Stranger Things Have Happened (Justin Guarini album)

Stranger Things Have Happened is the second studio album of jazz standards by singer Justin Guarini that was released in 2005.

Stranger Things Have Happened
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 2005
Recorded2005
StudioFirehouse Studios, Pasadena, California
GenrePop, rock, vocal[1]
LabelJustice Entertainment
ProducerJustin Guarini, Greg Gordon Smith
Justin Guarini chronology
Justin Guarini
(2003)
Stranger Things Have Happened
(2005)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic     [1]

Stephen Erlewine at AllMusic wrote that this album was the American Idol runner-up's attempt to reinvent himself after the failure of the movie From Justin to Kelly. The result is "loungey, Am-Idol-styled vocal jazz, but Stranger Things Have Happened is vocal jazz all the same...Guarini has genuine, natural charisma as a supper club-styled singer, and that charisma when contrasted with his band's jazz chops has a nice, relaxed appeal." Despite its weaknesses, the album was "a surprisingly successful reinvention."[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Night & Day"Cole Porter3:44
2."My Funny Valentine"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:51
3."Just Squeeze Me"Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines2:34
4."I'll Take Romance"Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II3:23
5."I Didn't Know What Time It Was"Hart, Rodgers2:49
6."I Love You"Porter3:20
7."Young and Foolish"Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt2:25
8."All of You"Porter3:33
9."Stranger Things Have Happened to Me"Greg Gordon Smith3:34
10."Sing"Joe Raposo2:05

References

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  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen. "Stranger Things Have Happened". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2018.