At Last is the seventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The album is a collection of covers of jazz standards, in addition to a cover of a contemporary song re-arranged into a jazz song.[3] The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee" and was co-produced by Lauper with Russ Titelman.[4] The album's longbox was available only at Costco or Sam's Club shops within the first two weeks when it was released.[5] In 2008 Lauper said in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Extra that the album was a special project, with the intervention of the record company and that she does not consider it as a "career album".[6]
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| Released | November 18, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Studio | Livewire Recording, Avatar Studios, Bennett Studios, Right Track Studios, Clinton Recording Studios[1] | |||
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| Length | 50:02 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The album was well received by the public and music critics. AllMusic and Slant Magazine praised the album and gave it three stars out of five.[7][8] The album debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 copies sold in its first week,[9] while the song "Walk On By" S.A.F. hit #10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and the Eddie X Mixes version hit the same chart at #15.[10]
To promote the album, Cyndi headlined VH1 Divas Live 2004 alongside such artists as Patti LaBelle and Debbie Harry, performing "Stay" with Sheila E. on percussion. By 2012, it had sold 276,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "At Last" | Ray Eberle | 2:44 | |
| 2. | "Walk On By" | Dionne Warwick | 4:34 | |
| 3. | "Stay" | Maurice Williams | Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs | 3:14 |
| 4. | "La Vie en Rose" |
| Édith Piaf | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Unchained Melody" | Todd Duncan | 4:27 | |
| 6. | "If You Go Away" | Jacques Brel (English adaptation by Rod McKuen) | Damita Jo | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" |
| Aretha Franklin | 4:40 |
| 8. | "My Baby Just Cares for Me" | Eddie Cantor | 2:37 | |
| 9. | "Makin' Whoopee" (with Tony Bennett) |
| Eddie Cantor | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" |
| Nina Simone | 3:40 |
| 11. | "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" | Smokey Robinson | The Miracles | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Hymn to Love" | (English adaptation by Eddie Constantine) | Édith Piaf | 3:33 |
| 13. | "On the Sunny Side of the Street" | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | 4:08 | |
| Total length: | 49:58 | |||
Personnel
- Russ Titelman - producer
- Cyndi Lauper - producer
- William Wittman - mixing
- Russ Titelman - mixing
- George Fullan - mix assistant
- Steve Gaboury - engineer
- Sharon Tucker - assistant engineer
- Peter Doris - assistant engineer
- Tim Stritmater - assistant engineer
- Brian Dozoretz - assistant engineer
- Jason Finkel - assistant engineer
- Elizabeth Collins - assistant engineer
- Kurt Marks - assistant engineer
- Jill Dell'Abate - production manager, contractor
- Ted Jensen - mastering
- Ryan Smith - mastering
- Lisa Barbaris - management
- David Massey - A&R
- Evan L - A&R coordinator
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[12][13] | 32 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 32 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[14] | 85 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] | 205 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 50 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 124 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[18] | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Internet Albums[19] | 12 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalog |
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| United States[5] | 18 November 2003 | CD | Epic (Sony) | EK 90760 |
| Japan[5] | 27 November 2003 | EICP290 |