My One and Only Thrill

Keeping the dark piano jazz style, the album incorporates several elements of samba and Brazilian music, which Gardot considers major influences. Regarding the slightly quiet and always smooth sound, she was quoted saying that, because of her health problems, not many instruments could be used. She added that it was a very logical process. The album is mainly sung in English, except for the French-language track "Les étoiles" ("The Stars"). ==Critical reception==

My One and Only Thrill received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews. AllMusic remarked that "These are slight, subtle progressions but what impresses is how thoroughly My One and Only Thrill lives up to the promise of her debut, offering another album that is as enchanting in its sound as it is in its substance", awarding the album with four out of five stars. The Times gave the album four out of five stars and described it as "an exceptional album and anyone who thought the great age of the torch singer was long over should lend an ear". Ian Patterson writing for All About Jazz added, "Gardot blurs the line between the beauty and pain of loving; hope and hopelessness are thinly disguised mirror images, and romance can be something as elusive as mist, but yet something powerful and all consuming. These songs are poems of beautiful and affecting simplicity, and they leave a taste that is wonderfully bitter sweet." Will Layman of PopMatters observed, "Melody Gardot is singer with a great sound -- intimate rather than overblown, tinged with smoke rather than hype, a retro-ish kind of now. My One and Only Thrill is a quiet, blue-tinged collection of ten original songs and one choice cover. It is a sophisticated, jazz-steeped pop record..." ==Commercial performance==

My One and Only Thrill debuted at number 42 on the US Billboard 200 with 11,000 copies sold in its first week, earning Gardot her highest-peaking album on the chart (until The Absence reached number 33 in 2012), as well as her best sales week. The album debuted at number 40 on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending March 28, 2009, eventually peaking at number 12 in late May 2009. ==Track listing==

• Melody Gardot – guitar, piano, vocals • Gary Foster – alto saxophone • Bryan Rogers – tenor saxophone, backing vocals • Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ • Patrick Hughes – trumpet, backing vocals • Andy Martin – trombone • Behn Gillece – vibraphone • Nico Abondolo – double bass • Drew Dembowski – double bass • Larry Klein – bass guitar, backing vocals • Ken Pendergast – bass guitar, backing vocals • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums • Charlie Patierno – drums, backing vocals • Paulinho da Costa – percussion Strings • Harp – Amy Shulma, Marcia Dickstein • Cello – Ira Glansheek, Christina Soule, Cecilia Tsan, Larry Corbett • Violin – Joel Derouin, Roberto Cani, Audrey Solomon, Darius Campo, Kevin Connolly, Katia Popov, Liane Mautner, Miran Kojian, Natalie Leggett, Robin Olson, Irina Voloshina • Viola – Dave Walther, Roland Kato, Alma Fernandez, Samuel Formicola, Jody Rubin Production • Larry Klein – producer • Helix Hadar – engineer • Al Schmitt – mixing • Steve Genewick – mixing ==Charts==

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