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On Standing on the Rooftop there's one very interesting collaborator that may have the key to opening new doors is the Rolling Stones', Bill Wyman, whom Peyroux met at the Nice Jazz Festival while waiting to hear B.B. King, and the two then began writing together. A strong point for Peyroux this year was performing their song for the children of a displaced persons' camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti this summer. The song, entitled 'The Kind You Can't Afford', Peyroux says, is a testament to owning what money can't buy. About the visit, she recounts, "I've had a sincere desire to
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Standing on the Rooftop is the sixth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on June 14, 2011. Peyroux had previously released an EP to promote the album, which included the cover "Martha My Dear" and the new song "The Things I Have Seen Today".
| 1 | Martha My Dear | ♡ | 2:32 | John Lennon / Paul McCartney | Madeleine Peyroux / Marc Ribot / Christopher Bruce / Meshell Ndegeocello / Charley Drayton / John Kirby |
| 2 | The Kind You Can’t Afford | ♡ | 4:00 | Madeleine Peyroux / Bill Wyman | |
| 3 | The Things I’ve Seen Today | ♡ | 3:42 | Madeleine Peyroux / Jenny Scheinman | Madeleine Peyroux / Marc Ribot / Christopher Bruce / Meshell Ndegeocello / Charley Drayton |
| 4 | Fickle Dove | ♡ | 3:29 | Madeleine Peyroux / Jenny Scheinman | |
| 5 | Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love | ♡ | 3:24 | Marc Ribot / W. H. Auden | |
| 6 | Standing on the Rooftop | ♡ | 5:48 | David Batteau / Madeleine Peyroux | |
| 7 | I Threw It All Away | ♡ | 3:16 | Bob Dylan | |
| 8 | Love in Vain | ♡ | 3:42 | Robert Johnson | |
| 9 | Don’t Pick a Fight with a Poet | ♡ | 4:29 | Madeleine Peyroux / Andy Scott Rosen | |
| 10 | Meet Me in Rio | ♡ | 3:50 | Madeleine Peyroux | |
| 11 | Ophelia | ♡ | 5:11 | Madeleine Peyroux / David Batteau | |
| 12 | The Way of All Things | ♡ | 4:02 | Madeleine Peyroux |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0002136759
Credits
Bass — Me’Shell NdegéOcello Creative Director — Pat Barry Drums — Charley Drayton Engineer — Matthew Cullen Guitar — Christopher Bruce, Marc Ribot Keyboards — Glenn Patscha, Patrick Warren Mixed By — Kevin Killen, Matthew Cullen, Tony Maserati Percussion — Mauro Refosco Piano — Allen Toussaint Producer — Craig Street Violin — Jenny Scheinman Vocals — Madeleine Peyroux Written-By — Madeleine Peyroux
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