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Music : The Shadow of Your Smile
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The Shadow of Your Smile by: Astrud Gilberto |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731455718423 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Umvd Labels Manufacturer: Umvd Labels Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Umvd Labels Release Date: April 23, 2002 Studio: Umvd Labels Sales Rank: 67877 MPN: 557184 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: 24 bit digitally remastered. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Charming, with reservationsThis is a charming album. The sound is dated, yes, but the remastered edition is luscious. The instrumental and vocal timbres are very warm and sweet. The only caveat I have is that the vocals are not as solid as The Astrud Gilberto Album. That one sounds very confident throughout. Here, some of the singing sounds tentative. Maybe that by itself may be appealing to some listeners. I do not have that reaction. It sounds like Astrud was not entirely comfortable with the some of the songs or wasn't thoroughly familiar with them. Also, on Fly Me To The Moon Astrud never sounds exactly on-key, which is a bit disconcerting. Who Can I Turn To is similarly afflicted. It makes me wonder if she was unable to hear the orchestral ... Read More: Rating: - I've always liked Astrud.............and still do. This is a remake of an LP from back in '64....very early Astrud. There's always been a certain charm about her...maybe a "little girl" quality...hard to define. The story is that she only got onto the legendary Getz/Gilberto album in the first place because she could sing in English. Not sure if this was her first solo effort... This is an album of pop music of the day, English and Portugese...probably the best known cuts would be the title song, "Fly Me To The Moon", and "Who Can I Turn To". One can say that Astrud has an accent, BUT, one can understand every word, which is more than can be said for some who grew up speaking English. As I said, this is a reissue of an LP...and there's the one drawback; ... Read More: Rating: - smooth rangeto all the other five star reviews, I can say Amen! However, there is one thing I noticed about Astrud Gilberto's voice I hadn't recognized before. Notice her transition from either the low or middle register to a hign note. It's smoothness is unimaginable. Truly the best CD of hers of all that I own. Rating: - EASY LISTENING WITH SOOTHING FEMALE VOCALSGreat easy listening with soothing and pretty female vocals.The songs are quite emotional,with a beautiful sadness to them that only the mid to late 60's can bring.Just fantastic.I also recommend "A Certain Smile,A Certain Sadness" and "A Look To the Rainbow" from Austrud Gilberto.......and Carlos Jobim's "The Composer Of Desafinado Plays" and "Wave",all of these recordings are from the mid to late 60's and are very similar. Rating: - The Real DealThis is as good a classic Bossa Nova CD as I've heard. The delivery is so low key and understated that it blends in with any activity, reading, having a nice cup of tea, or writing. Gilberto's voice is so cool and collected that it's hard to believe that she basically walked into the studio and cut these and her other classic tracks without any formal training. Her voice reminds me loosely of Swing Out Sister's Corrine Drewery, another so called "untrained" pop-jazz vocalist with a cult following. All the tracks here are worth listening. My only complaint is that there weren't more of them, and that most of them don't run a little longer. Great stuff! |
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