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Better Than Anything is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing with Junior Mance’s Trio that was recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Äva label.

Track listing:
“Better Than Anything” (David “Buck” Wheat, Bill Loughborough) – 2:21
“The Touch of Your Lips” (Ray Noble) – 2:22
“The Meaning of the Blues” (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 3:11
“Rock Me to Sleep” (Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II) – 2:20
“No More” (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) – 3:10
“Passing By” (Laurent Hess, Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence) – 1:54
“It’s a Wonderful World” (Jan Savitt, Harold Adamson, Johnny Watson) – 2:34
“This Is Always” (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:23
“Just Friends” (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:40
“Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 3:35
“Nobody Else But Me” (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1:54

Personnel:
Irene Kral – vocals
Junior Mance – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass guitar
Mickey Roker – drums

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Released: 1963
Recorded: June 17 & 18, 1963
World Pacific Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Length: 29:24
Label: Äva
A/AS 33
Producer: Joe Burnett