Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 5

by Rod Stewart

Overview

Rod Stewart has been mining the Great American Songbook for the better part of a decade, so it would only make sense that he would get a little bit better as time goes by. And, by some stroke of fate, Fly Me to the Moon -- the fifth installment in this never-ending series and first since 2005, as Rod spent the back half of the 2000s taking songbook detours into rock and soul -- is Stewart's best album in the entire series. Some credit must be due to producer Richard Perry, who returns to the project after a few records off, but what distinguishes Fly Me to the Moon isn't precision but relaxation. Rod is cool and loose, comfortable with the contours of these standards, which he should be after singing them for ten years. Standards still may not be suited for Stewart's particular gifts -- unlike the rock and R&B numbers of his early years, he has absolutely no interest in rearranging the tunes or doing something unexpected with them, so he simply wraps his soulful rasp around them, sometimes sounding too ragged for the surroundings -- but he knows how to make his flaws work in his favor. He sounds like he's having fun swinging through the tunes everybody knows by heart, and that's the difference on an album that's otherwise interchangeable with what came before: usually, the Great American Songbooks sound obligatory, but here there's enough spirit coming from Rod to make this the best album in the series. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2024
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262035157
Rank:	172921

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rod Stewart   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Adrian Woods   Cello
Larry Koontz   Guitar
Tom Evans   Clarinet
Doug Webb   Stritch,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Flute,Soloist
Reggie McBride   Bass
Trey Henry   Bass
Lauren Wild   Vocals (Background)
Alex Navarro   Synthesizer Strings,Piano,Soloist,Vibraphone
Anita Pointer   Vocals (Background)
Aaron Kaplan   Guitar
Andrew Lippman   Soloist,Trombone
Ariana Hall   Vocals (Background)
Doug Lloyd   Organ
Joel Hamilton   Bass
Jeff Phurrough   Vocals (Background)
Mike Thompson   Piano,Accordion,Synthesizer Strings
Natasha Pearce   Vocals (Background)
Alicia Morgan   Synthesizer Strings
Angela Michael   Vocals (Background)
Larry Goldings   Piano,Synthesizer Strings
John Ferraro   Drums
Chris Golden   Bass
Kalani   Percussion
Joe Sample   Piano
Lee Thornburg   Brass,Soloist,Trumpet,Trombone,Flugelhorn
Nick Sample   Synthesizer Strings

Technical Credits

Paul Meyer   Pro-Tools,Engineer
John Merder   Composer
Jamie Leffler   Assistant
Victor Your   Composer
Johnny Merder   Composer
Doug Webb   Horn Arrangements
Ray Henderson   Composer
Alan Broadbent   String Arrangements
Harry Brooks   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Gerald Marks   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Carter William Humphrey   Engineer,String Arrangements
Seth Waldmann   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Lauren Wild   Arranger,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Stanley Adams   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Bart Howard   Composer
Todd Steinhauer   Engineer,Pro-Tools
David Cox   Grooming
Jeff Phurrough   Mixing,Engineer,String Arrangements
Ted Koehler   Composer
Bobby Ginsburg   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Lotus Donovan   Project Manager
Maria Grever   Composer
Annie Psaltiras   Stylist
Ben McCarthy   Production Assistant
Zoe Karatzaferis   Executive Assistant
Mike Thompson   Arranger
Josh Cheuse   Design,Art Direction
Mark Seliger   Photography
Seymour Simons   Composer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Andy Razaf   Composer
Rob Gaudet   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Harold Arlen   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Richard Perry   Mixing,Arranger,Producer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Charles Trenet   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Rod Stewart   Producer
Ned Washington   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Clive Davis   Producer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Lee Thornburg   Horn Arrangements
Alex Navarro   Arranger