You Can't Go Home Again (album)

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You Can't Go Home Again
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedFebruary 16, 21–22 & May 13, 1977
StudioSound Ideas Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length155:34 (2CD)
LabelHorizon
Verve (2CD)
ProducerDon Sebesky
Chet Baker chronology
Once Upon a Summertime
(1977)
You Can't Go Home Again
(1977)
The Best Thing for You
(1977)

You Can't Go Home Again is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label.[1][2][3] In 2000, the album was rereleased as a double CD with additional tracks from The Best Thing for You (1989) along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The AllMusic review by Heather Phares calls it "one of Baker's most important latter-day albums".[4]

Track listing[edit]

Original LP release (1977)[edit]

A1. "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) – 12:58
A2. "Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) – 9:20
B1. "You Can't Go Home Again" (Don Sebesky) – 5:43
B2. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 13:44

Double CD release (2000)[edit]

Disc 1

  1. "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 13:03
  2. "Un Poco Loco" (Powell) – 9:26
  3. "You Can't Go Home Again" (Sebesky) – 5:47
  4. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 14:18
  5. "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:20 First released on The Best Thing for You
  6. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 6:05 First released on The Best Thing for You
  7. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:38 First released on The Best Thing for You
  8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 5:49 First released on The Best Thing for You
  9. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:43 First released on The Best Thing for You
  10. "You Can't Go Home Again" [alternate take] (Sebesky) – 6:31 previously unissued
  11. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" [alternate take] (Bassman, Washington/Carey, Fischer) – 6:08 previously unissued

Disk 2

  1. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 17:13 First released on The Best Thing for You
  2. "Out of Our Hands" (Richie Beirach) – 10:36 previously unissued
  3. "Broken Wing" (Beirach) – 5:21 previously unissued
  4. "Paradox" (Beirach) – 6:09 previously unissued
  5. "Blues" (Traditional) – 7:59 previously unissued
  6. "The Best Thing for You" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 4:28 previously unissued
  7. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 5:45 previously unissued
  8. "If You Could See Me Now" [alternate take] (Dameron, Sigman) – 5:02 previously unissued
  9. "El Morro" [incomplete take] (Sebesky) – 13:13 previously unissued

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan. M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series accessed May 25, 2017
  2. ^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
  3. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
  4. ^ a b Phares, Heather. You Can't Go Home Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.