Hang On Little Tomato is the second full-length album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from the band Pink Martini

Pink Martini

Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.-History:...

. Seven years after their debut album, it was released on October 19, 2004 by Pink Martini's own record label, Heinz Records

Heinz Records

Heinz Records is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon. The label was founded in 1997 by Thomas M. Lauderdale and the band Pink Martini....

. It has sold over 550,000 copies, reached #1 on Amazon.com, and gone Gold in France, Canada, Greece, and Turkey.

Overview

As a change from their first album, Pink Martini's second album Hang On Little Tomato features mostly original songs written by band members, and sung in six different languages (French, Italian, Japanese, Croatian, Spanish, and English).

The song title is a reference to the Hunt's

Hunt's

Hunt's is the name of a brand of preserved tomato products owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc. The company was founded in 1888, in Sebastopol, California, as the Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Co. by Joseph and William Hunt. The brothers relocated to nearby Santa Rosa in 1890, and then to Hayward in 1895...

 Ketchup ad campaign "Hang On, Little Tomato!" in a 1964 issue of Life magazine

Life (magazine)

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Track listing

All songs written by members of Pink Martini, except #2, #12, #14.

1. "Let's Never Stop Falling in Love" (Lauderdale/Forbes) - 03:02
2. "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" (Roman Vatro/Francesco Giordano; taken from the film Anna
   Anna (1951 film)
   Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring by the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous...
   
   ) - 02:36
3. "Hang On Little Tomato" (Lauderdale/Forbes/Abbey)- 03:16
4. "The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 04:00
5. "Veronique" (Lauderdale/Tozian) - 03:19
6. "Dansez-vous" (Forbes/Taylor) - 02:52
7. "Lilly" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 02:43
8. "Autrefois" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 03:38
9. "U Plavu Zoru" (Music by Pink Martini; lyrics by Lauderdale/Lalich- 06:01
10. "Clementine" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 03:50
11. "Una Notte a Napoli" (Forbes/Lauderdale/Clemente/Dynell)- 04:45
12. "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu" (Michio Yamagami (lyrics)/Yoichi Suzuki (music)) (originally performed by Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars) - 04:32
13. "Aspettami" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 03:38
14. "Song of the Black Swan" ("O canto do cysne negro", Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
    
    ) - 02:10

The 2004 Audiogram Canada CD release contains the bonus track "Sympathique (Version Inédite)" (Forbes/Lauderdale) - 03:32

Personnel

• China Forbes
  China Forbes
  China Forbes is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Pink Martini.Forbes was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father is American of French/Scottish descent, and her mother is African American...
  
  , Vocals
• Robert Taylor, Trombone, Trumpet
• Dan Faehnle, Guitar, Mandolin
• Maureen Love, Harp
• Brian Davis, Percussion, Conga, Tamborim
• Derek Rieth, Percussion, Bongos, Caxixi, Surdo, Shekere
• Gavin Bondy, Trumpet
• Thomas Lauderdale, Piano
• Timothy Nishimoto, Vocals
• Martin Zarzar, Percussion, Drums, Timbales
• Phil Baker, Bass Upright
• Timothy Jensen, Sax Baritone
• Michael Spiro, Conga
• Osao Murata, Organ
• Kazunori Asano, Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele
• Douglas Edwards Smith, Percussion, Timbales, Pandeiro, Vibraphone, Guiro
• Masumi Timson, Koto
• Hiroshi Wada, Slide Guitar
• Norman Leyden, Clarinet
• John Wager, Bass Upright
• Doug Peebles, Trombone
• Jason Stronquist, Trombone
• Julie Coleman, Violin
• Paloma Griffin, Violin
• Denise Huizenga, Violin
• Joel Belgique, Viola
• Mara Lise Gearman, Viola
• Tyler Neist, Viola
• Charles Noble, Viola
• Oreet Ranon, Cello
• Heather Blackburn, Cello
• Pansy Chang, Cello
• Phil Hansen, Cello
• Timothy Scott, Cello
• Dieter Ratzlaf, Cello

External links

• Hang On Little Tomato - official album page, with audio samples
• http://books.google.com/books?id=ZkkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&ved=0CDYQ6wEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false - the original Life Magazine ad that gave the album its name