Music Is Better Than Words

Music Is Better Than Words
Studio album by
Seth MacFarlane
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011
RecordedDecember 10–13, 2010
Studio
Genre
Length48:29
LabelUniversal Republic
ProducerJoel McNeely
Seth MacFarlane chronology
Music Is Better Than Words
(2011) 		Holiday for Swing
(2014)
Singles from Music Is Better Than Words
  1. "The Night They Invented Champagne"
    Released: September 6, 2011
  2. "Nine O'Clock"
    Released: September 27, 2011

Music Is Better Than Words is the debut studio album by American actor and singer Seth MacFarlane.[1] The album contains songs from the Great American Songbook, and features standards by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe, among other 1940s and ’50s-era show tunes.[2] The album features duets with Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles.[3] The album was produced and conducted by film and television composer Joel McNeely, who is also one of the composers of American Dad!, an animated TV series co-created by MacFarlane.

On November 30, 2011, the album received two nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[4]

  1. ^ "Seth Mcfarlane - Music Is Better Than Words (Lp)". Music Direct. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  2. ^ "Seth MacFarlane: TV's 'Family Guy' Makes Music, Too". NPR. October 17, 2011. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  3. ^ "Seth Mcfarlane - Music Is Better Than Words (Lp)". Music Direct. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  4. ^ "Complete List of Nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards | E! Online UK". Ca.eonline.com. November 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.