The Girl Who Couldn't Fly

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly Artist: Kate Rusby
Label: Compass Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 766397442020
EAN: 0766397442020
ASIN: B000B6TR4I


Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Tracks:

  1. Game Of All Fours
  2. The Lark
  3. No Names
  4. Mary Blaize
  5. A Ballad
  6. You Belong To Me
  7. Elfin Knight
  8. Bonnie House Of Airlie
  9. Moon Shadow
  10. Wandering Soul
  11. Fare Thee Well
  12. Little Jack frost (Bonus Track)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Surprised by Joy.......2007-01-18

Kate Rusby's songs are not only beautiful, but charming in their simplicity and ornate in their dynamics. Kate Rusby is first and formost a story teller and her lovely delicate voice portrays well the emotion, love, and warmth of its owner. As a songwriter, her work has a timeless quality that makes it quite unique. This CD is full of songs you will listen to over and over and never get tired of, and lovely lilting melodies that you will be quite happy to have stuck in your head. From the toungue-in-cheek song Mary Blaize to the devestating tale of false love told in A Ballad, Kate Rusby's "The Girl Who Couldn't Fly" is a timeless work of art.

5 out of 5 stars Sandy's Rightful Successor.......2006-07-28

Kate Rusby is the UK's finest female singer/songwriter since Sandy Denny. Which is not to say that she is in any way a copycat; she is an original. Any of her albums will be a worthy addition to your collection - including this latest work. Buy this. Then go out and buy the rest of her catalog.

3 out of 5 stars Pleasant.......2006-06-01

I like most of Kate Rusby's other albums but this one did not do all that much for me. The most I can say is that it was "pleasant".

None of the songs was particularly memorable. I just let her fade into the background while I was doing unpleasant tasks. Hearing her voice was pleasant.

Her voice is not particularly strong but does possess a certain airy quality. It was pleasant.

It was pleasant without ever being memorable.

5 out of 5 stars Warm, ingratiating, affirming, reassuring English folk music.......2006-03-22

Combines a unique, appealing voice with expert, tailored acoustic folk settings, and songs with strong traditional English folk roots, even when Rusby wrote words and/or music. Her voice has a broad range-fairly pure in the upper reaches, huskier and earthier in a lower register. The slower a song, the more her voice resonates and quavers, giving a (false) sense of frailty in a voice that practically demands to fill any intimate space with warmth. Lovely. Settings are all carefully tailored and presented with great precision that is never cold or clinical; a homey folkiness underlies the virtuosity of the players. Songs tend to start simple and carefully accumulate complexity as they proceed, in many different ways. Session as a whole is warm, ingratiating, affirming, and reassuring-she places and holds the world in a good place. Stand-out: tr 6-You belong to me (she remakes a '50s pop classic in her own English folkie image). [49:47]

5 out of 5 stars A Voice Of Angelic Purity - A Must Buy! .......2006-03-18


This is a wonderful folk album. Kate Rusby's voice is angelic and plaintive and beautiful, but the songs here are equally magical and the combination is simply breathtaking. Simple acoustic accompaniment (with the occasional use of soft brass) makes for a really fantastic listening experience. I am so glad to have found this album and can't wait to hear more. I cannot recommend this album highly enough.

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