Come on In

Come on In Artist: Irene Sage
Label: Louisiana Red Hot
Category: Music


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


UPC: 608691114329
EAN: 0608691114329
ASIN: B00005NNIY


Release Date: 2001-09-11

Come on In


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Tracks:

  1. Blue Temple
  2. Dig Down Low
  3. Come On In
  4. Keep The Faith
  5. Total Devotion
  6. Garden Of Eden
  7. Full Moon Rising
  8. I'll Never Get By
  9. Imagine That
  10. North Vineyard Sound
  11. Close Your Eyes

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars It's hard to be the naysayer.......2003-08-07

It really is hard to be a naysayer. To her credit, Irene Sage has a beautiful voice and is an exceptional live performer. Even on CD, it's obvious that she throws her whole soul into what she does and sings with all her heart.

However, the unfortunate truth is that this CD is weighed down with songs that are mediocre at best. Like many New Orleans rockers, Sage is overfond of dramatic vocal gestures, and relies far too much on standard rock and funk cliches musically. There is also a good bit of overproduction on this CD, making it sound far more slick - in a bad, '90's way - than it really should.

Like a lot of New Orleans artists, Irene is still in search of a definitive identity. Is she a belting balladeer? A white soul/funk chanteuse? A rock singer? She tries all of them here. Any or all approaches might work if (a) she stuck with one consistently and (b) the songwriting wasn't so uninspiring. I'm all for artists being diverse, but simply taking a bunch of songs and throwing them against the wall to see which ones stick is never a good idea. Very few artists can pull that off successfully, and I'm sorry to say that Irene is not one of them.

Finally - and this may be nitpicking - the CD cover combined with the title is really a little disturbing.

I wish I liked this CD better than I did. I've lived in New Orleans for a long time and I've followed Irene's career for a while, and she has always struck me as an inspired performer with a great voice, no matter what she did. But the scattershot musical approach, the over-reliance on cliches, and the subpar songwriting sinks "Come On In."

5 out of 5 stars

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