release date: Sep. 12, 2006
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: Larry Klein
label: Rounder Records / Universal - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "I'm All Right" - 2. "The Summer Wind" - 4. "Everybody's Talkin' " - 5. "River" - 7. "Once in a While" - 8. "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" - 9. "Half the Perfect World" - 10. "La Javanaise" (live) - 12. "Smile" (live)
Studio album by Madeleine Peyroux following her acclaimed album Careless Love from 2004. The formula is more or less the same here, only this album features several compositions co-written by Peyroux and has more songs from modern times with music by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Serge Gainsbourg, and Joni Mitchell. Generally, I like this slightly more than her 2004 album. Her versions of Cohen, Waits and the classic Chaplin "Smile" are just top notch vocal jazz arrangements and so full of warmth.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5, The Guardian 4 / 5, Mojo 5 / 5 stars ]
