How Long I Have Waited: Diana Krall Revisits "The Look of Love" For 25th Anniversary

How Long I Have Waited: Diana Krall Revisits “The Look of Love” For 25th Anniversary

October 27, 2026 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

Diana Krall’s sixth studio album, The Look of Love, first hit stores 25 years ago on September 18, 2001. Now, the Grammy Award-winning album is returning from Verve/UMe on November 20 in an expanded edition on CD and digitally. On the same date, a One-Step vinyl edition will also be released.

The Canadian chanteuse-pianist reteamed with her longtime producer Tommy LiPuma and renowned arranger Claus Ogerman (Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sammy’s Back on Broadway) for The Look of Love. The London Symphony Orchestra was joined by such notable musicians as guitarists Dori Caymmi and John Pisano, bassist Christian McBride, and percussionist Paulinho da Costa for an album of classic standards. Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s sensual “The Look of Love” joined compositions by Arthur Hamilton (“Cry Me a River”), the Gershwins (“’S Wonderful”), Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz (“Dancing in the Dark”), and Matt Dennis and Tom Adair (“The Night We Called It a Day”), all rendered in lush yet smoky style.

The upcoming edition adds two bonus tracks originally released on a Target exclusive (seasonal favorite “The Man with the Bag” and Krall’s own song “Charmed Life”) as well as three more bonus cuts, at least two of which appeared on the Australasian tour bonus disc (the Gershwins’ “But Not for Me,” Peggy Lee’s “I Love Being Here with You,” and a live recording of the album’s “Maybe You’ll Be There”). The latter song is noted as an “Alternate Take” on the upcoming edition, so it’s unclear whether this is the same live recording as on the Australasian bonus disc. (“I Love Being Here with You” will only be available digitally via iTunes/Apple Music.)

The Look of Love (25th Anniversary Edition) will be available on CD, as well as a limited-edition One-Step vinyl pressing of the original 10-track album. Each pressing of the One-Step edition is numbered and housed in a gatefold, tip-on jacket within a slipcase.

Diana Krall and Claus Ogerman reunited in 2009 for Quiet Nights, featuring standards, bossa nova, and another Bacharach/David favorite (“Walk on By”). Since The Look of Love, though, Diana Krall has pursued various musical paths including original songs (The Girl in the Other Room, co-written with her husband, Elvis Costello), 1920s/1930s jazz rarities (the T Bone Burnett-produced Glad Rag Doll), and pop-rock (Wallflower, helmed by David Foster). Her most recent studio album, 2020’s This Dream of You, was titled after a Bob Dylan track and returned Krall and LiPuma to the standards milieu via songs by Irving Berlin, Vernon Duke, Lerner and Loewe, and others.

The Look of Love (25th Anniversary Edition) hits stores on November 20. You’ll find the track listing and pre-order links below. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

Diana Krall, The Look of Love (25th Anniversary Edition) (Verve 549 846-2, 2001 – reissued Verve/UMe, 2026)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP (Tracks 1-10 only): uDiscoverMusic.com
One-Step Vinyl (Tracks 1-10 only): Link TBD

’S Wonderful
Love Letters
I Remember You
Cry Me A River
Besame Mucho
The Night We Called It A Day
Dancing In The Dark
I Get Along With You Very Well
The Look Of Love
Maybe You’ll Be There
Charmed Life
The Man With The Bag
I Love Being Here With You (Live From The Vault)
But Not For Me
Maybe You’ll Be There (Alternate Take)

Tracks 11-12 from Target-exclusive edition, Verve 314 589 182-2, 2001
Tracks 13-14 (and possibly 15) from Verve (Asia) 7314549846-2, 2001

Categories:

News

Formats:

CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal

Tags:

Claus Ogerman, Diana Krall

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.