... The ‘Songbird’ CD is made up of tracks from the other CD’s of Eva’s (but not from ‘Time After Time’) so I decided on this one, to hear as many different songs from Eva as possible.
I hope that my ops will also help you decide in which order to buy the ... Read review
Advantages: Great choice of material, great singing. Disadvantages: Last track seems to be in the wrong place, but that's being picky!
...4. At Last
5. Time After Time
6. Penny To My Name
7. I wandered By A Brookside
8. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
9. Easy Street Dream
10. Anniversary Song
11. Woodstock
12. Way Beyond The Blue
Five of the tracks are acoustic with only accompaniment by Eva on her guitar. You may think this would make the tracks sound rather empty, but it certainly does not. It is a beautiful ... ...this, so cool!
Time After Time – a song familiar to most people, by Cyndi Lauper. This was always a beautiful song, but Eva sings it so simply it just has more power that way, somehow.
Woodstock – I am fan of Joni Mitchell, but I prefer this version of Joni’s song.
The last track on the CD ‘Way Beyond The Blue’, is the one jarring note here. Good track, but it doesn’t ... more
I had already bought Eva’s CD ‘Songbird’ and written a review of it here on Ciao. I loved it so much that I decided I would try to get hold of everything that Eva Cassidy had recorded while she was alive. Most of you by now will know that Eva died in 1996 at the age of 33. And it is only now that she has received the kind of recognition that her talent deserves. Apparently she was very shy and not at all ambitious. She had been offered various recording contracts, but chose just to sing for pleasure rather than for monetary gain or fame.
I found it very hard to decide which CD to purchase next after ‘Songbird’. The ‘Songbird’ CD is made up of tracks from the other CD’s of Eva’s (but not from ‘Time After Time’) so I decided on this one, to hear as many different songs from Eva as possible. I hope that my ops will also help you decide in which order to buy the CD’s, as I am sure you will want to buy at least one, if only out of curiosity! I truly believe there is room in everyone’s CD collection for some of Eva’s music – if it not your sort of thing then maybe just as an easily listening CD for romantic evenings or dinner parties.
I personally appreciate this CD more than ‘Songbird’; it has more of a folk feel to it, with some blues sounds too. Somehow I feel that Eva’s voice comes through even better on these tracks. The soul that she brings to her singing is very rare and it can touch you very deeply. She also has great taste in music! She has chosen some great songs to give her own personal treatment.
**Track Listing**
1. Kathy’s Song 2. Ain’t No Sunshine 3. The Letter 4. At Last 5. Time After Time 6. Penny To My Name 7. I wandered By A Brookside 8. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again 9. Easy Street Dream 10. Anniversary Song 11. Woodstock 12. Way Beyond The Blue
Five of the tracks are acoustic with only accompaniment by Eva on her guitar. You may think this would make the tracks sound rather empty, but it certainly does not. It is a beautiful sound.
I find it very hard to pick ‘stand-out’ tracks, as I really love everything that is on the CD. I guess if I were pushed to I would single out:
Ain’t No Sunshine – the great Bill Wither’s song, I love Eva’s treatment of this, so cool! Time After Time – a song familiar to most people, by Cyndi Lauper. This was always a beautiful song, but Eva sings it so simply it just has more power that way, somehow. Woodstock – I am fan of Joni Mitchell, but I prefer this version of Joni’s song.
The last track on the CD ‘Way Beyond The Blue’, is the one jarring note here. Good track, but it doesn’t gel with the rest of them. I personally would have left it at Woodstock, a very gentle way to end the album. But Way Beyond The Blue comes in and changes the mood totally. That was probably the intention, but I don’t think it works. If you can programme your d player to play tracks in another order, skip that one off the end and maybe place it between tracks 8 and 9.
Advantages: an angels voice, good gospel and jazzy thread to the songs, good feel, emotionful music Disadvantages: not enough songs would be my only complaint
it on his radio show one day. Strong vocals with gentle acoustics give this song more emotion than any other musician I have known to do this song, and it will leave you with a profound sense of peace.
There are no words that can suitably put how much I love this album. Although it is an anthology of songs from her other albums, I will be collecting her other albums. They are: Eva By Heart, which was also released post-humously; Live At Blues Alley and The Other Side, a duet album with Chuck Brown. I recommend you try to listen to this CD at least once. Definitely recommended.
Also I found on Amazon a CD called TimeAfterTime by EvaCassidy. ...
Washington - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
12. Erma Franklyn - Light My Fire
13. Dusty Springfield - You don't Have To say you love me
14. P.P. Arnold - First cut is the deepest
15. Ann Peebles - I Cant Stand The Rain
16. Irma Thomas - Time Is On My Side
17. Esther Philips - How Blue Can You Get?
18. Ernestine Anderson - What A Difference A Day Makes
19. Lou Rawls and Diane Reeves - At Last
20. Julie London - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
21. Cassandra Wilson - TimeAfterTime
22. EvaCassidy (Duet with Chuck Brown) - Need Your Love So Bad
23. Keely Smith - Night & Day
Disc: 2
1. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
2. Gladys Knight - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
3. Bobby Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
4. Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy
5. Aretha Franklin - Unforgettable
6. Sarah Vaughan - All ...
Advantages: Absolutely amazing collection of artists Disadvantages: Some songs older or Christmassy!
:You must have heard this one. An old classic that builds up. Not the most modern song on the album.
Line from the song: All you need is love, love,
love is all you need
Title: God only knows what I'd be without you
Artist:The Beach Boys
About the song:Another old classic.
Line from the song: God only knows what I'd be without you
Title:Turn Me On
Artist:Norah Jones
What else has this artist done:Come away with me, Don?t know why I didn?t come.
About the song:A simple song, someone waiting for their love to return and brighten their life- could be after a short absence or a longer one. The song is performed in Norah?s typical gentle manner.
Line from the song: Im just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Title:Songbird
Artist:EvaCassidy
What else has this artist done:Kathy?s Song, TimeafterTime ...
Product Information for "Time After Time - Eva Cassidy" »
Product details
Title
Time After Time
Performer
Eva Cassidy
Genre
Blues
Sub Genre
Contemporary Blues
Release Date
17/04/2000
Recomended Retail Price
12.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Blix Street / ADA/Cinram Logistics
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
739341007323
Additional notes
Album Notes
Eva Cassidy Band: Eva Cassidy (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Keith Grimes (electric guitar); Lenny Williams (piano); Chris Biondo (bass); Raice McLeod (drums). Additional personnel: Roger Henderson, Andrew Hernandez, Alan Day, Steve Digman (guitar); Dan Cassidy (violin); Joanne Opegnorth, Uri Wassertzug, Mark Evans, Carole Evans, Edgardo Malaga Jr (strings); Michael Finnigan (Hammond B-3 organ); Jimmy Haslip (bass). Producers: Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams, Steve Digman, Bill Straw, Roger Henderson. Engineers: Chris Biondo, Ned Judy. Principally recorded at The Maryland Inn, Annapolis, Maryland. Includes liner notes by Kevin Howlett. As is so often the case, the talents of singer Eva Cassidy did note come to public attention until after her death. Cassidy died at a mere 33 years of age in 1996, and up until then she'd only been known in the local music scene of Washington D.C. Subsequently, a word-of-mouth groundswell earned her posthumous popularity in England, which then wafted back over to the U.S. TIME AFTER TIME is a good introduction to Cassidy's work. More an interpreter than a writer, Cassidy completely inhabits everything from Simon & Garfunkel's folky ballad "Kathy's Song" to Joni Mitchell's hippie anthem "Woodstock" and Bill Withers's brooding R&B classic "Ain't No Sunshine." Throughout the album, her singing is consistently both strong and reserved, betraying emotion without resorting to showy indulgence. An apt comparison might be an updated, American Sandy Denny, with whom Cassidy shares a special kind of quiet soul.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (8/30/01, p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...She effortlessly shuffles styles and the song selections are astute...Cassidy comes across as a bluesier version of English folk singer Sandy Denny....she melts her personality into the fabric of each melody..." Q (9/00, p.121) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Her towering voice, capable of handling Paul Simon's 'Kathy's Song' with fragile dignity, belting out 'Easy Street Dream', and freshening up standards such as 'The Letter' and 'Ain't No Sunshine'..." Mojo (8/00, p.102) - "...Anybody who loves to really sing would give an arm and a leg to come close to recording an album like this one."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Kathy's Song
2.
Letter
3.
Wayfaring Stranger
4.
Fever
5.
Time After Time
6.
I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
7.
Easy Street Dreams
8.
Gas Station Mountain Home
9.
Ain't No Sunshine
10.
Anniversary Song
11.
Woodstock
12.
Way Beyond The Blue
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