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Music : Half the Perfect World
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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.
Rating: - Madeliene Peyroux is Bossa Nova!
Madeleine Peyroux is Bossa Nova! She's jazzy, but she's more, she's Bossa Nova! She presents us the liric "Half the perfect world" in the finest Bossa Nova way.
She's great and we'll listen to her in Brazil next september, 28.!
Carlos Salgado
Porto Alegre
Brasil
Rating:
- not really distinctive
It's a sad thing when the most engaging music on a vocal album comes from the backup musicians. I had heard parts of this singer's first CD and enjoyed it quite a bit. Ms. Peyroux seemed to have a sense of style -- even if most of it was borrowed from you-know-who -- and a retro taste that made her stand out from the current crowd.
But I have been unable to listen to this entire CD in one sitting. In fact I haven't gotten more than three tracks into it without giving up in boredom. The pianist was doing more interesting things than the woman he accompanied.
Unbelievably lackluster performances. And not very well mixed or balanced either, although at least one can say the production is consistent with the flavorless artistry on "display" here.
Anyone who experiences M. Peyroux for the first time via this album will probably wonder what all the fuss is about. Sorry to be so negative. Even sorrier I spent money on this.
Rating: - Peyroux video available
I stumbled across two video selections of Madeleine Peyroux singing for Minn Public Radio. "Half the Perfect World" and "It's Alright" can be found at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/video/
- 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.
Rating:
- Madeliene Peyroux is Bossa Nova!Madeleine Peyroux is Bossa Nova! She's jazzy, but she's more, she's Bossa Nova! She presents us the liric "Half the perfect world" in the finest Bossa Nova way.
She's great and we'll listen to her in Brazil next september, 28.!
Carlos Salgado
Porto Alegre
Brasil
Rating:
- not really distinctiveIt's a sad thing when the most engaging music on a vocal album comes from the backup musicians. I had heard parts of this singer's first CD and enjoyed it quite a bit. Ms. Peyroux seemed to have a sense of style -- even if most of it was borrowed from you-know-who -- and a retro taste that made her stand out from the current crowd.
But I have been unable to listen to this entire CD in one sitting. In fact I haven't gotten more than three tracks into it without giving up in boredom. The pianist was doing more interesting things than the woman he accompanied.
Unbelievably lackluster performances. And not very well mixed or balanced either, although at least one can say the production is consistent with the flavorless artistry on "display" here.
Anyone who experiences M. Peyroux for the first time via this album will probably wonder what all the fuss is about. Sorry to be so negative. Even sorrier I spent money on this.
Rating:
- Peyroux video availableI stumbled across two video selections of Madeleine Peyroux singing for Minn Public Radio. "Half the Perfect World" and "It's Alright" can be found at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/video/