Linda Eder - Storybook
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Free Music Review: Exceptional...as always
Hit: 5 Stars
Can't compare her to anyone else because I have found no one who can envoke emotion like she does....she is remarkable and I am exceedingly grateful for her music and this album.Free Music Review: wow!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I really like this album. I enjoy it more everytime I listen to it and get more out of it. Bridge Over Troubled Water is spectacular(and I usually don't like covers of it). Her voice is like silver!Free Music Review: Not Quite Greatest Hits...
Hit: 3 Stars
Let me preface this by saying that I LOVE LINDA EDER and I LOVE FRANK WILDHORN. However, why does a new album by the partner of one of the most talented and prolific songwriters alive contain a line-up of music that her true fans already own??? I felt a little robbed by this. I expected that these would be "re-invented" and they aren't! Linda has a habit of re-recording songs to "fill" albums...come on, how many have "Vienna" and "Someone Like You"?? And "Broadway My Way", which has some AMAZING new recordings, also reincarnates "Gold", "A New Life", "Unusual Way", and "Man of La Mancha". Linda, your fans want to buy your music because you are a talented performer and your husband is a talented writer. Give us what we deserve...new music. Those of us who have been your fans since the first album and the concept recording of J&H deserve a little more respect than this album shows.
Free Music Review: As Gorgeous as Ever
Hit: 4 Stars
While there are many Broadway legends (Bernadette Peters, Michael Ball, Ethel Merman, Mandy Patinkon, Michael Crawford, etc), there are few that can be described as "the best of the best": Michael Ball, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Cook...And Linda Eder.
STORYBOOK is beautiful. As a huge fan of Broadway, I have a great love for BROADWAY MY WAY, and honestly believe that is one of the greatest Broadway solo albums ever made (right up there with Michael Ball's MUSICALS and CENTRE STAGE).
But STORYBOOK is a close step behind.
Many, if not all, of the gorgeous ballads showcase Eder's amazing range; in addition to demonstrating her amazing ability to control her heavenly voice.
To top it all off, the first few tunes are big band/jazz nubers, a feat that Eder pulls off with incredible ease.
There is actually one song on here that I hold a strong dis-like toward: the "bonus track," VOL MON ANGE. In my opinion, this tune is an example of "corny gone bad."
Other than that, STORYBOOK is a "must" for all Broadway afficianados and/or fans of great vocalists.
Free Music Review: The best voice around
Hit: 5 Stars
I have read some of the other reviews of this album- granted, not everyone likes that these aren't all new tracks. In this world of other stars who pump out 15 or so new songs where many of them sound redundant or tiring, hey, I'm happy to have some new gems and some re-done tracks by this woman with the voice of an angel. Linda Eder has so many different sounds depending on the song she sings. They can be anything from lush and soulful to resounding and downright Herculean. And then, opening up a new door, she sings a beautiful opera aria. I'm thinking, "This is a woman who never had vocal training- unbelievable!" The Streisand comparisons keep coming up, which in most ways is a compliment to both artists. But the criticisms of some reviewers in this album don't fairly apply to Linda. Barbra never tackled Linda's level of demanding material. We overlooked the overriding nasal, wavering strength and tremoring vibrato on those long notes, etc., because we saw all the other strengths in Babs. Similarly, Linda is not perfect, but it's her sheer potential from this late bloomer- a shy farm girl from a non-musical family; it's the realization that this woman can sing anything and give audience members absolute cold chills. No comparisons!!