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{{Infobox album
| name         = Blue Skies
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Seth MacFarlane]]
| cover        = Blue_Skies_by_Seth_MacFarlane.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = May 20, 2022
| studio       = [[Abbey Road Studios]]
| genre        = {{flatlist|
* [[Vocal jazz]]
* [[swing music|swing]]
* [[big band]]
}}
| length       = {{duration|m=41|s=57}}
| label        = {{flatlist|
* [[Republic Records|Republic]]
* [[Verve Records|Verve]]
* [[Fuzzy Door Productions|Fuzzy Door]]}}
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* [[Joel McNeely]]
* Seth MacFarlane
}}
| prev_title   = [[Great Songs from Stage & Screen]]
| prev_year    = 2020
| next_title   = [[We Wish You the Merriest]]
| next_year    = 2023
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Blue Skies
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[No Moon at All]]
| single1date = April 20, 2022
}}
}}
'''''Blue Skies''''' is the seventh studio album by American actor and singer [[Seth MacFarlane]], released on May 20, 2022, through [[Republic Records]] and [[Verve Records]]. MacFarlane reunited with his frequent collaborator [[Joel McNeely]] to produce the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seth MacFarlane, Blue Skies New Music, Songs, & Albums, 2022|last=Hans|first=Vince|date=May 20, 2022|work=NRN|url=https://www.newreleasesnow.com/album/seth-macfarlane-blue-skies|access-date=May 20, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211030036/https://www.newreleasesnow.com/album/seth-macfarlane-blue-skies|archivedate=February 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's lead single, "No Moon at All", was released digitally on April 20, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title="No Moon at All" from Multi-Grammy Nominated Singer Seth MacFarlane's Upcoming Blue Skies|date=May 2, 2022|work=Frontview Magazine|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/no-moon-at-all-from-multi-grammy-nominated-singer-seth-macfarlanes-upcoming-blue-skies|access-date=May 2, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211030036/https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/no-moon-at-all-from-multi-grammy-nominated-singer-seth-macfarlanes-upcoming-blue-skies|archivedate=February 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Background==
On April 21, 2022, It was announced that MacFarlane would release his new album the following month.<ref name=Variety>{{Cite web|last=William|first=Chris|date=April 21, 2022|title=Seth MacFarlane Returns to an Uptempo Take on Big-Band Jazz With New Album, 'Blue Skies' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/seth-macfarlane-new-album-blue-skies-1235237598/|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531221441/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/seth-macfarlane-new-album-blue-skies-1235237598/|archive-date=May 31, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> MacFarlane collaborated with Andrew Cottee again, after previously working on his fifth album ''[[Once in a While (Seth MacFarlane album)|Once in a While]]''. He recorded the album at [[Abbey Road Studios]], making it his sixth time recording at the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flook|first=Ray|date=May 26, 2022|title=The Orville: Seth MacFarlane on S03 FOX-to-Hulu Move: "Thank The Lord"|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-orville-seth-macfarlane-on-s03-fox-to-hulu-move-thank-the-lord/|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531221441/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-orville-seth-macfarlane-on-s03-fox-to-hulu-move-thank-the-lord/|archive-date=May 31, 2019|access-date=May 27, 2022|website=[[Bleeding Cool]]}}</ref> MacFarlane said on collaborating with Cottee again, "I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee's supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations," MacFarlane tells Variety. "So after our last collaboration, 'Once in A While,' a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album." Cottee also said on working with him, "Cottee speaks in terms of raising the bar. "This is the album I've always wanted to make. The chance to collaborate with an artist like Seth MacFarlane and work with such a high calibre of players is a dream for any arranger." MacFarlane and Cottee wrote an original song for the album, "Unless I Do It All With You".<ref name=Variety/>
==Singles==
The album's lead single, "[[No Moon at All]]", was released on April 20, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=No Moon at All – Seth MacFarlane – Vevo|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=CzNBQhn-zhg|work=[[Vevo]]|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All music arranged and conducted by Andrew Cottee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Skies / Seth MacFarlane |url=https://tidal.com/browse/album/228811447 |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]|date=20 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Blue Skies'' – Seth MacFarlane on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/blue-skies/1617737240 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826031429/https://music.apple.com/us/album/blue-skies/1617737240 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2022 |publisher=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| all_music =
| total_length = 41:48
| title1 = It's You or No One
| writer1 = {{flat list|
* [[Sammy Cahn]]
* [[Jule Styne]]}}
| length1 = 2:49
| title2 = [[No Moon at All]]
| writer2 = {{flat list|
* [[David Mann (songwriter)|David Mann]]
* [[Redd Evans]]}}
| length2 = 2:22
| title3 = You'll Get Yours
| writer3 = {{flat list|
* Dok Stanford
* [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]}}
| length3 = 2:45
| title4 = [[A Hundred Years from Today]]
| writer4 = {{flat list|
* [[Victor Young]]
* [[Ned Washington]]
* [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 = [[If I Were a Bell]]
| writer5 = [[Frank Loesser]]
| length5 = 2:22
| title6 = [[Out of Nowhere (Johnny Green song)|Out of Nowhere]]
| writer6 = {{flat list|
* [[Johnny Green]]
* [[Edward Heyman]]}}
| length6 = 3:12
| title7 = [[On Green Dolphin Street (song)|On Green Dolphin Street]]
| writer7 = {{flat list|
* [[Bronisław Kaper]]
* Washington}}
| length7 = 3:04
| title8 = [[That Old Feeling (song)|That Old Feeling]]
| writer8 = {{flat list|
* [[Lew Brown]]
* [[Sammy Fain]]}}
| length8 = 2:49
| title9 = [[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]
| writer9 = [[Irving Berlin]]
| length9 = 3:14
| title10 = [[It Could Happen to You (song)|It Could Happen to You]]
| writer10 = {{flat list|
* Van Heusen
* [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]}}
| length10 = 2:53
| title11 = [[I Didn't Know About You]]
| writer11 = {{flat list|
* [[Duke Ellington]]
* [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]]}}
| length11 = 3:37
| title12 = [[You Turned the Tables on Me]]
| writer12 = {{flat list|
* [[Louis Alter]]
* [[Sidney D. Mitchell]]}}
| length12 = 3:13
| title13 = [[Never in a Million Years (1937 song)|Never in a Million Years]]
| writer13 = {{flat list|
* [[Mack Gordon]]
* [[Harry Revel]]}}
| length13 = 3:42
| title14 = Unless I Do It All With You
| writer14 = {{flat list|
* [[Seth MacFarlane]]
* Andrew Cottee}}
| length14 = 2:46
}}
== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blue Skies – Seth MacFarlane {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-skies-mw0003692946|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* Louis Alter – Composer
* Irving Berlin – Composer
* Rich Breen – Engineer, Mixing
* Lew Brown – Composer
* Johnny Burke – Composer
* Sammy Cahn – Composer
* Jon Cassar – Cover Photo
* Stephano Civetta – Assistant Engineer
* Dave Collins – Mastering
* Andrew Cottee – Arranger, Composer, Conductor
* Duke Ellington – Composer
* Redd Evans – Composer
* Sammy Fain – Composer
* Joy Fehily – Executive Producer
* Mack Gordon – Composer
* Mark Graham – Music Preparation
* Johnny Green – Composer
* Dan Hayden – Assistant Engineer
* James Van Heusen – Composer
* Edward Heyman – Composer
* JoAnn Kane – Music Preparation
* Bronislaw Kaper – Composer
* Frank Loesser – Composer
* Seth MacFarlane –Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
* Dave Mann –Composer
* Joel McNeely – Producer
* Sidney D. Mitchell – Composer
* Harry Revel – Composer
* Bob Russell – Composer
* Kristen Sorace – Design
* Dok Stanford – Composer
* Jule Styne – Composer
* Ned Washington – Composer
* Joseph Young – Composer
* Victor Young – Composer
{{div col end}}
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| May 20, 2022
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| {{hlist|[[Republic Records|Republic]]|[[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Fuzzy Door Productions]]}}
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