Naked Guitar

Naked Guitar
Studio album by Earl Klugh
Released	August 9, 2005
Genre	Instrumental Pop, Crossover Jazz
Label	Koch Records
Producer	Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh chronology
Peculiar Situation (1999) Naked Guitar (2005) The Spice of Life (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Jazz Review	[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Naked Guitar is a solo-guitar^[4] studio album by Earl Klugh released in 2005. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006.^[5][6] After six years of studio absence, Klugh returned to the studio and released a fingerstyle jazz album similar to his 1989 release "Solo Guitar".^[7] Naked Guitar is the first album to be recorded by Klugh on the Koch Records label. It features intimate solo interpretations of 13 standards and pop classics, as well as the song "Angelina", a tune from Klugh's self-titled 1976 solo debut album that he wrote in 1971.^[8][9][10]

Track listing

1. "The Night Has Thousand Eyes" – 4:01
2. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" – 4:56
3. "Serenata" – 3:01
4. "Alice in Wonderland" – 2:35
5. "In the Moonlight" – 5:27
6. "The Summer Knows" – 4:24
7. "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" – 2:30
8. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" – 3:32
9. "On a Clear Day" – 4:11
10. "Be My Love" – 4:00
11. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Lennon–McCartney) – 5:01
12. "All the Things You Are" – 4:52
13. "Moon River" – 3:54
14. "Angelina" – 3:08

Charts

Album – Billboard^[11]

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Top Contemporary Jazz	8

References

1. Widran, Jonathan. Naked Guitar at AllMusic
2. "Jazz Spotlight featuring Earl Klugh - Naked Guitar on Koch Records @ jazzreview.com". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
3. PopMatters review
4. Karlovits, Bob (12 March 2005). "Guitarist moves in different directions – at the same time". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: Richard Mellon Scaife. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
5. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". The New York Times. New York, USA: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. 12 December 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
6. "The 48th Annual Grammy Award Nominees". Billboard Magazine. e5 Global Media. 17 December 2005. p. 58. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
7. "Interview with Earl Klugh". Guitar Player. January 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
8. Widran, Jonathan. "Naked Guitar – Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
9. Theodore, Jeff (7 September 2007). "Ultimate collaborator takes his act solo". New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
10. Holland, Brian D. (1 February 2006). "Earl Klugh Interview". Modern Guitars Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
11. "Earl Klugh – Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2010.