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| 艺人: | Stacey Kent |
| 语种: | 英语 |
| 唱片公司: | Candid |
| 发行时间: | 2001年05月01日 |
| 专辑类别: | 个人专辑 |
| 专辑风格: | Standards |
Vocalist Stacey Kent may or may not be "the greatest ballad singer in half a century," as her PR claims, but her straightforward renditions of these by-request ballads are not at all generic. What makes them consistently delightful is her unique sound and delivery. There's a certain brassiness, a trumpet-like pointedness, in her voice, as well as a host of endearing idiosyncrasies. Listen to her pronounce the word "idea" in George and Ira Gershwin's "Isn't It a Pity?" Or deliver these remarkable lyrics from the same song: "What joys untasted!/You, reading Heine/Me, somewhere in China." And later, "My nights were sour, spent with Schopenhauer." Kent knows how to make every tune fit her own musical persona. Dreamsville includes a number of seldom-heard gems, particularly "You Are There" by Johnny Mandel and Dave Frishberg, "You're Looking at Me" by Bobby Troup, and the ever-stunning title track by Henry Mancini. She also presents perennial favorites like "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and "Thanks for the Memory" (the latter not exactly a ballad). And although this is Kent's hour all the way, her band provides expert backing and more than a few surprises. The singer's husband, Jim Tomlinson, takes a break from tenor sax to play a sumptuous clarinet solo on "Polka Dots." And in the midst of Rodgers & Hart's "Little Girl Blue," pianist David Newton, bassist Simon Thorpe, and drummer Jasper Kviberg fall away, entering again only after Tomlinson and Colin Oxley perform a hushed tenor/guitar duet chorus.
| 01 | I've Got a Crush on You | 1306 | |||
| 02 | When Your Lover Has Gone | 294 | |||
| 03 | Isn't It a Pity? | 240 | |||
| 04 | You Are There | 723 | |||
| 05 | Under a Blanket of Blue | 689 | |||
| 06 | Dreamsville | 239 | |||
| 07 | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | 481 | |||
| 08 | Hushabye Mountain | 714 | |||
| 09 | Little Girl Blue | 347 | |||
| 10 | You're Looking at Me | 227 | |||
| 11 | Violets for Your Furs | 405 | |||
| 12 | Thanks for the Memory | 169 |







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