Lola Albright - Lola Wants You (2004)

Prior to her starmaking turn as a nightclub singer on the television classic Peter Gunn, Lola Albright recorded this slight but alluring session for Roost. From its cheesecake cover photo to Dean Elliott's lush, melodramatic arrangements, Lola Wants You is above all a tribute to the perennial salability of sex, and an engaging one at that. Albright's kittenish vocals are undeniably effective within their narrow range, and songs like "A Man, a Man, a Man" and "There's a Man in My Life" play nicely to her strengths. ~Jason Ankeny