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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Splendor in the Grass |
| name = Splendor in the Grass
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = Album
Artist = [[Pink Martini]] |
| artist = [[Pink Martini]]
Cover = Splendor In The Grass (Pink Martini album).jpg|
| cover = Splendor In The Grass (Pink Martini album).jpg
Released = October 27, 2009 |
| alt =
Recorded = September 2008 — July 2009 |
| released = October 27, 2009
| recorded = September 2008 — July 2009
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Genre = [[Alternative pop]], [[World music|World]], [[Latin American music|Latin]], [[Jazz]] |
Length = |
| venue =
| studio =
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Label = [[Heinz Records]] |
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| genre = [[Alternative pop]], [[World music|World]], [[Latin American music|Latin]], [[Jazz]]
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Producer = [[Thomas Lauderdale]] and [[China Forbes]] |
| length =
Last album = ''[[Hey Eugene!]]''<br />(2007) |
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| label = [[Heinz Records]]
This album = '''''Splendor in the Grass'''''<br />(2009) |
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| producer = [[Thomas Lauderdale]] and [[China Forbes]]
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Next album = ''[[Joy to the World (Pink Martini album)|Joy to the World]]''<br>(2010)|
| prev_title = [[Hey Eugene!]]
| prev_year = 2007
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| next_title = [[Joy to the World (Pink Martini album)|Joy to the World]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] ([{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1646264|pure_url=yes}} link])
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] ([{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1646264|pure_url=yes}} link])
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev2 = [[BBC Music]] ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hmnv link])
| rev2 = [[BBC Music]] ([https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hmnv link])
| rev2Score = (very positive)
| rev2Score = (very positive)
| rev3 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ([http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/6399332/Pink-Martini-Splendor-in-the-Grass-CD-review.html link])
| rev3 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ([https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/6399332/Pink-Martini-Splendor-in-the-Grass-CD-review.html link])
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' ([http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/22/buika-chucho-valdes-pink-martini link])
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' ([https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/22/buika-chucho-valdes-pink-martini link])
| rev4Score = (positive)
| rev4Score = (positive)
| rev5 = ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' ([http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10620177 link])
| rev5 = ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' ([http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10620177 link])
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The album is named after its third track, and features songs in five languages ([[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]). Collaborators included [[National Public Radio]] correspondent [[Ari Shapiro]] singing on the track "But Now I'm Back"<ref name=official>[http://pinkmartini.com/discography/splendor-in-the-grass/ Album notes], PinkMartini.com</ref> and [[Sesame Street]] performer [[Emilio Delgado]] on a cover of [[Joe Raposo]]'s "Sing". Other covers included on the album are "Piensa en mí", written by [[Agustín Lara]] and his sister Maria Teresa Lara for the 1948 film ''Revancha''; "Tuca Tuca", originally performed by [[Raffaella Carrà]]; and the [[Moondog]] song "New Amsterdam".<ref name=official/>
The album is named after its third track, and features songs in five languages ([[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]). Collaborators included [[National Public Radio]] correspondent [[Ari Shapiro]] singing on the track "But Now I'm Back"<ref name=official>[http://pinkmartini.com/discography/splendor-in-the-grass/ Album notes], PinkMartini.com</ref> and [[Sesame Street]] performer [[Emilio Delgado]] on a cover of [[Joe Raposo]]'s "Sing". Other covers included on the album are "Piensa en mí", written by [[Agustín Lara]] and his sister Maria Teresa Lara for the 1948 film ''Revancha''; "Tuca Tuca", originally performed by [[Raffaella Carrà]]; and the [[Moondog]] song "New Amsterdam".<ref name=official/>


The album debuted at No. 45 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and No. 10 on Top Independent Albums with 12,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>Laura Leebove, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266770/pink-martini-sips-sweet-indie-success "Pink Martini Sips Sweet Indie Success"], Billboard.com, November 9, 2009.</ref> The album was certified platinum in Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|title=Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ|publisher=ifpi.gr|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref>
The album debuted at No. 45 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and No. 10 on the Top Independent Albums chart with 12,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>Laura Leebove, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266770/pink-martini-sips-sweet-indie-success "Pink Martini Sips Sweet Indie Success"], Billboard.com, November 9, 2009.</ref> The album was certified platinum in Greece.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Greece|id=20100808010211|type=album|access-date=November 19, 2020}} In 2010. It was awarded a gold certification from the [[Independent Music Companies Association]] which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020100127.htm |title=color |website=www.impalamusic.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015751/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020100127.htm |archive-date=2017-08-14}} </ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| title9 = Tuca tuca
| title9 = Tuca tuca
| note9 = cover of [[Raffaella Carrà]], 1970
| note9 = cover of [[Raffaella Carrà]], 1970
| extra9 = Gianni Boncompagni, Franco Pisano
| extra9 = [[Gianni Boncompagni]], [[Franco Pisano]]
| length9 = 2:50
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = Bitty Boppy Betty
| title10 = Bitty Boppy Betty
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| extra11 = [[Joe Raposo]]
| extra11 = [[Joe Raposo]]
| length11 = 4:10
| length11 = 4:10
| title12 = Piensa en mí
| title12 = [[Piensa en mí]]
| note12 = Vocal by [[Chavela Vargas]]
| note12 = Vocal by [[Chavela Vargas]]
| extra12 = [[Agustín Lara]], Maria Teresa Lara
| extra12 = [[Agustín Lara]], Maria Teresa Lara
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* Christopher Benjamin - Choir, Chorus
* Christopher Benjamin - Choir, Chorus
* Heather Blackburn - Cello
* Heather Blackburn - Cello
* Gavin Bondy - Trumpet, Cornet, Horn (Alto), Vocals, Piccolo Trumpet, Brass Arrangement, Saxophone Arrangement
* Gavin Bondy - Trumpet, Cornet, Alto Horn, Vocals, Piccolo Trumpet, Brass Arrangement
* Joe Bozzi - Mastering
* Joe Bozzi - Mastering
* Karen Brooks - Toy Piano
* Karen Brooks - Toy Piano
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* Salvador Tercero - Vocal Engineer
* Salvador Tercero - Vocal Engineer
* Chavela Vargas - Vocals
* Chavela Vargas - Vocals
* Martin Zarzar - Percussion, Vocals, Brass Arrangement<ref>allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1646264/credits|pure_url=yes}} Album Credits], retrieved March 4, 2010</ref>
* [[Martín Zarzar]] - Percussion, Vocals, Brass Arrangement<ref>allmusic, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1646264/credits|pure_url=yes}} Album Credits], retrieved March 4, 2010</ref>

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Splendor in the Grass''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|artist=Pink Martini|title=Splendor in the Grass|award=Platinum|id=20100808010211|type=album|relyear=2009|certyear=2010|relmonth=10|access-date=August 31, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2009 albums]]
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Revision as of 07:53, 31 August 2022

Splendor in the Grass
Studio album by
Pink Martini
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
RecordedSeptember 2008 — July 2009
GenreAlternative pop, World, Latin, Jazz
LabelHeinz Records
ProducerThomas Lauderdale and China Forbes
Pink Martini chronology
Hey Eugene!
(2007) 		Splendor in the Grass
(2009) 		Joy to the World
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (link)
BBC Music (link)(very positive)
The Daily Telegraph (link)
The Guardian (link)(positive)
The New Zealand Herald (link)
The Oregonian (link)(positive)
The Phoenix (link)
PopMatters (link)
The Sunday Times (link)
The Times (link)

Splendor in the Grass is the fourth full-length album from the band Pink Martini. It was released in October 27, 2009 on their own label Heinz Records.[1]

The album is named after its third track, and features songs in five languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Neapolitan). Collaborators included National Public Radio correspondent Ari Shapiro singing on the track "But Now I'm Back"[2] and Sesame Street performer Emilio Delgado on a cover of Joe Raposo's "Sing". Other covers included on the album are "Piensa en mí", written by Agustín Lara and his sister Maria Teresa Lara for the 1948 film Revancha; "Tuca Tuca", originally performed by Raffaella Carrà; and the Moondog song "New Amsterdam".[2]

The album debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on the Top Independent Albums chart with 12,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3] The album was certified platinum in Greece.[4] In 2010. It was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleComposerLength
1."Ninna nanna"Alba Clemente, Massimo Audiello4:42
2."Ohayoo Ohio (Hello Ohio)"Dan Faehnle4:47
3."Splendor in the Grass"Alex Marashian, Thomas Lauderdale3:40
4."Où est ma tête?" (Where Is My Head?)Marashian, China Forbes, Lauderdale4:12
5."And Then You're Gone"Marashian, Derek Rieth, Forbes, Lauderdale2:43
6."But Now I'm Back" (vocal by Ari Shapiro)Marashian, Lauderdale3:00
7."Sunday Table"Forbes, Lauderdale4:31
8."Over the Valley"Forbes, Lauderdale4:40
9."Tuca tuca" (cover of Raffaella Carrà, 1970)Gianni Boncompagni, Franco Pisano2:50
10."Bitty Boppy Betty"Marashian2:43
11."Sing" (vocal by Emilio Delgado)Joe Raposo4:10
12."Piensa en mí" (Vocal by Chavela Vargas)Agustín Lara, Maria Teresa Lara4:00
13."New Amsterdam" (cover of Moondog, 1994)Moondog4:51
14."Ninna nanna"Audiello, Clemente3:18

Personnel

  • Hugo Alfvén
  • Neil Anderson - Choir, Chorus
  • Jennifer Arnold - Viola
  • Phil Baker - Guitar, Sitar, Bass
  • John Bartley - Choir, Chorus
  • Joel Belgique - Viola
  • Christopher Benjamin - Choir, Chorus
  • Heather Blackburn - Cello
  • Gavin Bondy - Trumpet, Cornet, Alto Horn, Vocals, Piccolo Trumpet, Brass Arrangement
  • Joe Bozzi - Mastering
  • Karen Brooks - Toy Piano
  • João Canziani - Cover Photo
  • Pansy Chang - Cello
  • Julie Coleman - Violin
  • Nicholas Crosa - Violin
  • Brian Davis - Percussion
  • Emilio Delgado - Vocals
  • Daniel Dempsey - Choir, Chorus
  • Gregory Ewer - Violin
  • Joy Fabos - Violin
  • Dan Faehnle - Guitar
  • China Forbes - Vocals
  • Dave Friedlander - Engineer, Mixing
  • Paloma Griffin - Violin
  • Bernie Grundman - Mastering
  • Doree Jarboe - Direction
  • Timothy Jensen - Saxophone, Brass Arrangement, Saxophone Arrangement
  • Ben Landsverk - Group
  • Thomas Lauderdale - Piano, Producer, Photography
  • Maureen Love - Harp
  • Peter Murray - Photography
  • Timothy Nishimoto - Percussion, Vocals
  • Charles Noble - Viola
  • Derek Rieth - Percussion
  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor - guitar on "Splendor in the Grass"
  • Salvador Tercero - Vocal Engineer
  • Chavela Vargas - Vocals
  • Martín Zarzar - Percussion, Vocals, Brass Arrangement[6]

Certifications

Certifications for Splendor in the Grass
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Greece (IFPI Greece)[7] Platinum 6,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Splendor in the Grass – Pink Martini". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. ^ a b Album notes, PinkMartini.com
  3. ^ Laura Leebove, "Pink Martini Sips Sweet Indie Success", Billboard.com, November 9, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ελληνικό Chart – Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "color". www.impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-14.
  6. ^ allmusic, Album Credits, retrieved March 4, 2010
  7. ^ "Ελληνικό Chart – Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

External links

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