''Careless Love'' is the third studio album by American singer

Madeleine Peyroux Madeleine Peyroux (born April 19, 1974) is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album ''Carele ...

, released on September 14, 2004, by

Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by A ...

. The songs are

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s except for "

Don't Wait Too Long "Don't Wait Too Long" is the only original track from Madeleine Peyroux's second solo album ''Careless Love'' and it was written by Peyroux herself, Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. The song was released as a single, so Rounder Records made an EP, ...

", which Peyroux co-wrote with

Jesse Harris Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin sister were born i ...

and

Larry Klein Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Way ...

. 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

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los A ...

– guitars *

Larry Goldings Lawrence Sam Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and jazz fusion, fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner. Life and career Golding ...

– piano,

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Estey Organ The Estey Organ Company was an Organ (music), organ manufacturer based in Brattleboro, Vermont, founded in 1852 by #Jacob Estey, Jacob Estey. At its peak, the company was one of the world's largest organ manufacturers, employed about 700 people, a ...

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, celeste *

David Piltch David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician. Biography Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the la ...

– double bass *

Jay Bellerose Jay Bellerose is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Biography Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended ...

– 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 –

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Albums produced by Larry Klein Madeleine Peyroux albums Rounder Records albums