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Drinking Again
Jazz · 1962

Drinking Again

Dinah Washington

A masterclass in the torch song. Dinah Washington navigates the bottom of a glass with sharp-edged vocals and lush, late-night orchestral arrangements.

August 1962 · Hallmark Music & Entertainment

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Drinking Again is the definitive soundtrack for the lonely hours between midnight and dawn. It captures a specific, mid-century urban isolation where the only company is a bartender and a jukebox. Dinah Washington, the Queen of the Blues, delivers these songs not as pleas for sympathy, but as matter-of-fact reports from the front lines of heartbreak. The atmosphere is thick with the scent of tobacco and the amber glow of a streetlamp, creating a space where sadness feels both heavy and strangely sophisticated.

Moments Worth Listening For
The title track's opening piano chords that set a weary, resigned tone before Dinah's first note.
The way her voice cracks with controlled precision on the high notes of I Don't Hurt Anymore.
The swelling orchestral strings that provide a soft cushion for her sharp, bluesy phrasing on On the Street of Regret.
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How does Drinking Again sound next to the rest of Dinah Washington's catalogue?

Low Energy-1.2σ

It runs notably cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

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