Artist: Stacey Kent
Album: Candid Moments
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Candid
Released: 2013
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
- What the World Needs Now Is Love 04:12
- Hushabye Mountain 02:38
- You've Got a Friend 04:21
- Too Darn Hot 03:28
- Isn't This a Lovely Day? 03:59
- The Best Is yet to Come 03:28
- I've Got a Crush on You 04:43
- The Boy Next Door 03:43
- Close Your Eyes 05:24
- Dreamsville 05:35
- They Can't Take That Away from Me 05:02
- East of the Sun 06:36
- Under a Blanket of Blue 04:03
- You Are There 02:27
- Say It Isn't So 04:43
- Little Girl Blue 05:38
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- Personnel:
- Stacey Kent - Vocals
- Dave Chamberlain, Andrew de Jong Cleyndert, Dave Green, Simon Thorpe - Bass
- Jeff Hamilton,Matt Home, Jesper Kviberg - Drums
- David Newton - Piano
- Colin Oxley - Guitar
- Jim Tomlinson - Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
Long after she left the label, Candid Records released this sampler of 16 songs from Stacey Kent's albums on the label; from her 1997 debut, Close Your Eyes, to her 2003 success; The Boy Next Door. It's a pleasant collection featuring an assortment of standards from I've Got A Crush On You by the Gershwin Brothers to Cole Porter's Too Darn Hot to Carole King's You've Got A Friend that Stacey breathes new life into with her sweet inimitable voice that's always sensitive to the lyrics at hand. This compilation however, makes grave errors by focusing mainly on Stacey's skills as a balladeer (it only features 5 up-tempo numbers) & it completely omits any selections from Stacey's wonderful 2002 tribute to Richard Rodgers. Thus, this album is only recommended for people looking for pleasant background music or for audiophile listeners. Although this album serves as a reasonable introduction into the artistry of Stacey Kent; her 2001 salute to Fred Astaire, the aforementioned Rodgers song book along with 2003's The Boy Next Door & 2007's Breakfast On The Morning Tram would be even better places to get acquainted with one of jazz's latter-day princesses.