Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin

This was Billie Holiday's penultimate album, recorded when her body was telling her enough was enough. During the sessions with arranger Ray Ellis she was drinking vodka neat, as if it were tap water. Despite her ravaged voice (the sweetness had long gone), she was still an incredible singer. The feeling and tension she manages to put into almost every track set this album as one of her finest achievements. "You've Changed" and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" are high art performances from the singer who saw life from the bottom up. AllMusicGuide

    1 I'm a Fool to Want You
    2 For Heaven's Sake
    3 You Don't Know What Love Is
    4 I Get Along Without You Very Well
    5 For All We Know
    6 Violets for Your Furs
    7 You've Changed
    8 It's Easy to Remember
    9 But Beautiful
    10 Glad to Be Unhappy
    11 I'll Be Around
    12 The End of a Love Affair(stereo master take 4)
    13 I'm a Fool to Want You(mono master take 3)
    14 The End of a Love Affair(mono master take 4)