Careless Love is the third studio album by American singer Madeleine Peyroux, released on September 14, 2004, by Rounder Records. The songs are cover versions except for "Don't Wait Too Long", which Peyroux co-wrote with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. A deluxe version of the album, released in 2021, included a second CD (or two LPs) featuring previously unreleased live recordings of all but one of the original tracks plus three additional songs, as performed at the Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival on July 15, 2005.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar Dean Parks – guitars Larry Goldings – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Estey Organ, Hammond organ, celeste David Piltch – double bass Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion Lee Thornburg – trumpet (tracks 6 and 12) Scott Amendola – brushes (track 10)
Technical Production coordinator – Cindi Peters Design – Steven Jurgensmeyer Assistant Engineer – Nicolas Fournier, Ricky Chao Mixing – Helik Hadar Management – American International Artists Mastering – Bernie Grundman Photography – Andrew MacNaughtan Producer – Larry Klein
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2005–2006) Peakposition Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 3 Greek Albums (IFPI) 16 Swedish Jazz Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 1 US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard) 2
Year-end charts + 2005 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2005) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 70 French Albums (SNEP) 121 UK Albums (OCC) 82 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) 3
+ 2006 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2006) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 9 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) 12
+ 2007 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2007) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 9
+ 2008 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2008) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 17
+ 2009 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2009) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 29
+ 2010 year-end chart performance for Careless Love Chart (2010) Position Australian Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA) 45
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