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Songbird
Eva Cassidy
Retail Price (not our price): $16.98
Release Date: 1998-05-19
Manufacturer: Blix Street
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Songbird cherry-picks tracks from the three locally released albums of Eva Cassidy, whose hauntingly beautiful vocals went virtually unheard outside her native Washington, D.C., during her short 33 years with us. Lost to melanoma in 1996, Cassidy sang with an unaffected purity and an astonishing ability to make both classic and contemporary songs sound like they were written just for her. Sting's "Fields of Gold" finally lives up to its title through the alchemy of Cassidy's transcendent rendition, while other tracks on this anthology showcase her ease in the realms of pop (Christine McVie's "Songbird"), soul ("People Get Ready"), gospel ("Wade on the Water"), and traditional standards ("Autumn Leaves" and "Over the Rainbow"). Framed by understated jazz and pop arrangements, Cassidy's clear, soulful voice and exquisite phrasing make her that rarest of vocalists whose interpretations are a complement to any song. A fine introduction to a true talent. --Billy Grenier

2) Album Description
Songbird is a posthumous anthology culled from the album Live At Blues Alley and her other solo release, Eva By Heart, along with one track from her 1992 duet album with Chuck Brown titled The Other Side. Blix label.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) Songbird - Eva Cassidy   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This studio album is more polished than "Live at Blues Alley" but the instrumentals sometimes overpower her voice at innapropriate times.There are only ten songs on this album as opposed to twenty on "Live at Blues Alley".Still, it is an excellent addition to anyone's library of her work!

2) Beautiful voice, poor accompaniment   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I bought this CD because I was told that Eva Cassidy's voice was truly wonderful. It is a beautiful voice, but the accompaniment definitely sounds like it was done on the cheapest electronic keyboard (one that can do all instruments in poor representation.) The background music is best summed up as "UCK." And this is sad, because the voice is truly lovely. But after a couple of listenings, I probably won't listen to it again. It's cheap and nasty. I also clearly hear the echo put onto the voice to make it sound fuller, which can't possibly be necessary.

3) buy this cd   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Buy this CD- all of her music is wonderful- don't miss out on Eva Cassidy-something in her voice !

4) Heartfelt & heartwrenching   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
An avid Judy Garland fan, I was astonished when I walked into an indie coffee shop in Houston and heard Eva Cassidy's version of "Over the Rainbow." This was in 2001, shortly after my mother, also a Garland fan, had passed and this rendition had me bawling, I mean sobbing loudly, in public, with no warning whatsoever. The coffee shop owner shared the CD (Songbird) and artist name and I bought it within two hours, having to go to 3 music stores to find it. My personal favorites are "Over the Rainbow" and "Songbird". What is most striking is the clarity of her voice, the original delivery and the way that this music will affect you. To hear of her personal tragedy makes the music all the more powerful. Buy and share her music so that her legacy may live on.

5) A Voice from Heaven   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Love it, love it, love it. I can't wait to order all her CD's. So sorry she left us so early.