Half the Perfect World

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Half the Perfect World
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)
RecordedApril 2006
GenreVocal jazz
Length48:56
LabelRounder/Universal
ProducerLarry Klein
Madeleine Peyroux chronology
Careless Love
(2004)
Half the Perfect World
(2006)
Bare Bones
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[1]
ARTISTdirect.comStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Being There MagazineStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[3]
The GuardianStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[4]
JazzPolice.com(NR)[5]
MojoStarStarStarStarStar[6]
musicOMH.comStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[7]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[8]
inthenews.co.ukStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[9]

Half the Perfect World is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on September 12, 2006. It peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and had sold 218,000 copies in the United States by December 2008.[10]

The album contains four original songs, all of them co-written by Peyroux, and cover versions of songs by Johnny Mercer, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Charlie Chaplin, Serge Gainsbourg, and Leonard Cohen.[1] "I'm All Right," "A Little Bit" and "Once in a While" were released as singles.

David Dye listed the album at number 10 on World Cafe's list of the top 10 CDs of 2006.[11]

Track listing

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  1. "I'm All Right" (Walter Becker, Peyroux, Larry Klein) – 3:27
  2. "The Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) – 3:55
  3. "Blue Alert" (Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas) – 4:10
  4. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) – 5:10
  5. "River" featuring k.d. lang (Joni Mitchell) – 5:19
  6. "A Little Bit" (Jesse Harris, Klein, Peyroux) – 4:02
  7. "Once in a While" (Harris, Klein, Peyroux) – 4:00
  8. "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" (Tom Waits) – 3:27
  9. "Half the Perfect World" (Cohen, Thomas) – 4:21
  10. "La Javanaise" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 4:11
  11. "California Rain" (Harris, Klein, Peyroux) – 2:57
  12. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 3:57

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Half the Perfect World
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[40] Gold 30,000*
Germany (BVMI)[41] 2× Platinum 40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[42] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Gold 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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