Leon Russell, Mary Russell - Wedding Album
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Artist: Leon Russell, Mary RussellEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Music Label: Wounded Bird Records
Soundtracks:
- Rainbow in Your Eyes
- Like a Dream Come True
- Love's Supposed to Be That Way
- Fantasy
- Satisfy You
- You Are on My Mind
- Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
- Quiet Nights
- Windsong
- Daylight
Free Music Notes for Wedding Album
Free Music Review: A Marriage Pronouncment Made In Musical Heaven
Hit: 5 Stars
After the release of his excellent Will O' the Wisp Leon Russell wed his backup singer Mary McCreary and the pair commemorated the event with a duet album between the two of them. One of the most exciting parts of the album is not only do the two share vocals on this album but Mary herself i a very active participant in this music with her new husband,playing synthesizer and percussion quite often and creating these beautifully elaborate choruses of backround vocals as well as her leads. The spirit of sharing and mutual cooperation,an intregal componant of any marriage lends itself here as a musical element as well. Musically this album embrases styles Leon always had in his music as this is a full out funk-soul/R&B album with the textural synthesizers are enlarged in number,mixed far higher in the music and the melodic/harmonic arrangments of the music are more complex and elaborate. These songs are not in fact all too seperated from what you might find on a Stevie Wonder,Smokey Robinson or Ashford & Simpson recordings of the period. The introductory song,the romantic "Rainbow In Your Eyes" is one of the very strongest and romantic songs Leon ever wrote. The melodic keyboard/synth sound carries the song along with the intricate melody and it was so strong Al Jarreau covered the song very quickly on his album Glow of the same year,also opening the album with that song as well. The swelling "Love's Supposed To Be That Way",the cosmic sounding "Fantasy","Satisfy You" and "You Are On My Mind" all maintain the exact same level of quality and dynamic arrangements. Mary's elastic,powerful vocalizing is a great combo with Leon's tougher,rubbery singing style and the way they work them into the songs is just so wonderful to behold. Unlike a lot of albums made after a musician gets married the intensity of the music actually increased in this case,largely because the couple were involved in making music and were already very experienced at doing so. "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" gets down into a heavy honky tonk/funk groove with Leon and Mary trading off some very meaty lyrics. On the midtempo "Quiet Nights" and "Windsong" the jazziness really gets going in the music. I would never call these songs sappy at all;they are beautifully cool and reflective in flavor and give both the music and vocals a chance to glide across eachother smoothly. "Daylight" closes the album again on a more uptempo melodic funk not. Considering it's celebratory title this album fully lives up to it's ambitions and concept in every way and upon hearing it I am very surprised it wasn't more popular in it's day than it was. Still it's wonderful to have this very unsung and burried 70's funk/soul masterpiece available (thanks to Wounded Bird again) and give modern listeners a chance to hear it with remastered sound and just the plain dignity of having it around again.
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