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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0739341014727 Label: Blix Street Manufacturer: Blix Street Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blix Street Release Date: August 01, 2006 Studio: Blix Street Sales Rank: 1369
Amazon.co.uk Review: This is Eva Cassidy's one and only solo studio album. Before her untimely death in 1996 she made a live album (Live At Blues Alley) and a duet album with Chuck Brown (The Other Side), and these, together with the posthumous compilation Songbird, represent the sum total of her output. Every album, every track is therefore doubly precious. For Eva Cassidy's voice is of the very rarest hue: the kind of voice that only comes along once in a generation, the kind of voice that grabs your heartstrings and just won't let go. Whether she is singing blues and jazz numbers, evergreen standards or folk ballads, her vocal expression, her range, note-perfect accuracy and sense of passionate immersion in the music are all palpable. If there's a problem it's that she is so supremely confident an interpreter of all these styles that the album lacks a single focus: Fleetwood Mac's touching ballad "Songbird" is bookended by the Arlen/Mercer standard "Blues In The Night" (a swinging blues) and "Need Your Love So Bad" (a duet with jazzman Chuck Brown). Sometimes Eva is Aretha Franklin, sometimes she's Sandy Denny. But it scarcely matters for anyone captivated by her voice. And anyone who listens to this album is certain to be captivated. --Mark Walker
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Home is where the heart is
What can I do buy copy the review I wrote of Eva's Songbird? So here I go again.
Once again: don't buy this record. Please, no money. Money is too hard, too cold to purchase the soul of an artiste like Eva.
But taste that soul. Share it. Like you share the secret motions of in your heart with your nearest and dearest.
Eva's voice and warmth are heaven-sent. And words sometimes can't come close and tell. So don't buy this cd. Offer it to someone you love and share the warmth and ... Read More
Rating: - eva by heart
As I read the reviews from not only this wonderful CD but Eva's other ones I am struck by how unanimous the praise is for her. And then I look at the date of the reviews and I begin to worry and wonder. There does not seem to be any from the last five years. Right beside the reviews is an ad wondering what is wrong with young people who think Man Ray was a poisonous fish when he was an artist. Personally I think if Man Ray had thought about it he might have wanted to be Manta Ray as well. But I digress. ... Read More
Rating: - My Favourite Eva Album
I could listen to this album non-stop for days. It's wonderful. I love all the songs here, especially "I Know You By Heart", "Blues in the Night" and "Waly Waly". Eva had a voice with such fantastic range. In "I Know You By Heart", her voice is so soft, absolutely beautiful on the lower, quieter notes. Then you listen to "Blues in the Night" and you're bowled over! Here was this gentle, soft singer then suddenly she's belting out this great song - very loud - and you can hardly believe it's the same ... Read More
Rating: - Eva Cassidy had the voice of an angel
What a voice! This is my favourite of the Eva Cassidy albums (although we were left with so few). She had a crystal clear voice with so much poignancy - so very, very rare. "I Know You By Heart" is my favourite of the tracks on this album. Anybody who appreciates true talent, real emotional feeling and poetic lyrics would love this album. An absolute masterpiece.
Rating: - Music's purest voice and greatest loss
Just through the simple act of intoducing Eva Cassidy to the nation, Terry Wogan deserves to be made the Head of State. Eva Cassidy is, quite simply, a revelation. Her voice is as pure as a mountain stream, her intonation on a par with any of the greats. She has the ability to move from soft ballads to gravelly blues without her voice ever seeming out of place, contrived or strained. This album contains gem after gem of such beauty that they make you marvel at her talent. For me, the highlight is the achingly ... Read More
