Blue Skies (Seth MacFarlane album)

Blue Skies is the seventh studio album by American actor and singer Seth MacFarlane, released on May 20, 2022, through Republic Records and Verve Records. MacFarlane reunited with his frequent collaborator Joel McNeely to produce the album.^[1] The album's lead single, "No Moon at All", was released digitally on April 20, 2022.^[2]

Blue Skies
Studio album by Seth MacFarlane
Released	May 20, 2022
Studio	Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Vocal jazz swing big band
Length	41:57
Label	Republic Verve Fuzzy Door
Producer	Joel McNeely Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane chronology
Great Songs from Stage & Screen (2020) Blue Skies (2022) We Wish You the Merriest (2023)
Singles from Blue Skies
"No Moon at All" Released: April 20, 2022

Background

On April 21, 2022, It was announced that MacFarlane would release his new album the following month.^[3] MacFarlane collaborated with Andrew Cottee again, after previously working on his fifth album Once in a While. He recorded the album at Abbey Road Studios, making it his sixth time recording at the studio.^[4] MacFarlane said on collaborating with Cottee again, "I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee's supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations," MacFarlane tells Variety. "So after our last collaboration, 'Once in A While,' a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album." Cottee also said on working with him, "Cottee speaks in terms of raising the bar. "This is the album I've always wanted to make. The chance to collaborate with an artist like Seth MacFarlane and work with such a high calibre of players is a dream for any arranger." MacFarlane and Cottee wrote an original song for the album, "Unless I Do It All With You".^[3]

Singles

The album's lead single, "No Moon at All", was released on April 20, 2022.^[5]

Track listing

All music arranged and conducted by Andrew Cottee.^[6][7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's You or No One"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	2:49
2.	"No Moon at All"	David Mann Redd Evans	2:22
3.	"You'll Get Yours"	Dok Stanford Jimmy Van Heusen	2:45
4.	"A Hundred Years from Today"	Victor Young Ned Washington Joe Young	3:00
5.	"If I Were a Bell"	Frank Loesser	2:22
6.	"Out of Nowhere"	Johnny Green Edward Heyman	3:12
7.	"On Green Dolphin Street"	Bronisław Kaper Washington	3:04
8.	"That Old Feeling"	Lew Brown Sammy Fain	2:49
9.	"Blue Skies"	Irving Berlin	3:14
10.	"It Could Happen to You"	Van Heusen Johnny Burke	2:53
11.	"I Didn't Know About You"	Duke Ellington Bob Russell	3:37
12.	"You Turned the Tables on Me"	Louis Alter Sidney D. Mitchell	3:13
13.	"Never in a Million Years"	Mack Gordon Harry Revel	3:42
14.	"Unless I Do It All With You"	Seth MacFarlane Andrew Cottee	2:46
Total length:			41:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[8]

• Louis Alter – Composer
• Irving Berlin – Composer
• Rich Breen – Engineer, Mixing
• Lew Brown – Composer
• Johnny Burke – Composer
• Sammy Cahn – Composer
• Jon Cassar – Cover Photo
• Stephano Civetta – Assistant Engineer
• Dave Collins – Mastering
• Andrew Cottee – Arranger, Composer, Conductor
• Duke Ellington – Composer
• Redd Evans – Composer
• Sammy Fain – Composer
• Joy Fehily – Executive Producer
• Mack Gordon – Composer
• Mark Graham – Music Preparation
• Johnny Green – Composer
• Dan Hayden – Assistant Engineer
• James Van Heusen – Composer
• Edward Heyman – Composer
• JoAnn Kane – Music Preparation
• Bronislaw Kaper – Composer
• Frank Loesser – Composer
• Seth MacFarlane –Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
• Dave Mann –Composer
• Joel McNeely – Producer
• Sidney D. Mitchell – Composer
• Harry Revel – Composer
• Bob Russell – Composer
• Kristen Sorace – Design
• Dok Stanford – Composer
• Jule Styne – Composer
• Ned Washington – Composer
• Joseph Young – Composer
• Victor Young – Composer

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Worldwide	May 20, 2022	Digital download streaming CD vinyl	Republic Verve Fuzzy Door Productions	[9][10]

References

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2. ""No Moon at All" from Multi-Grammy Nominated Singer Seth MacFarlane's Upcoming Blue Skies". Frontview Magazine. May 2, 2022. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
3. William, Chris (April 21, 2022). "Seth MacFarlane Returns to an Uptempo Take on Big-Band Jazz With New Album, 'Blue Skies' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
4. Flook, Ray (May 26, 2022). "The Orville: Seth MacFarlane on S03 FOX-to-Hulu Move: "Thank The Lord"". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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8. "Blue Skies – Seth MacFarlane | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
9. "Seth MacFarlane: Blue Skies Music". ASIN B09WJ4SPNQ. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
10. "Seth MacFarlane - Blue Skies - CD". Walmart. Retrieved May 20, 2022.