Good News (Matt Dusk album)

Good News is the fifth studio album by Canadian jazz singer Matt Dusk. It was released by Royal Crown Records on October 27, 2009. The album is a departure from previous Matt Dusk standard, having influences of Palm Beach Pop and crooner standards of the 1950s in a modern feel. The albums is filled with original tracks, plus a bonus classic available in Canada and on iTunes in the standard and deluxe edition.

Good News
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)
GenreJazz, Traditional pop
Length44:58
LabelRoyal Crown
ProducerMatt Dusk, Ron Lopata
Matt Dusk chronology
Back in Town
(2006)
Good News
(2009)
Live from Las Vegas
(2010)

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good News"Mack, Habolin3:18
2."I Wouldn't Change a Thing"James Bryan McCollum, Matthew Marston3:37
3."On Vacation"Aimee Allen, Lucian Piane3:54
4."Feels Good"Marston, Pete Lewinson, Steve Lewinson3:14
5."It's Not That Easy"Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Ali Tennant, Frederik Friis, Sigurd Jansen, Glenn Tharaldsen3:09
6."Never Gonna Fool Me"Marston, Simon Ellis, Matt Dusk2:55
7."Operator Please"Jukka Immonen, Patric Sarin, Simon Wilcox, Dusk3:14
8."Love Attack"Harry Sommerdahl, Immonen, Risto Asikainen, Wilcox, Dusk2:58
9."Don't Hate on Me"Vincent Pontare, Sarin, Immonen3:14
10."It Can Only Get Better"Mack, Tysper, Grizzly3:55
11."Do You Love Me"Vincent, Mack, T. Jimson3:32
12."Love Don't Let Me Go"Roger Cook, Terrance Sawchuk2:45
13."One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (hidden track)Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer5:13
Total length:44:58
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
14."Zoom Zoom"3:21
15."Gotta Love You"3:58

Personnel

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Per liner notes[1]

  • Matt Dusk – vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, producer
  • Ron Lopata – bass guitar, keyboard, producer
  • Jukka Immonen – keyboard, co-producer
  • Terry Sawchuk – mixing engineer
  • Richard Dodd – mastering engineer
Additional musicians
  • Joel Parisien – backing vocals
  • Quisha Wint – backing vocals
  • Justin Abedin – guitar
  • Davide Direnzo – drums, percussion
  • Ross Macintyre – bass guitar
  • Alex Kundakcioglu – trumpet
  • Rob Somerville – trombone
  • Chris Gale – alto sax, bari sax, horn arrangements
  • Steve Macdonald – tenor sax, horn arrangements
  • Singleton Chamber Orchestra – strings
  • Lucian Piane – horn arrangements
  • Shelly Berger – horn arrangements
  • Kevin Fox – string arrangements

Charts and certifications

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Charts

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Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[2] 187
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 92
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[4] 39

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[5] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Good News (CD liner notes). Matt Dusk. Royal Crown Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Lescharts.com – Matt Dusk – Good News". Hung Medien.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Matt Dusk – Good News" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  4. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  5. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 18, 2021.