Bittersweet (Carmen McRae album)

Bittersweet is a studio album by American singer Carmen McRae, released in 1964 on producer Mort Feghi's independent label Focus Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. The album received critical acclaim.

Track listing

1. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 3:50
2. "How Did He Look?" (Gladys Shelley, Abner Silver) – 3:08
3. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:36
4. "The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 2:49
5. "If You Could Love Me" (Norman Simmons) – 2:08
6. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:21
7. "Second Chance" (Dory Langdon, André Previn) – 3:37
8. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 2:52
9. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 2:44
10. "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) – 3:23
11. "Ghost of Yesterday" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 3:09
12. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 2:53
13. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 2:40

Personnel

• Carmen McRae – vocals, piano (10)
• Victor Sproles – bass
• Curtis Boyd – drums
• Tom Dowd – engineer
• Mundell Lowe – guitar
• Norman Simmons – piano
• Mort Fega – producer

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

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