Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V is the fifth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 19 October 2010, and his 26th studio album overall. It has sold 363,000 copies as of October 2012.[4]
Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 19 October 2010 | |||
Studio | Westlake Studios and Reagan's Garage (Los Angeles, CA); Conway Studios and EastWest Studios (Hollywood, CA). | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 39:43 | |||
Label | J | |||
Producer | Richard Perry, Rod Stewart, Clive Davis, Lauren Wild | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 51/100[1] |
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AllMusic | [2] |
American Songwriter | [3] |
Mojo | [1] |
Uncut | [1] |
"I was looking forward to hearing Rod [Stewart]'s records of standards. I thought if anybody could bring something different to these songs, Rod certainly could. But the records were disappointing. Rod's a great singer, but there's no point putting a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I'm not going to knock anybody's right to make a living, but you can always tell if somebody's heart and soul is into something, and I didn't think Rod was into it in that way. It sounds like so many records where the vocals are overdubbed, and these kind of songs don't come off well if you use modern recording techniques." - Bob Dylan, 2015[5]
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[32] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[33] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[34] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[35] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] | Gold | 100,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |