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Dreamland by: Madeleine Peyroux CD-Charts Price: CDN$ 14.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075678294624 Label: Atlantic Manufacturer: Atlantic Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Atlantic Release Date: January 17, 1997 Studio: Atlantic Sales Rank: 5138 MPN: 82946 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - Excellent album.Listening to this album it is hard to believe this isn't one of the great black female Jazz artists from the 30's or 40's. Madeleine Peyroux has a voice very reminiscent of Billie Holliday yet uniquely her own. She delivers her songs with a style and maturity way beyond her years; she was a mere 22 years old when she recorded this. As well as covering some well-known numbers Ms Peyroux performs some of her own songs proving she is as talented a songwriter as she is a singer. There isn't a track on this album that isn't flawlessly performed but particularly outstanding are 'La Vie En Rose' and 'A Prayer'. This is an album that you want to listen to with the lights low and curled up in a comfy chair.... bliss. Rating: - HDCD sounds great on regular CD/DVD playersDreamland is recorded in HDCD format. It can nonetheless be played with any, standard, CD/DVD player, however it sounds better on a machine that can interpret HDCD code. HDCD recordings do, however, sound better than regular recordings even when played on standard machines. And DREAMLAND SOUNDS GREAT. It is one of my three or so reference CD/audio DVDs. The bass is very good: clear and deep. The piano solos will give you goose bumps on your goose bumps. Her voice is smooth, never harsh or piercing. If you have a good system with good speakers, you will keep going back to this recording to judge the quality of other CDs. I have grown to like all the songs on this album. Rating:  - Good but she has improved much since this one....I recently saw Madeleine in NYC and was just mesmerized- I thought her voice was fantastic and her style of performing was simple but bewitching. I bought her CD afterwards (its a short version not available in stores I think) and was similarly excited. I had been looking forward to hearing Dreamland for awhile but I have to admit that now that I have, it's just okay in my mind compared to what she is capable of. No doubt that her voice is wonderful here but I feel the songs chosen and the arrangements for much of the album are not nearly as great as she is capable of. It's enjoyable to hear but it doesn't stand out in my head. Your best bet is to see her or get the new one when it comes out. Rating: - Buy this album, then GO HEAR HER LIVE!Unfortunately, I did it the other way around--heard her gorgeous, heartbreaking singing at a little Red Cross benefit in October 2001 and then picked up the record, which is beautiful but almost sterile by comparison. Hence the loss of a star. I do listen to _Dreamland_ whenever MP hasn't done a local gig for a while, and it tides me over, but I try to go see her whenever I can (find gig listings at madeleinepeyroux.com). I took my parents to hear her, and my dad--a lifelong Billie Holiday fan--literally had tears rolling down his face, he was so happy. Every foot in the place was tapping. She is so much The Real Thing. MP does keep saying that the new album's coming soon. I hope that it includes more of her own songs, ... Read More: Rating: - Evocative VoiceI bought this CD based on the reviews here and was not disappointed. She has a voice reminiscent of Billie Holiday, but she doesn't sound like she's trying to copy her. Great Jazz/Blues sound that is different from many of today's artists. It's amazing that someone so young has such an interesting voice |
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