The Cabaret Of Lara Liwford

### Producer

Danny Elfman, Mark Ronson, Linda Perry, James Newton Howard, Shep Pettibone, Kara DioGuardi, Brad Shepard, James Heaven

## Singles

1. "All That Jazz"
February 5, 2008
2. "Cell Block Tango"
March 28, 2008
3. "Rhythm Of The Night"
May 6, 2008
4. "Class"
June 30, 2008
5. "Playing By Heart"
September 8, 2008
6. "Rehab (No, No, No)"
January 20, 2009
7. "Rain On Your Parade"
April 28, 2009

***The Cabaret Of Lara Liwford*** is the seventh studio album by British recording artist Lara Liwford. It was released on May 10, 2008, by Indigo Records. Liwford wanted to make a "retro-vintage" and "fierce sexy album", incorporating jazz and pop styles with elements of soul, R&B and ska. Upon its release, The Cabaret received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and jazz-pop style, noting Liwford's extremely criative involvement on the album. The album debuted atop of the charts in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Russia, South Korea and the United States, and peaking inside the top ten in twenty-four countries. In the United States, she earned her sixth number one album.

Seven singles were released from the album. It became Liwford's first album to have five top 10 singles on the U.S. *Billboard* Hot 100, with "All That Jazz", "Cell Block Tango", "Class" and "Playing By Heart" peaking at number one. The album had a re-releasement for a deluxe version, including new songs, which two of them - "Rehab (No, No, No)" and "Rain On Your Parade" - peaked at #1 at charts worldwide. Liwford promoted the album with television performances, the Velma Kelly Show Tour and collaborations with Janet Jones, Brad Shepard and Sierra Lang.

## Music, lyrics & background

The Cabaret Of Lara Liwford is a concept album about sex and romance. It is a jazz-pop and dance record which incorporates elements from blues, soul, r&b and ska. Liwford incorporated an alter-ego named Velma Kelly, heavily inspired by the character Velma Kelly, from the musical Chicago. In 11 tracks, Liwford sings about having fun in "All That Jazz" and "Rhythm Of The Night", about love and sex in "That's My Solo", "Lay, Lady, Lay", a duet with (R.I.P) Brad Shepard and "Playing By Heart", which includes elements of "Fever" by Elvis Presley, about women empowerment in "Cell Block Tango" and "Class" and about heartbreaking situations in "Unholy" and "Alone".

## Deluxe Edition

To celebrate the success achieved by the album and its respective singles, Liwford released a deluxe edition of the album, released by Musik Factory, including over 5 new songs. Two singles were released off from the edition, "Rehab (No, No, No)" and "Rain On Your Parade", both reaching the top of the charts. The re-issue contained a new photoshoot inspired by a high-class version of the alter-ego present on the album, Velma Kelly, "it's like Velma got herself into the success", said Liwford during an interview to promote the re-release of the album, back iun 2009.

## Singles

* "All That Jazz"
* "Cell Block Tango"
* "Rhythm Of The Night"
* "Class"
* "Playing By Heart"
* "Rehab (No, No, No)" *[Deluxe Edition]*
* "Rain On Your Parade" *[Deluxe Edition]*

### **Promotional Singles**

* "Alone"
* "Valerie" *[Deluxe Edition]*

## Track listing

† "Playing By Heart" contains a sample of  "Fever" performed by Elvis Presley.

### ***Deluxe Edition***

**Disc 1 (Audio)**

**Disc 2 (DVD)**