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Music : Half the Perfect World
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Rating: 
- Perfection from Peyroux
As I wrote about Dreamland...I wasn't familiar with Peyroux until seaching for new sounds on the Internet a few months ago. Thanks to Amazon and your reviewers, I found her....even though 11 years after her debut! I now have all 3 albums: "Dreamland", "Careless Love" and "Half a Perfect World". What a voice, what fun, what sounds, what's not to like about her. And to have her sing Bessie, and Billie, and Cohen and Piaf, and Patsy, and then sing River with K.D.!! She hit all my hidden buttons.
Gosh! I smiled with her version of "Smile" and then was moved to her blues! And then her own creations are icing on the croissont.....maybe even dark chocolate! Delicious. Ignore the very few nay-sayers who like to overly compare, and just enjoy her for being Madeleine ... singing songs that you enjoy listening to. Like others have said, play her anytime, in the car, during dinner, or for your own private concert with your lover.
Rating: - Five stars for "River"
Yes, for just one song, Joni Mitchell's "River" this album deserves pure five stars. Peyroux's voice is so fragile and humble with Lang's one melodic and strong without overpowering. Sheer pleasure for vocal lovers.
But there is more. I could never figure out that somebody can sing "Summer Wind" after Frank Sinatra covered it. Frank is of course always perfect. Yet, Madeleine's version is equally good. She has a naturally swinging voice and it shows. Leonard Cohen's songs are real delight, especially "Half the Perfect World", sung by Madeleine almost jokingly. And Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" ends the set. Bravo!
Rating:
- half
the perfect world and half the talent or less (far, far less, as a matter of fact) of the artist she rips-off. if I want to hear some Billie Holiday, I'll listen to Billie Holiday, thank you very much.
Rating:
- Madeleine Peyroux - Half the Perfect World
Very soulful artistry and a wide range in style made this cd very enjoyable. Peyroux's voice is very remeniscent of Billie Holiday and it has an undercurrent of angst. I would have liked a bit more up-tempo tunes but overall a very pleasant listening experience that I do not tire of.
Rating: - The best so far.....what's next??
Listen.
Well, I guess that says it all. Let me explain.
Picture this if you will...
You've had a bad day and just want to get home to relax. You walk in the door, kick off your shoes and get you're coffee maker goin'. You pop into the living room and click on your audio system... letting it warm up while you get into something more comfortable. You grab a cup of coffee and head back to the living room. You pop Half The Perfect World in the CD player. You grab the remote and head for your listening spot. You click the 'GO' button on the remote and AHHHHHH... utter relaxation!
Great music and great performances. There's nothing left to say.
I rated this CD FIVE STARS based on the music and performances and that I'm writing to a non audiophile audience. HOWEVER, if I were reviewing this for my web page, I'd rate it this way:
Music A+
Performance A-
Recording C-
About the recording... the overall sound is "thick & muddy", that is, it lacks overall clarity and ambience. If you can relate to the difference between flying thru the air and swimming in mud, this thing was recorded in a mud puddle.
But don't let that stop you from buying Half The Perfect World. The beauty of the music and the excellence of the performances far outweigh the muddy, 1950's jukebox sound.
As I suggested at the beginning of this review ...sit back, relax, enjoy.
- Perfection from PeyrouxAs I wrote about Dreamland...I wasn't familiar with Peyroux until seaching for new sounds on the Internet a few months ago. Thanks to Amazon and your reviewers, I found her....even though 11 years after her debut! I now have all 3 albums: "Dreamland", "Careless Love" and "Half a Perfect World". What a voice, what fun, what sounds, what's not to like about her. And to have her sing Bessie, and Billie, and Cohen and Piaf, and Patsy, and then sing River with K.D.!! She hit all my hidden buttons.
Gosh! I smiled with her version of "Smile" and then was moved to her blues! And then her own creations are icing on the croissont.....maybe even dark chocolate! Delicious. Ignore the very few nay-sayers who like to overly compare, and just enjoy her for being Madeleine ... singing songs that you enjoy listening to. Like others have said, play her anytime, in the car, during dinner, or for your own private concert with your lover.
Rating:
- Five stars for "River"Yes, for just one song, Joni Mitchell's "River" this album deserves pure five stars. Peyroux's voice is so fragile and humble with Lang's one melodic and strong without overpowering. Sheer pleasure for vocal lovers.
But there is more. I could never figure out that somebody can sing "Summer Wind" after Frank Sinatra covered it. Frank is of course always perfect. Yet, Madeleine's version is equally good. She has a naturally swinging voice and it shows. Leonard Cohen's songs are real delight, especially "Half the Perfect World", sung by Madeleine almost jokingly. And Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" ends the set. Bravo!
Rating:
- halfthe perfect world and half the talent or less (far, far less, as a matter of fact) of the artist she rips-off. if I want to hear some Billie Holiday, I'll listen to Billie Holiday, thank you very much.
Rating:
- Madeleine Peyroux - Half the Perfect WorldVery soulful artistry and a wide range in style made this cd very enjoyable. Peyroux's voice is very remeniscent of Billie Holiday and it has an undercurrent of angst. I would have liked a bit more up-tempo tunes but overall a very pleasant listening experience that I do not tire of.
Rating:
- The best so far.....what's next?? Listen.
Well, I guess that says it all. Let me explain.
Picture this if you will...
You've had a bad day and just want to get home to relax. You walk in the door, kick off your shoes and get you're coffee maker goin'. You pop into the living room and click on your audio system... letting it warm up while you get into something more comfortable. You grab a cup of coffee and head back to the living room. You pop Half The Perfect World in the CD player. You grab the remote and head for your listening spot. You click the 'GO' button on the remote and AHHHHHH... utter relaxation!
Great music and great performances. There's nothing left to say.
I rated this CD FIVE STARS based on the music and performances and that I'm writing to a non audiophile audience. HOWEVER, if I were reviewing this for my web page, I'd rate it this way:
Music A+
Performance A-
Recording C-
About the recording... the overall sound is "thick & muddy", that is, it lacks overall clarity and ambience. If you can relate to the difference between flying thru the air and swimming in mud, this thing was recorded in a mud puddle.
But don't let that stop you from buying Half The Perfect World. The beauty of the music and the excellence of the performances far outweigh the muddy, 1950's jukebox sound.
As I suggested at the beginning of this review ...sit back, relax, enjoy.