It's Like This
- 艺人
- Rickie Lee Jones
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Artemis
- 发行时间
- 2000年09月12日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Zac Johnson
Not since Billie Holiday has there been a vocalist who so completely transforms a song into her own. On It's Like This, eclectic folkie Rickie Lee Jones envelops standards, showtunes, '70s soul, and even slick jazz-rock, interpreting them with her familiar childlike, breathy shouts. In a very similar vein as 1991's Pop Pop, Jones pulls together a collection of diverse songs from throughout the 20th century and gives them a sparse, fragile spin, kind of like Diana Krall and Bjork sharing coffee at an all-night diner.
Produced by Bruce Brody (who has also worked with Maria McKee and Bette Midler), this album is really a showcase for the dynamic vocalist -- her voice pitching and yawing like a sloop far out at sea. Several notable artists scatter themselves unobtrusively throughout the album like Joe Jackson, Ben Folds, John Pizzarelli, and Taj Mahal; each lend a subtle bassline or harmony vocal, cautiously not stepping on any of Jones' delicate lines.
Her passionate, earthy version of Marvin Gaye's "blaxploitation" hit "Trouble Man" is as soulful as her cover of the Beatles' "For No One" is pleading, each reaching out to the listener like a whisper from an inch away. Jones' unmistakable style is unlike anyone else's, and that fact alone will turn away some potential listeners; however, for fans of gentle jazz-pop, It's Like This is an intimate, dreamy wander through the songbooks of the last century.
最新简评（共4条）
- @淽煙錁 íǐì(VIIII)：.:.
- @小糖人和鲁皮皮(灞波儿奔和奔波儿灞谁棒？)：有幸我还存着这张打口碟
- @zhz3tb(123)：Rickie Lee Jones这位有着孩子般清纯嗓音和诗人般美妙文笔、娴熟驾驭多样乐风的才女，无论是民谣、 流行、摇滚或是爵士，无论歌曲内容是讲述一个故事、描述一种心情或是阐述一种理念，她总是能以最自 然的姿态编织出词曲契合且优雅迷人的艺术成品。
- @又又鱼：Tom Waits曾经的恋人