1991 studio album by Natalie Cole
Unforgettable... with Love , also known as simply Unforgettable , is a 1991 album by American singer Natalie Cole . Released on June 11, 1991, the album includes covers of standards previously performed by her father, Nat King Cole . It was also her debut for Elektra Records , after being given her release from EMI Records.
Background [ edit ]
The record was very successful in the pop, jazz, and R&B markets and was considered the major comeback recording that had been brewing since Cole's late 1980s releases. The album was certified 7× platinum as of 2009 by the RIAA . The album won the 1992 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered – Non-Classical , while the track "Unforgettable " (duet with her father Nat King Cole ) won four additional Grammys: Record of the Year , Traditional Pop Vocal Performance , Song of the Year and Arrangement Accompanying Vocals . The album also won Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female the same year.
Two albums prior to this one (1987's Everlasting and 1989's Good to Be Back ) also moved to Elektra after Cole signed with the label. Her uncle Ike Cole plays piano on the album.
As of 2016 the album has sold 6.2 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen Music.[4]
Track listing [ edit ]
"The Very Thought of You " – 4:15
"Paper Moon " – 3:24
"Route 66 " – 3:00
"Mona Lisa " – 3:45
"L-O-V-E " – 2:32
"This Can't Be Love " – 2:13
"Smile " – 3:37
"Lush Life " – 4:20
"That Sunday That Summer " – 3:31
"Orange Colored Sky " – 2:26
Medley: "For Sentimental Reasons "/"Tenderly "/"Autumn Leaves " – 7:26
"Straighten Up and Fly Right " – 2:40
"Avalon " – 1:51
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore " – 2:34
"Too Young " – 4:32
"Nature Boy " – 3:23
"Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup " – 3:24
"Almost Like Being in Love " – 2:11
"Thou Swell " – 1:50
"Non Dimenticar " – 2:56
"Our Love Is Here to Stay " – 3:28
"Unforgettable " (duet with Nat King Cole ) – 3:29
"At Last " – 3:32†
"A Cottage for Sale " – 2:42†
† Bonus tracks on 2022 30th Anniversary Edition (single B sides)
Personnel [ edit ]
Adapted from AllMusic.[5]
Murray Adler – violin
Anas Alaf – assistant engineer, engineer
Monty Alexander – piano
Israel Baker – violin
Marilyn Baker – violin
Rick Baptist – trumpet
Kevin Becka – assistant engineer, engineer
Arnold Belnick – violin
Pete Beltran – trombone
Dixie Blackstone – violin
Ray Blair – assistant engineer, engineer
Samuel Boghossian – viola
George Bohanon – trombone
Tom Boyd – oboe
Jacqueline Brand – violin
Oscar Brashear – trumpet
Alan Broadbent – celeste, piano
Ray Brown – arranger, bass
Terry Brown – assistant engineer, engineer
John Bruno – assistant engineer, engineer
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Denyse Buffum – viola
Larry Bunker – percussion
Jodi Burnett – cello
Ralph Burns – arranger
Kenneth Burward-hoy – viola
Darius Campo – violin
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Stuart Canin – violin
Maurice Cevrero – copyist
Lily Ho Chen – violin
John Chiodini – guitar
Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone, saxophone, woodwind
Gene Cipriano – oboe, woodwind
John Clayton – bass, string bass
Pat Coil – synthesizer
Brad Cole – piano
Ike Cole – piano
Natalie Cole – arranger, vocal arrangement, vocals
John Collins – guitar
Antony Cooke – cello
Ronald Cooper – cello
Jim Cowger – copyist
Gail Cruz – violin
Peter Darmi – engineer
Isabelle Daskoff – violin
Donna Davidson – background vocals
Charlie Davis – trumpet
Vincent DeRosa – French horn
Chuck Domanico – bass, string bass
Bonnie Douglas – violin
Assa Drori – violin
David Duke – French horn
Bruce Dukov – violin
Bob Efford – baritone saxophone
Stephen Erdody – cello
Joseph Estren – copyist
Pavel Farkas – violin
Henry Ferber – violin
Michael Ferril – violin
Elizabeth Finch – copyist
Chuck Findley – trumpet
André Fischer – arranger, producer
Clare Fischer – arranger, piano, rhythm arrangements
Ronald Folsom – violin
David Foster – producer
Gary Foster – flute, alto saxophone, woodwind
William Francis – copyist
Jack Furlong – copyist
Armen Garabedian – violin
Berj Garabedian – violin
Tom Garvin – synthesizer
James Getzoff – violin
Julie Gigante – violin
Harris Goldman – violin
Pamela Goldsmith – viola
Ron Gorow – copyist
Endre Granat – violin
Gary Grant – trumpet
Thurman Green – trombone
Susan Greenberg – flute
Ralph Grierson – synthesizer
Sol Gubin – drums
Debbie Hall – background vocals
Larry Hall – trumpet
Diana Halprin – violin
Jeff Hamilton – drums
Clayton Haslop – violin
Fred Hayman – clothing/wardrobe, wardrobe
Dan Higgins – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Paula Hochhalter – cello
Bill Holman – arranger
Steve Huffsteter – trumpet
Jim Hughart – bass
Bill Hughes – copyist
George Hurrell – photography
John Johnson – tuba
John Thomas Johnson – tuba
Marilyn L. Johnson – French horn
Thomas "Snake" Johnson – trombone
Harold Jones – drums
Jeffrey Jones – copyist
Karen Jones – violin
Jerry Jordan – assistant engineer, engineer
Nathan Kaproff – violin
Anne Karam – cello
Dennis Karmazyn – cello
Armand Karpoff – cello
Suzie Katayama – copyist
Roland Kato – viola
Kerry Katz – background vocals
Randy Kerber – synthesizer
Myra Kestenbaum – viola
Katie Kirkpatrick – harp
Ezra Kliger – violin
Armen Ksadjikian – cello
Steve Kujala – woodwind
Bernard Kundell – violin
Michael Lang – piano
Ronnie Lang – woodwind
Ronald Langinger – flute
Tim Lauber – assistant engineer, engineer
Michel Legrand – arranger, orchestral arrangements
Pierre Leloup – linguist
Kathleen Lenski – violin
Brian Leonard – violin
Gayle Levant – harp
Berwyn Linton – copyist
Tommy LiPuma – producer, rhythm arrangements
Rich Logan – background vocals
Randy Long – assistant engineer, engineer
Charles Loper – trombone
Warren Luening – trumpet
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Johnny Mandel – adaptation, arranger, orchestral arrangements
Rene Mandel – violin
Edith Markman – violin
Michael Markman – violin
Margaret Maryatt – copyist
Yoko Matsuda – violin
Donald McInnes – viola
Mike Melvoin – piano
Don Menza – tenor saxophone
Gene Merlino – background vocals
Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
Deborah Mitchell – copyist
Richard Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Rick Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
Ralph Morrison III – violin
Carole Mukogawa – viola
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash – trombone
Buell Neidlinger – string bass
Dan Neufeld – viola
Irma Neumann – violin
David "Fathead" Newman – guest artist, tenor saxophone
Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone, woodwind
Mike Nowack – viola
Brian O'Connor – French horn
Nils Oliver – cello
Sid Page – violin
Marty Paich – arranger, orchestral arrangements, rhythm arrangements
Cecille Parker – stylist
Doyle Partners – design
John Patitucci – bass
Bruce Paulson – trombone
Bill Perkins – alto saxophone
John Pisano – guitar
Kazi Pitelka – viola
Stanley Plummer – violin
Barbara Porter – violin
Tara Posey – make-up
Jack Redmond – trombone
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
Dave Reitzas – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing, mixing assistant
Dorothy Remsen – harp
Chris Rich – assistant engineer, engineer
Nelson Riddle – arranger
Marnie Riley – assistant engineer, engineer
Rail Jon Rogut – assistant engineer, engineer
Anatoly Rosinsky – violin
Daniel Rothmuller – cello
Doug Saks – mastering
Joe Sample – guest artist, piano
Myron Sandler – viola
Al Schmitt – engineer, mixing
Frederick Seykora – cello
Sid Sharp – violin
Don Shelton – background vocals
Harry Shirinian – viola
Haim Shtrum – violin
Paul Shure – violin
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Nolan Andrew Smith – trumpet
Valerie Smith – linguist
Armin Steiner – engineer
Sally Stevens – background vocals
Susan Stevens – background vocals
David Stockhammer – viola
Sheridon Stokes – woodwind
Robert Stone – string bass
Margaret Storer – string bass
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Frank Szabo – trumpet
James Thatcher – French horn
Milton Thomas – viola
Raymond Tischer – viola, violin
Richard Todd – French horn
Roy Trakin – liner notes
Alexander Treger – violin
Bob Tricarico – baritone saxophone
Mari Tsumura-botnick – violin
Louise di Tullio – flute, woodwind
Jo Ann Turovsky – harp
Alan de Veritch – viola
Gerald Vinci – violin
Al Viola – guitar
Dorothy Wade – violin
Brad Wanaar – French horn
Miwako Watanabe – violin
Dave Weckl – drums
Michelle Winding – assistant, assistant producer
Rick Winquest – assistant engineer, engineer
Joey Wolpert – engineer
Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – engineer
Woody Woodruff – engineer
Ken Yerke – violin
Janet Zeitoun – hair stylist
Weekly charts [ edit ]
Year-end charts [ edit ]
Decade-end charts [ edit ]
Certifications and sales [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ AllMusic review
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
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^ "Swisscharts.com – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable - With Love" . Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1991" . Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 28, 2021 .
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1991" . Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved February 12, 2022 .
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991" . Billboard . Retrieved January 28, 2021 .
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991" . Billboard . Retrieved January 28, 2021 .
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992" . Billboard . Retrieved August 3, 2021 .
^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . Billboard . Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association .
^ "Brazilian album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil .
^ "Canadian album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" . Music Canada .
^ J. R. Reynolds (August 31, 1996). "Future Bright For Cole's "Star Dust" " . Billboard . No. 28. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ Pozzi, Gloria (April 26, 1992). "Natalie: "Sogno Pompei" " . Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved April 20, 2021 . Il suo disco - Unforgetabble e piaciuto moltissimo ai fan nostrani e ha venduto oltre 200 mila copie.
^ "Italian album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Unforgettable" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
^ "Japanese album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved 12 June 2019 . Select 1994年5月 on the drop-down menu
^ "Dutch album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved December 21, 2018 . Enter Unforgettable in the "Artiest of titel" box.
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^ "British album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettables" . British Phonographic Industry .
^ David, Barry (February 8, 2003). "Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Eminem and Janet Top All Time Sellers" . Music Industry News Network . Archived from the original on September 25, 2015.
^ "American album certifications – Natalie Cole – Unforgettable" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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