Bright Moments Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 i am thinking about getting this from yourmusic.com can anybody recommend it? Quote
Bright Moments Posted October 30, 2009 Author Report Posted October 30, 2009 wow almost 50 views and nobody knows nothing about this release! guess i'll have to get it just to report back to y'all! Quote
Free For All Posted October 30, 2009 Report Posted October 30, 2009 I have it, it's good, just kinda more of the same though. Great recording, nice tunes, great playing by Hamilton and the others, nice arrangements. Overall very pleasant. Though I do think there's a formulaic approach here that is reaching *premise overload* level. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 30, 2009 Report Posted October 30, 2009 I have it, it's good, just kinda more of the same though. Great recording, nice tunes, great playing by Hamilton and the others, nice arrangements. Overall very pleasant. Though I do think there's a formulaic approach here that is reaching *premise overload* level. Tend to agree with FFA here, though I'm a bit more negative--really found this to be a snooze of an album. And I'm by no means a kneejerk anti-Krall listener... I like & have LIVE IN PARIS, THE GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM, and FROM THIS MOMENT ON. But there were only 1 or 2 cuts that held my interest at all on this latest release. Nothing "wrong" with the album...just nothing that conveyed much spark. To me, anyway. Quote
Bright Moments Posted October 30, 2009 Author Report Posted October 30, 2009 thanks for the imput guys! Quote
Aggie87 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Posted October 30, 2009 I've tried a few of her albums, and found them to all be fairly dull. Only one I've kept and kinda like is the Nat Cole Trio tribute disc. Quote
Elissa Posted October 30, 2009 Report Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Where or When is one of my favorite ever tunes and I find what she does to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_myX0BIyWh0. Edited October 31, 2009 by Elissa Quote
neveronfriday Posted October 30, 2009 Report Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) I thought "Quiet Nights" was probably the worst of all of her albums (all of which I have ... yeah, I admit it). It's boring, totally devoid of any emotion ... cold. I don't want to be too harsh but can't help it here: I thought it sucked, royally ... all of it. Edited October 30, 2009 by neveronfriday Quote
Bright Moments Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Posted October 31, 2009 wow! thanks all - nuff said! i'll take a pass on it. Quote
JSngry Posted October 31, 2009 Report Posted October 31, 2009 Nothing wrong with Diana Krall's records that this being 1966 couldn't fix. Truthfully, I'd like to hear a collaboration between her, her husband, & Daniel Lanois. Give that Ice Queen shit some meaningful & relevant contextualization. Enough of Yesterday's Classics Today, that trio could well make a Tomorrow's Classic Today. Quote
tranemonk Posted October 31, 2009 Report Posted October 31, 2009 not her best.. Her first few CD's are the best... Sorry to say it but when Tommy LiPuma got a hold of her... they tried to make her into a diva.. She sounds fine but lost her essence when that happened IMHO!!! Quote
Larry Kart Posted November 1, 2009 Report Posted November 1, 2009 Where or When is one of my favorite ever tunes and I find what she does to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_myX0BIyWh0. Sounds like she's auditioning for a gig at the old Playboy Club. Quote
doneth Posted November 1, 2009 Report Posted November 1, 2009 Two unrelated observations: 1) On one of her earlier albums she rescued 'Garden in the Rain', which I thought was a lovely song and sounded vaguely familiar, driving me nuts until I remembered it was a nasty hit over 50 years ago by the Four Aces, who I disliked intensely; and 2) On Elvis Costello's new CD he sounds like a dying cow moaning through its nose. Quote
Free For All Posted November 1, 2009 Report Posted November 1, 2009 On Elvis Costello's new CD he sounds like a dying cow moaning through its nose. I will say he did a great job IMO singing the difficult melody to "Blood Count" on that Strayhorn special that was on PBS. Quote
Bill Nelson Posted November 1, 2009 Report Posted November 1, 2009 Back to Diana Krall's 'Quiet Nights' -- Her mannered, world-weary pose of languid, lazy singing is annoying and undeserved. Ms. Krall hasn't paid enough dues to justify slurring and mumbling the lyrics -- -- despite being married to Elvis Costello. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted November 1, 2009 Report Posted November 1, 2009 Back to Diana Krall's 'Quiet Nights' -- Her mannered, world-weary pose of languid, lazy singing is annoying and undeserved. Ms. Krall hasn't paid enough dues to justify slurring and mumbling the lyrics -- -- despite being married to Elvis Costello. Given that a "mannered, world-weary pose" is quite common in adolescents, perhaps it would be better to argue that she's too old for it! Quote
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