Kelly Sweet - We Are One
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Artist: Kelly SweetEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Music Label: Razor & Tie
Soundtracks:
- We Are One
- Raincoat
- Dream On
- Caresse Sur L'Ocean
- Crush
- Ready For Love
- Giorno Dopo Giorno
- I Will Be Waiting
- Now We Are Free
- How 'bout You
- Love Song
- Je T'Aime
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Free Music Review: Unusually beautiful and unpretentious in all respects, this sets a higher standard for classical-minded pop divas
Hit: 5 Stars
First let me clarify I am not a fan of this class of music, but the fact that I own and play this disc makes it a 5-star album for this type of music! What really makes me listen to Kelly Sweet is her amazing voice. I will leave the vocal comparisons to the more familiar reviewers, but I have heard a bit of this classical-minded pop music and always shut it off because of the pretentious vocal technique. Kelly doesn't try to impress us, or even try to seduce us on the cover! Her voice and beauty seem exceptionally pure. Just when you think the next note might get a little harsh, she gracefully backs down to a softer tone. Very splendid indeed.
As for the songs, she doesn't really try to impress the radio audience with the best moment of the song being the intro. She actually lets the song build momentum and emotion. (Rather is characteristic of the electronic/post-rock music I generally play!) I see reviewer "Toady" bought the album for what s/he heard on the radio, and ended up not really liking the rest of the disc. I am not terribly surprised, as this is a more refined disc. The first three tracks are definitely the radio picks--starting with the slow, late-night, R&B-influenced "We are One" (a beautiful song!), followed by the carefree, midday-jazz "Raincoat," and finally a pleasing Aerosmith cover.
The french songs, though they show culture, are honestly my least favourite. The softly cinematic arrangements are quite typical, only her voice sets these apart from anyone else. The italian "Giorno Dopo Giorno" does a bit better and her vocal talent really shines on this one.
"Crush" is actually my other 5-star track along with the title track. She gives it time to build and it just has that great pure pop tone. "How 'bout You" is a similar track, reminding me a lot of Bliss (Import) (one of my other favorites for deeper, more positive pop music). Interestingly, her voice seems a little too potent for the airy style that many less gifted singers pull off! Anyhow it's a good track.
"Now We Are Free" really impressed me because it shows she is taking cues from probably the greatest and most unique female voice today, Lisa Gerrard. Her voice is used like an instrument in countless major films, as well as composing a few soundtracks herself. This one of course is from the end of "The Gladiator."
The remaining three tracks are of a more emotional sort of pop. Thoughtful lyrics, and as with the whole disc, beautiful singing with plenty of acoustic guitar and piano. I was also glad that the bass and drum instrumentation was R&B style for some songs, pop/rock style for others, and left out of others. Great mix.
Hope you enjoy this album!
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Eighteen-year-old singer Kelly Sweet brings a wide range of influences together - from pop to jazz to classical and back - on her upcoming debut album. Highlights include the subtly powerful title track "We Are One", "I Will Be Waiting" co-written with producer Mark Portmann (Josh Groban, Celine Dion), the soaring "Giorno Dopo Giorno," and an unlikely cover of the Aerosmith classic "Dream On."Kelly Sweet was never a contestant on a TV singing competition, and she isn't the product of the latest svengali producer. Which, in 2007, makes her something of a rare new pop star. Her approach to the genre is pretty unexpected, too: Temperamentally, the flame-haired chanteuse falls somewhere between Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan, which is to say she's all softness, warmth, and sincerity. Vocally, she's a ringer for Amy Lee of the rock band Evanescence, minus the goth fixation. And categorically, her closest fit within the wide world of pop is classical crossover. Consider her the female Josh Groban then, with the multilingual skills to match: In addition to a haunting and miraculously un-awful rendition of Aerosmith's "Dream On," she busts out a French track, "Je T'aime," that sends out summery flutters; a Sanskrit song from the film "Gladiator," "Now We Are Free," that impresses with its depth of feeling; and an Italian number, "Giorno Dopo Giorno," that ripples with tenderness and sentimentality. Sweet is a songbird with a wide wingspan; her debut mostly soars. --Tammy La Gorce
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