April

April Artist: Susanne Abbuehl , and Susanne Abbuehl
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 044001399923
EAN: 0044001399923
ASIN: B00005ND32


Release Date: 2002-03-26

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Listmania:

  1. Spellbinding Exercises in Sonic Creativity

Tracks:

  1. Yes Is A Pleasant Country
  2. Ida Lupino
  3. Closer
  4. All I Need
  5. A. I. R. (All India Radio)
  6. Seven /Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly Beyond
  7. Skies May Be Blue
  8. 'Round Midnight
  9. Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
  10. Since Feeling Is First
  11. Mane Na

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars i think i missed the boat.......2005-03-17

i like to hear people read stuff they wrote and sometimes hear other people read stuff that other people wrote but this takes it a little bit too far because i think ecm thinks that they would take the lady poet vocal to another level and they sort of fell short.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Melancholy.......2002-06-26

I don't know if most listeners will have the patience to appreciate this album, but if you can find some time alone, put on headphones, lie in the middle of the floor, close your eyes, and listen carefully, this music may allow you to do a thing seldom achieved--forget yourself, lose your ego.

For me, the song that personifies this feeling is "somewhere I have travelled gladly beyond". "yes is a pleasant country" starts of this CD, and sets the tone beautifully--this is definitely a cold weather cd made by a person that understands the beauty of winter--who appreciates the sharp chill but also the comfort of coming inside. Without question, "skies may be blue;yes" is the most engaging track: from the very first piano notes, I get a chills. The imagery is beautiful here--it's the beauty of the music's metaphors that make it so engaging.

If you can shut out the world for a bit, and challenge yourself to listen, this record can take you somewhere beautiful. If you buy music to listen to during your evening commute, don't bother.

4 out of 5 stars just this side of perfection.......2002-05-03

This is one of those albums that you'll either love or hate. As you can see from my rating, I loved it. Ms. Abbuehl's voice is the perfect companion to the very (and I do mean *very*) minimalistic musical accompaniment that appears on her album, APRIL. Her voice is so smoothly sedutctive that I found myself transported to a small, smoke-filled 1930's bar before I knew it. Then I snapped out of it and thought, "WOW!" This is the kind of music that you should like if you like David Lynch or film noir. On the other hand, if you like the more lush, "classic" arrangments of the 40's and 50's crooners, then this may not be the album for you. While hauntingly beautiful, the arrangements are so spare as to be extremely melancholy -- a feeling that is enhanced by Abbuehl's slow, soft style. Basically, if you've ever suffered from severe depression after listening to an album, give this one a pass. But, if you can handle the sadness, then this is definitely a "find" of an album.

My favorite track on APRIL would have to be Abbuehl's stunning version of "A.I.R.". I never thought so little instrmentation and vocals could fill up the atmosphere so much! The only thing I could have wished for was more of the album. I gave APRIL a 4 star rating instead of 5 stars because I feel that Abbuehl is not yet at her peak -- not yet showing us her best work. But, if you are a fan of Jazz and lazy, rainy afternoons, then this is the album for you. Give it a try; Susanne Abbuehl will surely seduce you!

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