Swings Cole Porter - John Barrowman

...album title is 'John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter', but he doesn't really. Swing, that is. Most of the songs plod along quite happily, at a medium tempo, with little or no evidence of any tendency to break loose or swing in any fashion. Even the usually manic 'Anything Goes' just ambles slowly along. You can hear each wonderful word, but because there's a lack of excitement or involvement in the track (apart from a nice interjection from the brass ...
...should be a glorious firework turns into a damp squib. Elsewhere, he sings a number of Cole Porter's sad songs of regret, a genre which includes (from this album) 'Just One of Those Things', 'After You, Who?' and 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye'. Usually heart-rending, these songs just come across as pretty. On the opening track, 'Just One of Those Tings', the sad subtext is lost somewhere, and the superficial message comes through instead. We should ...

DavidBedford 29.07.2005 · Read full review
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