One and a half Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 October 21, 2014. About time for some real songs. [TABLE] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]1. California Dreamin'[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]2. Desperado[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]3. Superstar[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]4. Alone Again (Naturally) duet with Michael Bublé[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]5. Wallflower featuring Blake Mills[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]6. If I Take You Home Tonight[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]7. I Can't Tell You Why[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]8. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]9. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]10. I'm Not In Love[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]11. Feels Like Home duet with Bryan Adams[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]12. Don't Dream It's Over[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]13. In My Life (Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]14. Yeh Yeh duet with Georgie Fame (Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]15. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Live)(Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]16. Wallflower (Live)(Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
JazzDoc Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I agree. Great selection of songs! Link to comment
mkrzych Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 October 21, 2014. About time for some real songs. [ATTACH=CONFIG]14466[/ATTACH] [TABLE] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]1. California Dreamin'[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]2. Desperado[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]3. Superstar[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]4. Alone Again (Naturally) duet with Michael Bublé[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]5. Wallflower featuring Blake Mills[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]6. If I Take You Home Tonight[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]7. I Can't Tell You Why[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]8. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]9. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]10. I'm Not In Love[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]11. Feels Like Home duet with Bryan Adams[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]12. Don't Dream It's Over[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]13. In My Life (Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]14. Yeh Yeh duet with Georgie Fame (Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowEven, bgcolor: #EEF1F6] [TD]15. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Live)(Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: listRowOdd] [TD]16. Wallflower (Live)(Amazon Deluxe Exclusive)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] I hope that sonic quality will be also "real". -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
drofgnal Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm looking forward to it, but will wait till it is out and some reviews are posted. I wasn't enamored with her latest Glad Rag Doll. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm looking forward to it, but will wait till it is out and some reviews are posted. I wasn't enamored with her latest Glad Rag Doll. Agree on Glad Rag Doll. Is T-Bone Burnett involved again? Hopefully not. I'd love her go back to her traditional middle of the road jazz style. However, that song selection, and the duet with Michael Bublé & Bryan Adams, is more pointing towards mainstream pop. I didn't mind Bublé in his very early recordings, but cannot stand anything anymore he's done recently. I think I probably haven't heard any song from Bryan Adams since 1991 (Everything I Do.....). I thought he'd turned to photography. And forgive my ignorance, but I had never heard of Blake Mills before. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Melvin Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Agree on Glad Rag Doll. Is T-Bone Burnett involved again? Hopefully not. I'd love her go back to her traditional middle of the road jazz style. However, that song selection, and the duet with Michael Bublé & Bryan Adams, is more pointing towards mainstream pop. I didn't mind Bublé in his very early recordings, but cannot stand anything anymore he's done recently. I think I probably haven't heard any song from Bryan Adams since 1991 (Everything I Do.....). I thought he'd turned to photography. And forgive my ignorance, but I had never heard of Blake Mills before. +1 .. Musicophile, couldn't agree more, so much so that I could have written this post myself! Link to comment
tne Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I, too, agree about Glad Rag Doll as a whole. However the title song is fantastic. But one song does not a good album make. For me, Live in Paris and the Nat King Cole remake album, alone with her Christmas album, are among my all time favourites. You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star Link to comment
asindc Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I, too, agree about Glad Rag Doll as a whole. However the title song is fantastic. But one song does not a good album make. For me, Live in Paris and the Nat King Cole remake album, alone with her Christmas album, are among my all time favourites. I think Live in Paris was/is her best. I think the live nature of the performance took her away from the formulaic sound that some of her albums have. *ANTIPODES CX--- Ethernet---> *CARY DMS-600 STREAMER/DAC---> XLR ICs---> *CARY SLP-05 preamp (Ultimate Upgrade ed.)---> XLR ICs---> *CLAYTON M-300 amps---> *MARTIN LOGAN Spire speakers. Link to comment
57gold Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 +1 .. Musicophile, couldn't agree more, so much so that I could have written this post myself! Other than the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", never liked the sound of a T-Bone Burnett production. Not sure why he can't just let the instruments sound like themselves as opposed to harsh, grainy, brash, thump, lumpy...facsimiles of themselves? Checked it out, new album produced by David Foster, a pop producer who I happened to see at the opening of the MGM at Foxwoods...he produced and acted as musical director for the show that featured Alicia Keys, John Mayer and Josh Groban. He is currently President of Verve Music. Worry, if any, is that Diana's album will be over produced/slicked up with strings and oohs and aahs choirs...instead of letting a great jazz stylist do her thing on the piano with her quartet. Tone with Soul Link to comment
One and a half Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Amazon advises the release date has slipped, dramatically. This title will be released on February 3, 2015. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
drofgnal Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Amazon advises the release date has slipped, dramatically. This title will be released on February 3, 2015. Yea, she has had trouble recuperating from pneumonia. Tour has also been pushed into 2015. Wishing for a speedy and full recovery! Link to comment
JimCo06 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 They released the first song "California Dreamin'" as a single. I have listened to it on Rhapsody but I assume it is available on most/all of the streaming services. Unfortunately, I grew up listening to the Mamas & Papas version and it became one of my favorite songs. I think her version is nice, even if it does start out a little to slowly, but it is just not the Mamas & Papas. Very interested in hearing the rest of the album. Link to comment
One and a half Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Samples are on Amazon. Going to give this album a miss, a better choice would have been from the Joni Mitchell song book if you are covering. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
drofgnal Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Noticed this up on HD tracks as new this week. Only offered in 48/24 which is disappointing. Also charging 22.98 for it. Seems steep. I'll pass I think. Link to comment
fritzg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Noticed this up on HD tracks as new this week. Only offered in 48/24 which is disappointing. Also charging 22.98 for it. Seems steep. I'll pass I think. And the new Dylan is 24/44.1 Sigh. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Oh my god what a horrible album. Take California Dreaming, background voices with flanger, a pseudo Roland TR808 drum computer, for what is not even acceptable as elevator music. Glad Rag Doll was already pretty bad, this is worse. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
MikeJazz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Oh my god what a horrible album. Take California Dreaming, background voices with flanger, a pseudo Roland TR808 drum computer, for what is not even acceptable as elevator music. Glad Rag Doll was already pretty bad, this is worse. I am not surprised, thanks for the warning! Her best effort came after joining with Elvis Costello ("The Girl in the Other Room" is the only album that I revisit from time to time) but wonder if that partnerships is loosing steam... Just read this: "The record, whose title song is an obscure, country-inflected Bob Dylan number, has the feel of a sullen concept album by a woman who feels abandoned. It is tempting to imagine that it reflects the frustrations of her marriage to Elvis Costello. These two great musicians, after all, are driven workhorses who are on the road much of the time on separate tours. Loneliness is such a sad affair" , in http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/arts/music/releases-from-bob-dylan-and-diana-krall.html?_r=0 http://www.computeraudiophile.com/members/mikejazz/ funded this campain: http://igg.me/at/geekpulseaudio/x/5216671 Link to comment
Musicophile Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I am not surprised, thanks for the warning! Her best effort came after joining with Elvis Costello ("The Girl in the Other Room" is the only album that I revisit from time to time) but wonder if that partnerships is loosing steam... Just read this: "The record, whose title song is an obscure, country-inflected Bob Dylan number, has the feel of a sullen concept album by a woman who feels abandoned. It is tempting to imagine that it reflects the frustrations of her marriage to Elvis Costello. These two great musicians, after all, are driven workhorses who are on the road much of the time on separate tours. Loneliness is such a sad affair" , in http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/arts/music/releases-from-bob-dylan-and-diana-krall.html?_r=0 Thanks for the review. It seems we have to blame David Forster for this one. So obviously I had to look him up and saw that he was responsible for this garbage, I'm not surprised any more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFD9lW9PGM4 Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Musicophile Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Some more "nice" Forster productions below, at least the guy really is consistent. Actually, it is surprising how much the new album sounds like somebody cloned Diana into a Karate a Kid II soundtrack. Peter Cetera forever.... Again, strongly recommend to avoid this awful album. [video=youtube;XWHOF_0-6Hg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHOF_0-6Hg Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
burnspbesq Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Y'all were warned. http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f15-music-general/diana-krall-wallflower-23233/ Office: MacBook Pro - Audirvana Plus - Resonessence Concero - Cavailli Liquid Carbon - Sennheiser HD 800. Travel/Portable: iPhone 7 or iPad Pro - AudioQuest Dragonfly Red - Audeze SINE or Noble Savant Link to comment
Allan F Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 This type of change of genre by a singer combined with totally new arrangements rarely works and, unfortunately, this one doesn't. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
kumakuma Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 And the new Dylan is 24/44.1 Sigh. I just had a listen to this. Not impressed. Dylan doing Sinatra just doesn't work for me. His voice is too much of a mismatch for the material, in my opinion. Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley Through the middle of my skull Link to comment
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