Lazy Afternoon (Regina Belle album)

Lazy Afternoon is Regina Belle's seventh studio release and eighth overall. The album is a collection of jazz, soul and pop standards. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart and number 58 on the magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[2]

Lazy Afternoon
Studio album by
Regina Belle
ReleasedJuly 13, 2004
Recorded2004
Genre
LabelPeak
ProducerGeorge Duke
Regina Belle chronology
This Is Regina!
(2001)		 Lazy Afternoon
(2004)		 Love Forever Shines
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The lead single from the album was "For the Love of You". "Fly Me to the Moon" and "If I Ruled the World" each received some airplay but did not chart.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Version coveredLength
1."Lazy Afternoon"John La Touche, Jerome MorossKaye Ballard5:21
2."Fly Me to the Moon"Bart HowardKaye Ballard5:24
3."What Are You Afraid Of"Jack Segal, Robert Wells[3]Juliet Prowse[4]4:49
4."If I Ruled the World"Leslie Bricusse, Cyril OrnadelHarry Secombe[5][6]4:36
5."Corcovado"Antônio Carlos JobimJoão Gilberto5:56
6."There's a Love"Regina Belle, George DukeOriginal Composition[7]4:05
7."Why Do People Fall in Love"Dennis Lambert, Brian PotterDennis Edwards[8] featuring Thelma Houston[9]4:53
8."For the Love of You"Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald IsleyThe Isley Brothers5:26
9."If I Should Lose You"Regina BelleOriginal Composition4:34
10."Moanin'"Jon Hendricks, Bobby TimmonsLambert, Hendricks & Ross[10]5:51
11."The Man I Love"George Gershwin, Ira GershwinMarion Harris[11]5:19
12."Try a Little Tenderness"Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry WoodsRay Noble Orchestra with Val Rosing6:19
Note

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Top Contemporary Jazz (Billboard) 9
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 58
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Regina Belle album chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 3 Jan 2009.
  3. Bennett, Tony. “What Are You Afraid Of”? Columbia. 1986. https://www.allmusic.com/song/what-are-you-afraid-of-mt0008331712
  4. Prowse, Juliet. “Anyone Can Whistle...”. Columbia. 30 March 1964. http://www.45cat.com/record/443016
  5. Secombe, Harry. “If I Ruled the World...”. YouTube: Ricardo-2266. 7 October 2011. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiednkXCzM
  6. Secombe, Harry. “If I Ruled the World”. Second Hand Songs. 1963, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/368975/originals#nav-entity
  7. Ruotsalainen, Petteri. “Regina Belle: Lazy Afternoon”. Soul Express: Album of the Month. August 2004. http://www.soulexpress.net/belle.htm
  8. Edwards, Dennis. “Why Do People Fall in Love”. Motown. 1985. https://www.allmusic.com/song/why-do-people-fall-in-love-mt0011790921
  9. Dennis Edwards featuring Thelma Houston. “Why Do People...”. YouTube: W. Walter Watson. 1 October 2009. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GZlxl2D7I
  10. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. “Moanin’”. Second Hand Songs. 1959, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/141849
  11. Harris, Marion. “The Man I Love”. Second Hand Songs. 1927, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/40927/originals#nav-entity


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