2:00 AM Paradise Cafe

2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released	November 15, 1984
Genre	Jazz, blues
Length	49:15
Label	Arista
Producer	Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

2:00 AM Paradise Cafe is the fourteenth album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. Johnny Mercer's widow, Ginger, entrusted Manilow with a cache of Mercer's lyrics that had never been set to music, although Manilow used only Mercer's "When October Goes" for the project. He recruited veteran jazz musicians Bill Mays, Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, Mundell Lowe, and George Duvivier. Also enlisted for vocal duets were Mel Tormé and Sarah Vaughan. The entire album was rehearsed for three days, then recorded entirely live (in one take) without overdubs at Westlake Studio 'C' in Los Angeles, California and released in 1984.

The album went Gold for Manilow,^[3] and peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Barry Manilow.

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Paradise Cafe"	Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman	5:23
2.	"Where Have You Gone"	Adrienne Anderson	4:35
3.	"Say No More"	Adrienne Anderson	4:06
4.	"Blue" (with Sarah Vaughan)	Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman	4:16
5.	"When October Goes"	Johnny Mercer	4:04

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"What Am I Doin' Here"	Marty Panzer	3:17
2.	"Goodbye My Love"	Adrienne Anderson	4:25
3.	"Big City Blues" (with Mel Tormé)	Adrienne Anderson	4:14
4.	"When Love Is Gone"	Lisa Sennett	4:17
5.	"I've Never Been So Low on Love"	Marty Panzer	4:26
6.	"Night Song"	Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman	4:28

Charts[]

Chart (1984/85)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	28
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	100
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	28

Personnel[]

Barry Manilow – vocals, keyboards, piano
Mel Tormé – vocals
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Bill Mays – piano, Fender Rhodes
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Mundell Lowe – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
George Duvivier – double bass
Shelly Manne – drums, percussion

Production[]

Arranged and produced by Barry Manilow
Recorded and engineered by Michael Braunstein
Assistant Engineers: Deni King, Greg Laney

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[5]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Rolling Stone list
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – 2:00 A.M. Paradise Cafe". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 191. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "British album certifications – Barry Manilow – E2 Am Paradise Café". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Rolling Stone list

[riaa-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – 2:00 A.M. Paradise Cafe". Recording Industry Association of America.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 191. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[United_KingdomBarry_ManilowE2_Am_Paradise_CaféalbumCertRef-5] "British album certifications – Barry Manilow – E2 Am Paradise Café". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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Albums as leader or co-leader	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954) California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) At Storyville (1956) The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958) Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957) Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58) What Is There to Say? (1958–59) Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960) The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961) Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961) The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962) Jeru (1962) Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962) Spring Is Sprung (1962) Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64) If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965) Feelin' Good (1965) Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966) Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974) Walk on the Water (1980)
With Chet Baker	Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953) Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) Reunion (1957) Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With others	Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984) Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)