Beth Nielsen Chapman - You Hold the Key
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Artist: Beth Nielsen ChapmanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-08-24
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- I Don't Know
- You Hold The Key
- Dance With Me Slow
- Say It To Me Now
- When I Feel This Way
- Rage On Rage
- Only So Many Tears
- In The Time It Takes
- You Say You Will
- The Moment You Were Mine
- Faithful Heart
- Dancer To The Drum
Free Music Notes for You Hold the Key
Free Music Review: I'll play contrarian here
Hit: 3 Stars
Nielsen Chapman is an odd duck as a singer-songwriter because she straddles several genres: adult contemporary, country, and jazz "lite". Her voice is firmly midrange..not a stratospheric soprano nor one I'd consider "dusky". The singing is tasteful, avoiding the tremulous vibrato that plagues AC divas but not being so "low-key" that it fades into the background.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The waltz of "Dance with Me Slow" is one waiting to be discovered as a new torch song. I'm incredulous that it isn't a wedding standard. It's enhanced by a nice muted trumpet part. "Say it to Me Now" is a passionate plea for real honesty in relationships. ("Say it to me now/Even if the truth tears us apart/I need to feel the closeness of knowing what's in your heart") "Rage on Rage" is a perfect snapshot of an abusive relationship...the ploys the man uses to keep his battered wife and the lies she tells herself to stay. It's little turns of phrase that lend this its power, as in noting that a wedding photo is broken after the latest outburst ("this one can't be mended again"), even a subtle suggestion of the abuser's own harsh past ("turn back the page and see/all that was done to me"). "You Say You Will" is Chapman involved in a one-sided love affair. ("I give you every little thing you choose/You give me back a stack of I.O.U.'s") Though it's one of the better songs here, Chapman's performance of it doesn't make me forget Trisha Yearwood's country hit take on the song. "The Moment You Were Mine" is Chapman throwing aside cynicism in the throes of love. "Faithful Heart" is also one that would probably make good nuptial music.
LOWS:
Neither "In the Time it Takes" or "Only So Many Tears" are bad, but they are formulaic. They have the feel of being deliberately written to be a "radio song".
BOTTOM LINE:
Despite several great songs, as a whole the CD doesn't keep drawing me back to it. This one is pretty average in my opinion.
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