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Track Listings
| 1. I've Got A Crush On You |
| 2. When Your Lover Has Gone |
| 3. Isn't It A Pity? |
| 4. You Are There |
| 5. Under A Blanket Of Blue |
| 6. Dreamsville |
| 7. Polka Dots And Moonbeams |
| 8. Hushabye Mountain |
| 9. Little Girl Blue |
| 10. You're Looking At Me |
| 11. Violets For Your Furs |
| 12. Thanks For The Memory |
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Stacey Kent has given jazz singing a huge fillip in the last two years. She has swiftly become the favourite of musicians and ordinary listeners alike. Her work has also defined the field, for she is not aiming, as are most other singers, at a "cabaret" or "night club" audience. Stacey Kent is a committed jazz singer as were Lee Wiley and Billie Holiday before her. She also has musical qualities in common with those two. This album is made up entirely of ballads, the singer's forté, and this far-sighted idea pays off generously. Her versions of these classics are awash with ingenious invention and her inspired timing is unique. It was an imaginative idea to put the verse of "I've Got A Crush On You" in the middle of the song instead of at the beginning. But that sort of thinking abounds in an album that is destined to become a classic. Miss Kent has the advantage of superior accompaniment, provided by her husband Jim Tomlinson on reeds and by the Dave Newton Trio. --Steve Voce
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...Dreamsville is a superb addition to an already highly distinguished series of albums by one of the finest intepreters of a song since Ella Fitzgerald. -- BBC Music Magazine, January 2000
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By cholmondeley
Format:Audio CD
CORRECTION:
ALBERT, not Alfred, Marx [Discovery Records]
ALBERT, not Alfred, Marx [Discovery Records]
Please fix. Thanks
Format:Audio CD
What can I say, I love Stacey Kent. There is something about her voice, the way the wraps around a song just makes you feel good. The song " You are there" is worth the price of this CD alone. Buy this CD. You wont be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great. Great. Great.
Stacey's voice is perfect: never forced, and perpetually grinning. Dreamsville is a perfect CD.
Published on July 24 2002 by Dave Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars
DREAMY!!!
Stacey Kent Brings To Mind The Great Anita O'Day!! She Is Wonderful! I Will Be Buying All Her Cds!! The Musicians Are Fantastic! I Love This Singer!!! Thank You Stacey!! Read more
Published on Mar 16 2002 by David A. Preiser
5.0 out of 5 stars
A synthesis
Stacey Kent is a glorious synthesis of all the best sweet and smooth singers on the jazz history: Billie, Mildred Bailey, Doris Day, Helen Carr, Lucy Ann Polk, Beverly Kenney,... Read more
Published on Feb 25 2002 by Carlos Torres Moura
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding!
It took me a while to get turned on to Stacey Kent, because she doesn't get nearly the hype that Diana Krall and now Jane Monheit get (Krall deserves it, Monheit needs to grow as a... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2001 by Chris Fischer
3.0 out of 5 stars
What a great treat this cd has become
I have wanted to buy some material by Stacey for some time now. The time finally arrived where I went into action and stopped talking about what I was going to do. Read more
Published on Dec 7 2001 by Philip Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dreamsville
I was privilaged enough to see Stacy Kent live in London's Ronnie Scotts club, Stacy Kent and her band were simply in a class of their own. Read more
Published on Sep 29 2001 by "aamegatcher"
5.0 out of 5 stars
She's Dreamsville.....
I stopped dead on my tracks when I heard her and this album for the first time in the store...and bought it! Read more
Published on Sep 8 2001 by D. C. Ho
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice.
I feel I must respond to the review by Mr Leroy James of New York city. First off, I don't quite see how the British are somehow meant to be less discerning than American and... Read more
Published on Aug 26 2001 by Tony C
5.0 out of 5 stars
More than just five stars
This album sends shivers. I take it in the car, cook to it, eat to it, sing along with it in the shower, you name it. Beautiful, beautiful.
Published on Aug 10 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Angel on Earth
I had the luxury of seeing and meeting Stacey Kent Live here in Washington, D.C. late last year, and she was breathless. Read more
Published on Aug 8 2001 by Hoarder
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