Dreamsville

9.2分（27人评分）

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共12首歌曲

艺人: Stacey Kent
语种: 英语
厂牌: Candid Productions Ltd.
发行时间: 2001年05月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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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.

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