Artist.......: Eleni Mandell Album........: Miracle Of Five Label........: Zedtone Inc. Genre........: Pop Catnr........: ZED-005 source.......: CDDA rip.date.....: Feb-07-2007 str.date.....: Feb-06-2007 quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo Url..........: www.elenimandell.com
track title time
01. Moonglow, Lamp Low 03:36 02. Girls 03:25 03. My Twin 04:12 04. Salt Truck 02:29 05. Wings in His Eyes 02:14 06. Make-Out King 03:27 07. Miracle of Five 04:04 08. Perfect Stranger 03:18 09. Dear Friend 03:39 10. Somebody Else 03:00 11. Beautiful 02:44 12. Miss Me 03:04
Runtime 39:12 min Size 46,6 MB
Release Notes:
With the conversational intimacy of her phrasing and the torchy romanticism of her most seductive material, Eleni Mandell sounds more than ever like a period piece throwback here. The title track, the opening "Moonglow, Lamp Low," and the closing after-hours-piano-lounge "Miss Me" evoke the sophisticated heyday of Cole Porter and the Gershwins, with saxophonist Jeff Turmes playing Lester Young to Mandell's Billie Holiday. She also displays a penchant for waltzes and lyrical anachronisms (does anybody really speak of "motor cars" these days?). Yet "Girls" and "Make-Out King" sound girlishly coquettish in comparison with such cosmopolitanism, "Salt Truck" seems sing-song and nursery-rhyme slight, and "Dear Friend" suffers from an increasingly busy arrangement. "My Twin," "Wings in His Eyes," and "Perfect Stranger" reflect Mandell's continued growth as a writer, but the album as a whole, despite generally strong production by Andy Kaulkin, suggests that she most needs an editor who can help this eclectic artist focus on what she does best. Don McLeese
