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Half the Perfect World by: Madeleine Peyroux List Price: $17.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $3.99 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0011661325227 Label: Rounder / UMGD Manufacturer: Rounder / UMGD Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rounder / UMGD Release Date: September 12, 2006 Studio: Rounder / UMGD Sales Rank: 1755 MPN: 613252 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Smokey-voiced chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux's third CD is a lovely collection of after-hours ruminations and should confirm her rise to fame. Credit producer Larry Klein for doing a bang-up job with the album's sound: the elegant, pared-down arrangements are all brushed drums, acoustic guitars, and cool organ licks. But of course it's Peyroux's voice that brings it all home--preferably one where the shades are drawn, embers are smoldering in the fireplace, and the white wine is kept dry. Two-thirds of the songs are well-chosen covers, including a duet with k.d. lang on Joni Mitchell's "River"; a relaxed version of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," from Midnight Cowboy; a delicately lilting samba take on Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas's title track; Serge Gainsbourg's "La Javanaise," performed in the original French; and Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," from Modern Times. The four originals, all coauthored by Peyroux, easily keep up with such august company, especially "I'm All Right"--written with Klein and Walter Becker, it captures the easy sophistication of Becker's regular band, Steely Dan. Fans of Norah Jones (whose collaborator Jesse Harris cowrote three of the songs) should gobble up this album, but Peyroux is no mere imitator: She's her own, very real thing. --Elisabeth Vincentelli More Madeleine
Album Description: Madeleine Peyroux doesn't simply interpret songs, she possesses them…and vice versa. Half the Perfect World is the much-anticipated follow-up to Peyroux's breakthrough album, Careless Love, which drew critical raves from around the world and sold more than a million copies. This time around, Peyroux focuses primarily on songs written by artists from her lifetime, including Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Fred Neil. The album also features an unforgettable duet with k.d. lang on the Joni Mitchell classic "River" and four original songs co-written by Peyroux, including the single "I'm All Right" which she penned with producer Larry Klein and Steely Dan's Walter Becker. Half the Perfect World is a sublime showcase for Peyroux's eloquent, understated delivery and timeless one-of-a-kind voice. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Michelle Peyroux Half The Perfect WorldThis cd is delightfully lyrical with songs I enjoy even while reading. Not too intrusive, the music lingers, however, in one's memory. I have played it frequently, sometimes listening to the lyrics and other times, reading.. I heard Ms. Peyroux while shopping in a local health food store. Asked the sales person who the singer was and then I ordered it from Amazon. End of story. Anna Seidler.... Rating:  - Dissapointing after her othersI really like Peyroux's first two albums - she has a lovely voice - but this one left me cold. The first track is very good, and the title track isn't bad - almost everything else is dull and lifeless. Some of the covers are frankly awful. If you are coming to this artist for the first time I strong advise you to try Careless Love or Dreamland dreamland first. This one seems to have been airbrushed to smooth out anything interesting. Rating:  - Over-ratedI'm unimpressed. I had originally heard the title track and thought the entire CD would be as good. It's not. I wasn't at all impressed with some of the other classic re-workings. Rating:  - Not Billie and KD is the best part of the AlbumFirst of all I was given this disc as a Christmas gift, and had no idea who Madeleine Peyroux was. Still, I am into Jazz quite a bit, check my other reviews to be sure. The jazz I enjoy is usually a bit more experimental, or historically significant. So, how to grade the CD when her music is perhaps, an "acquired" taste? First of all, I was intrigued by the fact that this album is produced by former Joni Mitchell husband and producer, Larry Klein. How is the production quality to the CD? Not very good. Many instances the gain on the bass parts or on drums in some of the songs pegs the meters and causes an un-wanted distortion. Her voice is suitably recorded with little processing, though, and that's a good thing. So, ... Read More: Rating: - Fine Voice - Not Thrilled About the Songs or ArrangementsI can totally understand why many people like this artist. She has a fine voice (which sometimes DOES sound much like Billie Holiday). On this particular cd, I do not like some of the song selections (The Summer Wind for one), or some of the light-weightedness of the arrangements (why put the riff for Jingle Bells into Joni Mitchell's song 'The River?). |
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