" | Cole Porter | 3:14 |
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| 6. | "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" | Ray Noble | 3:32 |
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| 7. | "I Concentrate on You" | Cole Porter | 3:22 |
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| 8. | "(I'm) Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds | 2:44 |
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| 9. | "Do I Love You?" | Cole Porter | 3:15 |
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| 10. | "Do It Again" | Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin | 2:38 |
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| 11. | "Day In, Day Out" | Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer | 3:54 |
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Personnel
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