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Nick715

Corinne Bailey Rae "Love EP" out today

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Reply #1 posted 01/25/11 10:28am

Lammastide

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Nick715 said:

Sweet. woot! Gotta go pick it up.

Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #2 posted 01/25/11 10:49am

Mong

Well that's my insomnia cure sorted then.

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Reply #3 posted 01/25/11 11:45am

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OK. Got it and just listened.

Overall, crisp production, good instrumentals (especially the intro and vamp at the end of "I Wanna Be Your Lover"), so so vocals. As far as Corinne's rearragements go, I wouldn't call them "bad" (although I think her take on "Is This Love?" is downright blasphemous), but they so obviously pale in comparison to the originals. Perhaps the most interesting moment is the live cover of Sly and the Family Stone's reworking of Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera." Corinne captures all of Sly's soulfulness, but adds a gospel flavor by slowing it down, playing up some organ and hand-clapping embellishments and exploiting a call-and-response interplay with her male co-lead vocalist. Good stuff -- it just lasts a wee bit too long at 13:27.

3 out of 5 stars, IMHO. twocents

Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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