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After the Lights Go Down Low (album)

After the Lights Go Down Low is an album by vocalist Al Hibbler, released by the Atlantic label in 1957.[1] The album contains tracks that were recorded between 1950 and 1956, with several being released on the Original and Atlantic labels as singles.[2]

After the Lights Go Down Low
Compilation album by
Al Hibbler
Released1957
RecordedApril 19 and October 25, 1950, June 27, 1951 and 1956
NYC
GenreVocal jazz
Length40:20
LabelAtlantic
SD 1251
Al Hibbler chronology
Starring Al Hibbler
(1956) 		After the Lights Go Down Low
(1957) 		Here's Hibbler!
(1957)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [5]

AllMusic's Arwulf stated that "anyone else putting on such a show would run the risk of sounding foolish, Hibbler had so much class mingled with chutzpah that each performance feels like something from an impossible or imaginary jazz/lieder recital."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "After the Lights Go Down Low" (Leroy Lovett, Allen White) – 3:14
  2. "You Will Be Mine" (Al Sears) – 3:14
  3. "Dedicated to You" (Lovett, White) – 2:41
  4. "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) – 2:23
  5. "Tell Me" (Lovett) – 3:00
  6. "Trav'lin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young, Johnny Mercer) – 2:30
  7. "Autumn Winds" (S. Gerwitz) – 3:16
  8. "This Is Always" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 2:54
  9. "Now I Lay Me Down to Dream" (Eddy Howard, Ted Fio Rito) – 3:15
  10. "If I Knew You Were There" (Joe Bushkin, Milton Berle, Buddy Arnold) – 3:06
  11. "I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You" (Hughie Clark, Ross Parker) – 3:12
  12. "The Blues Came Falling Down" (Traditional) – 2:46
  13. "Danny Boy" (Traditional) – 2:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded in New York City on April 19, 1950 (tracks 3, 4, 10 & 13), October 25, 1950 (tracks 6, 12 & 14), June 27, 1951 (tracks 8, 9 & 11) and late 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 14, 2015
  2. ^ Al Hibbler discography accessed September 14, 2015
  3. ^ a b arwulf, arwulf. After the Lights Go Down Low – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 274–275.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 319.
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