Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker (1954 album review)

Welcome to a new review series what I like to call, my 10/10s revisited, where the only reason those albums are 10s in the first place is because I was using black and white cold maths rather than what I actually feel about the song, and by going in release order of these albums we start right here in 1954 with Chet Baker's Vocal debut Chet Baker Sings.



 As with most vocal and general jazz albums during this era, it was a mix of standards (or in other cases original songs), and how they are executed on this album are at it's best above average attempts with a few exceptions. That Old Feeling and It's Always You do a mostly alright job at opening the album, and I Fall In Love Too Easily and Look For the Silver Lining do an excellent job at closing the album. His version of But Not For Me is a standout on this album, fucking bangs, I actually used the song for an example audo for the Sayaka Maizono AI Model I made over in AI HUB. Outside of those tracks, giving this album a relisten makes me realize how much I forgot how good some of these other tracks are, such as Time After Time and I get Along Without You Very Well, which also includes the other standout There Will Never Be Another You. But other than that this album ranges from mostly slow stuff to moderate songs. 8.2/10