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Dreamland

by: Madeleine Peyroux

Release Date April 04, 2005
I have all three of Madeleine Peyroux's albums now having recently purchased this beauty. All through the album, you can tell the quality and the feeling in her vocal performance. I find it difficult to believe now that it took 8 years before Madeleine Peyroux became a household name with her second album "Careless Love" and not this one. Never mind. This is still a wonderful album.

This album is a launching pad for Madeleine Peyroux to launch from. Her singing style is very similar to that of Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith, the jazz and blues divas of their time. It hits off with "Walking After Midnight" and finishes off with a blues-fuelled "Lovesick Blues". The tracks inbetween are also of distinction including "Dreamland", ... Read More:

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Careless Love

by: Madeleine Peyroux

Release Date October 25, 2004
If you like the voices of Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald at their melancholy best then you'll like this CD.

Madeleine Peyroux has the reputation for being an offbeat and thoughtful character. Maybe because she takes her art so seriously. Strange fruit that is essentially beautiful.

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Not Too Late

by: Norah Jones

Release Date January 29, 2007
If you love these "black" rhythms (soul, blues, country), you will enjoy this cd; this album is very delightful, sensitive, beautiful, introspective... and personal; you can hear this album in a midnight show, with candle lights, with somebody who's in love with you in a romantic place inside and the effect will be magic... Pure "Plastic Soul, Man" (as Paul McCartney said on "Beatles Anthology 2"), I bought this album and I listened it many times without get bored... It's symply marvelous, a wonderful piece of Norah's work.
Enjoy the piano, enjoy the acoustic guitars, enjoy the drums, enjoy Norah's voice...ENJOY ALL!!!

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Back To Black

by: Amy Winehouse

Release Date October 30, 2006
On her debut album "Frank", Amy had already demonstrated her budding genius with tracks like "Stronger Than Me" and the stunning "Take The Box". On "Back To Black" she seizes her place among the immortals with a collection of songs that to my knowledge is unequalled in Pop history. The album is so chock-full of classics that it is hard to know where to start. This is authentic modern London jazzy soul that sounds as good as - if not better than - anything that has ever been produced by Motown or Philly - or anyone.
What distinguishes it from all else in the current music scene is the sheer quality of the songwriting. The only track that is not an instant classic is "Some Unholy War" - a good track, but not a solid gold hit like the other ten numbers here. The ... Read More:

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From This Moment on

by: Diana Krall

Release Date September 11, 2006
Obviously it depends upon what you like, and this CD is OK but not a patch on her earlier recordings. If like me you highly rated her Love Songs and Live in Paris jazz albums, this one and her more recent recordings will be a disappointment.

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The Road to Escondido

by: JJ Cale and Eric Clapton

Release Date November 06, 2006
I really looked forward to receiving Cale and Clapton's cd. Quite frankly I was disappointed with this cd. Maybe I expected too much from this ace guitarist. I found its content flat, repetative and uninspiring. Would I buy it again? No. It just sounds like a Clapton jamming session which doesn't push any perameters especially the vocals. Yes, Clapton is a superb guitarist without doubt and this cd just doesn't inspire me at all.

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Frank

by: Amy Winehouse

Release Date October 20, 2003
I've been a Amy fan since the start, so maybe i'm a bit biased when I say I prefer her debut album to her current one (which is still very good) but I always find myself listening to this album over her current one. I just think it's a bit more raw and authentic (and therefore maybe won't appeal to mainstream music fans as much?) and it really comes through on the album..defo a more jazzy vibe but I love it and it suits her vocals really well :) I did buy her new album which i also think it's brilliant but this is still my personal preference!

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Got You on My Mind

by: William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux feat Carly Simon

Release Date September 07, 2004
This has to be one of my favourite albums that I own. I wasnt a huge fan of her Careless Love album - contraversial statement I know :-)

Maddy has a fantastic voice, slightly more blusey on this album. Couple with the brilliant harmonica player William Gailson. This album is quite different from her others, but well worth the listen.

Favourite tracks are the Scorpian and the Frog and Heaven Help us all.

Brilliant!!

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Corinne Bailey Rae

by: Corinne Bailey Rae

Release Date February 27, 2006
I love this album and neve get bored of listening to it. Each time I do listen I enjoy it more and more. The songs are infectious and it is hard not to relate to the lyrics.

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Alright, Still

by: Lily Allen

Release Date July 17, 2006
When it came out i felt at the time it was an album that signalled the start of the summer with sunny pop kissed tracks like "Knock em out", "Smile" and "LDN" and the cheesy catchy "Alfie" but i felt someone should have been there to rub the rough edges off her lyrics which started to be downright childish with the potty mouthed swearing and veering on the malacious especially on the track "Not Big" whilst making a poor attempt at an rnb/ballad in "Littlest Things".

If she is to do any better on her second album whenever it sees the light of day she should start growing up a little and be more precise with herself and the lyrics instead of repeating a tried and tested formula that has long gone past its sell by date!