Good News (Matt Dusk album)

Good News
Good News
Studio album by Matt Dusk
Released	October 27, 2009
Genre	Jazz, Traditional pop
Length	44:58
Label	Royal Crown
Producer	Matt Dusk, Ron Lopata
Matt Dusk chronology

Good News is the fifth studio album by Canadian jazz singer Matt Dusk. It was released by Royal Crown Records on October 27, 2009. The album is a departure from previous Matt Dusk standard, having influences of Palm Beach Pop and crooner standards of the 1950s in a modern feel. The albums is filled with original tracks, plus a bonus classic available in Canada and on iTunes in the standard and deluxe edition.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Good News"	Mack, Habolin	3:18
2.	"I Wouldn't Change a Thing"	James Bryan McCollum, Matthew Marston	3:37
3.	"On Vacation"	Aimee Allen, Lucian Piane	3:54
4.	"Feels Good"	Marston, Pete Lewinson, Steve Lewinson	3:14
5.	"It's Not That Easy"	Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Ali Tennant, Frederik Friis, Sigurd Jansen, Glenn Tharaldsen	3:09
6.	"Never Gonna Fool Me"	Marston, Simon Ellis, Matt Dusk	2:55
7.	"Operator Please"	Jukka Immonen, Patric Sarin, Simon Wilcox, Dusk	3:14
8.	"Love Attack"	Harry Sommerdahl, Immonen, Risto Asikainen, Wilcox, Dusk	2:58
9.	"Don't Hate on Me"	Vincent Pontare, Sarin, Immonen	3:14
10.	"It Can Only Get Better"	Mack, Tysper, Grizzly	3:55
11.	"Do You Love Me"	Vincent, Mack, T. Jimson	3:32
12.	"Love Don't Let Me Go"	Roger Cook, Terrance Sawchuk	2:45
13.	"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (hidden track)	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	5:13
Total length:			44:58

iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Zoom Zoom"	3:21
15.	"Gotta Love You"	3:58

Personnel[edit]

Per liner notes^[1]

Matt Dusk – vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, producer
Ron Lopata – bass guitar, keyboard, producer
Jukka Immonen – keyboard, co-producer
Terry Sawchuk – mixing engineer
Richard Dodd – mastering engineer

Additional musicians

Joel Parisien – backing vocals
Quisha Wint – backing vocals
Justin Abedin – guitar
Davide Direnzo – drums, percussion
Ross Macintyre – bass guitar
Alex Kundakcioglu – trumpet
Rob Somerville – trombone
Chris Gale – alto sax, bari sax, horn arrangements
Steve Macdonald – tenor sax, horn arrangements
Singleton Chamber Orchestra – strings
Lucian Piane – horn arrangements
Shelly Berger – horn arrangements
Kevin Fox – string arrangements

Charts and certifications[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2010–11)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[2]	187
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[3]	92
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[4]	39

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)^[5]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Good News (CD liner notes). Matt Dusk. Royal Crown Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Lescharts.com – Matt Dusk – Good News". Hung Medien.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Matt Dusk – Good News" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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[notes-1] Good News (CD liner notes). Matt Dusk. Royal Crown Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_France_Matt_Dusk-2] "Lescharts.com – Matt Dusk – Good News". Hung Medien.

[ac_Netherlands_Matt_Dusk-3] "Dutchcharts.nl – Matt Dusk – Good News" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

[ac_Poland_-4] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.

[PolandMatt_DuskGood_NewsalbumCertRef-5] "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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