Pink Martini | Hang On Little Tomato

Hang on Little Tomato, Pink Martini’s second album, features mostly original songs written by the band and its extended family. Drawing on themes articulated in its first album, Hang on Little Tomato is the result of the group's diverse collaborations and inspirations. From an advertisement for Hunt’s Ketchup in a 1964 issue of LIFE magazine to a dance sequence in the 1950 Italian film Anna, Hang on Little Tomato includes songs in French, Italian, Japanese, Croatian, Spanish and English.

“Una Notte a Napoli,” for example, was written with Alba Clemente — an Italian stage and television star in the 1970s — and DJ Johnny Dynell of the legendary New York-based nightclub Jackie 60. In a reworking of the Japanese song “Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu,” Pink Martini collaborated and recorded in Japan with Hiroshi Wada, the slide guitarist whose group originally recorded and released the song 40 years ago.

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

Available from the Pink Martini Store and in the Top Ten of World Music at iTunes!

Hang on Little Tomato track listing (Click to hear streaming audio)

1. Let's Never Stop Falling in Love (Lauderdale / Forbes) 3:03
2. Anna (El Negro Zumbon) (Vatro / Giordano) 2:34
3. Hang on Little Tomato (Abbey / Forbes / Lauderdale) 3:15
4. The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley (Forbes / Lauderdale) 4:01
5. Veronique (Tozian / Lauderdale) 3:17
6. Dansez-vous (Taylor / Forbes) 2:52
7. Lilly (Forbes / Lauderdale) 2:42
8. Autrefois (Forbes / Lauderdale) 3:37
9. U Plavu Zoru (Lalich / Lauderdale / Pink Martini) 5:58
10. Clementine (Forbes / Lauderdale) 3:50
11. Una Notte a Napoli (Clemente / Dynell / Forbes / Lauderdale) 4:43
12. Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu (Yamagami / Suzuki) 4:30
13. Aspettami (Forbes / Lauderdale) 3:35
14. Song of the Black Swan (Villa-Lobos) 2:11

Production credits:

Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon, April 2001-June 2004.

Additional engineering in Tokyo, Japan by Teruo Yamaguchi: Mastered by Bernie Grundman in Los Angeles.

Produced by Thomas M. Lauderdale with Adam Levey & Robert Taylor with additional production and mixes by Joe Chiccarelli.