Crazy Love

Artist: Melanie
Label: Orpheus Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 802469021325
EAN: 0802469021325
ASIN: B00006JJ49

Release Date: 2002-09-24

Crazy Love

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Customer Reviews:

Only one I can listen to.......2006-05-14

I am in a quite desperate state these days. After 40 years collecting music, thousands records at home, all kind of styles, and only one I can listen to again and again and this is Crazy Love. Impossible not to cry hearing "Punishment fits the crime" and "You don't know me". But all others could be cited of course, this album is a masterpiece. Word sublime should be used. Melanie is an extraordinary gift.

MELANIE LOVES LIKE CRAZY.......2004-09-07

Melanie has been "the poet of the generation" since the days of Woodstock . . . she has remained the "poet conscience" calling us to our "higher selves" ever since.

This album, "Crazy Love" is Melanie with newly written and newly recorded material . . .she says she's been writing like crazy (perhaps the song and the album title) -- her "muse" has never left her . . . the magique is still emanating from her lyric, her melody, her voice, her message.

I will only name three of this album's songs: "Smile" -- Mealnie sings, "I love people who smile . . . if everybody smiles we'll have a hometown all over the world." :)

"You can Find Anything Here" -- a lighthearted tripping romp through the world as Melanie sees it! it'll make you smile . . and you'll be part of Melanie's hometown too. :)

My favorite track on the album . . a message relevant for today (with so many away from homes and family) but meaningful in any and every age and place in this world where people are separated from each other and/or from their home: "Till They All Get Home" -- Melanie reminds us that "we're all in this togteher . . so say a little prayer 'till they all get home." -- this song can bring a few tears to your eyes as you think of so many who may never get back home . . . or who never made it back home -- from anywhere.

Melanie, thank you for all the years (decades) of magical music . . . your message has always remained the same . . . Woodstoock isn't just a place and time . . .it's a state of soul . . . a state of mind . . . a state of the heart. --- and Melanie has a lot of heart! :)

A voice as rich as oiled wood.......2004-04-15

When we finally got hooked onto the world wide web recently, the first name I typed into our search engine was Melanie. To find a new album was thrilling, but when I clicked on Amazon audio and heard The Voice, I teared up.
In Crazy Love, Melanie's voice is as captivating as ever; with her son Beau Jared Schekeryk's guitar, voice and guitar are oiled wood on oiled wood. Of the new songs--And We Fall, This House, Prone to Wander, Come Away Come Go--stand out although they're all well crafted and refreshingly original. I wonder if the fact that Melanie chose to lead a relatively normal life has given her a rich palette to draw her ideas from? I questioned the inclusion of Brand New Key, but my two girls, aged 7 and 3, dance around the kitchen to it every time I play it. It makes sense, I got hooked on Melanie when I was a little girl too. Melanie's songwriting appeals to young ones because she draws from the everyday occurences: "you find your lost keys where you looked before," "She said yes, but you weren't alone."
Reading the liner notes about Brand New Key made me laugh. Rickie Lee Jones has her Chuck E's in Love, Melanie has her Brand New Key. They're both great songs, catchy and clever. I hope there are more albums in the works. With the internet, we all have access to great talents who aren't commercially as available as they should be.

CRAZY AND WONDERFUL AS EVER.......2003-10-24

"Look What They Done To My Song, Ma" still makes me teary-eyed and when someone told me Melanie has come out with CRAZY LOVE, I looked ALL OVER and AT LONG LAST found it in Germany, with an extra song! Melanie is as crazy and wonderful as ever! Keep it up, Melanie, keep rolling on those skates and remember: YOU ALONE HAVE THE KEY!

Melanie At The Peak Of Her Powers.......2003-07-04

Before Melanie got unfairly labeled as a "novelty" artist with her hit "Brand New Key", she was an unexpected well-received performer at Woodstock. Following Woodstock she hit the charts with the brilliant "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain). I consider "Lay Down" one of the staples of pop music culture. Not just because of it's brilliant delivery (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers) but because it captured an essence of Woodstock that Melanie had witnessed and lived. An essence that still lives on today for those who wish and hope for peace on earth.

Her new recording "Crazy Love" is possibly the best set she has ever released. It certainly matches the greatness of "Gather Me", "Stoneground Words" and the wonderful "Madrugada". (However, it is sad to see that Amazon currently lists it as "out of stock." It is available at other online sites).

It's hard to pick a favorite from this recording because they're all equally good. "Punishment Fits The Crime" and "You Can Get Anything Here" are very Dylan-like.
While songs like "Smile", "This House" and "Poet Is King" are pure Melanie in top form. "Prone To Wander" and "You Don't Know Me" are also songs that leave an impact. The title track is probably the most unexpected sounding track here, but it's just great and very current sounding. And, Melanie hasn't lost anything vocally. It's as if time has done nothing to alter her voice.

The recording gets its updated sound thanks to the involvement of her son Beau Jarred who also contributes outstanding guitar work here. He treats his momma well!! Interestingly enough the European version of this disc has an alternate version of "Crazy Love" on it that is totally different in atmosphere from the one on the American release. The great thing is the two versions compliment each other. I love them both. (Incidently, the European release also contains an extra track "Last Call").

This is a generous CD musically and time wise. It's as if Melanie has given her all on this recording with the feeling that she may not have another shot at a project like this. She sort of alludes to her fear of "lack of time" in a short-spoken dialogue on the CD.

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