The Girl in the Other Room
Studio album by Diana Krall
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	2003-04
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:36
Label	The Verve Music Group
Producer(s)	Tommy LiPuma Diana Krall
Professional reviews
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Diana Krall chronology
Live in Paris (2000)	The Girl in the Other Room (2002)	Christmas Songs (2005)

The Girl in the Other Room is the eighth album by popular jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall. For the first time, she performs songs that she co-wrote with her husband Elvis Costello. The album has already gone top 5 in the UK and debuted high on the Billboard 200 in May 2004. Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. ... Live in Paris is the seventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Christmas Songs is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. ... Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born August 25, 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

The making of the album

Diana Krall wrote some of the songs for the album with Elvis Costello. Krall told USA Today that she had wanted to try songwriting before but lacked the confidence. "I started writing when I was a student but didn't really have the confidence to (pursue) lyric-writing in great depth. I've never done anything so personal." USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...

On the Verve Records website, Diana Krall explains the songwriting for the album in more detail. "Musically composed by Krall alone, these songs mark a lyrical collaboration with her new husband, Elvis Costello. Explaining how they worked, Krall said: "I wrote the music and then Elvis and I talked about what we wanted to say. I told him stories and wrote pages and pages of reminiscences, descriptions and images, and he put them into tighter lyrical form. For "Departure Bay," I wrote down a list of things that I love about home, things I realized were different, even exotic, now that I've been away". Verve Records is an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953). ...

"Departure Bay" is written about her hometown Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island and the first Christmas without her mother and finishes the album. The penultimate song on the album "I'm Coming Through" is also about the death of her mother. There are several federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Nanaimo. ... Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...

As well as the songs she co-wrote with Elvis Costello, Krall departs from the standards she has sung on previous albums by performing songs by contemporary performers such as Costello, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell as well as a Chris Smither song previously performed by Bonnie Raitt. She also performs Mose Allison's "Stop This World". Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... Chris Smither (born November 11, 1945 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ... Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Mose John Allison, Jr. ...

Chart success

The album has already reached the Top 5 in the UK, the Australian top 40 album charts and should made a strong debut on the Billboard 200. "Temptation", a cover of the Tom Waits song off his Frank's Wild Years album of 1987 has reached number 1 of the World Jazz Charts (based on the US, Germany, France, Japan and China) and reached the US Top 40 on the pop charts. Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. ...

Track listing

1. "Stop This World" (Mose Allison)
2. "The Girl In The Other Room" (Diana Krall / Elvis Costello)
3. "Temptation" (Tom Waits)
4. "Almost Blue" (Costello)
5. "I've Changed My Address" (music: Krall, lyrics: Costello / Krall)
6. "Love Me Like A Man" (Chris Smither)
7. "I'm Pulling Through" (Arthur Herzog / Irene Kitchings)
8. "Black Crow" (Joni Mitchell)
9. "Narrow Daylight" (music: Krall, lyrics: Costello / Krall)
10. "Abandoned Masquerade" (music: Krall, lyrics: Costello)
11. "I'm Coming Through" (music: Krall, lyrics: Costello / Krall)
12. "Departure Bay" (music: Krall, lyrics: Costello / Krall)

Mose John Allison, Jr. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Chris Smither (born November 11, 1945 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ... Arthur Herzog is an award-winning novelist, nonfiction writer, and journalist, renowned for his best-selling novels The Swarm (book), Orca (book), and IQ 83 (book), hailed by the British press as one of the best science fiction works ever written. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ...

Personnel

• Diana Krall: Vocals, Piano
• Peter Erskine: Drums on "Stop This World", "Almost Blue", and tracks 7 to 12
• Jeff Hamilton: Drums on "The Girl In The Other Room", "I've Changed My Address", and "Love Me Like A Man"
• Terri Lyne Carrignton: Drums on "Temptation"
• Christian McBride: Bass on "Stop This World", "Temptation", "Almost Blue", and tracks 7 to 12
• John Clayton: Bass on "The Girl In The Other Room", "I've Changed My Address", and "Love Me Like A Man"
• Neil Larsen: Hammond B-3 on "Temptation"
• Anthony Wilson: Guitar

• Recorded by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios, Hollywood and at Avatar Studios, New York
• Avatar Studios Assistant: Brian Montgomery
• Capitol Studios ProTools Engineer: Steve Genewick
• Mixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
• Mastered by Robert Hadley and Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
• Production coordinator: Marsha Black
• Photography: Mark Seliger
• Art Director: Hollis King
• Booklet back cover photo: DJ Hunter
• Design: Isabelle Wong/Isthetic
• Photo Production: Donna Ranieri
• Release Coordinators: John Newcott and Kelly Pratt

Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is a jazz drummer. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz bassist. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Anthony (Tony) Wilson is a British record label and nightclub manager and journalist for Granada Television. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Al Schmitt is an thirteen-time Grammy Award winning music engineer and producer. ... ... Avatar Studios, formerly known as the Power Station, is a renowned recording studio on 48th Street in Manhattan, New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... Avatar Studios, formerly known as the Power Station, is a renowned recording studio on 48th Street in Manhattan, New York City. ... Al Schmitt is an thirteen-time Grammy Award winning music engineer and producer. ... ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1290. ...

External links

• Diana Krall home page
• Verve Music Diana Krall page
• All Music Guide The Girl In The Other Room article