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Songbird | 
| Artist: Eva Cassidy
Label: Blix Street
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  157 reviews
Sales Rank: 207
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 739341014529
EAN: 0739341014529
ASIN: B000H9HZZC
Release Date: August 1, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Fields Of Gold | | • | Wade In The Water | | • | Autumn Leaves | | • | Wayfaring Stranger | | • | Songbird | | • | Time Is A Healer | | • | I Know You By Heart | | • | People Get Ready | | • | Oh Had I A Golden Thread | | • | Over The Rainbow |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 152 more reviews...
Stunning.. February 27, 2008
..is the only word for this album. I have never heard such a pure voice - you may have heard the songs before but you have never heard them sung like this. Eva's voice was unique - how very sad that the only video in existence of her singing is some amatuer footage taken at Blues Alley - where some of these tracks were recorded. If you can listen to "Autumn Leaves" without a lump in your throat - then you have no soul my friend.
I love this album December 28, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful collection of Eva Cassidy tracks. Standout songs for me are Fields of Gold and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Both songs (along with many others) send a shiver down my spine. Sung with such great tencity and emotion, it's such a shame Eva is no longer with us. A great listen.
Goosebumps! December 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
No words can describe just how amazing this cd is. Sit back, relax and lose yourself
Goosebumps November 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this years ago. When it came on the radio I had to stop the car and grab pen and paper to note who this was. I have never heard such a pure and moving voice. Few people can make "Somewhere over the rainbow" there own and make people want to buy their version.
A great artist if you like pin drop performances that bring a tear to the eye. This is her best CD some of the others are not in the league of this one.
A sad loss
So beautiful ... February 7, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is such a wonderful album ... but how could it really be anything but wonderful when it features the most beautiful talent of the late Eva Cassidy. The mix of tracks is perfect as is her interpretation of every song.
This is just so beautiful, so evocative, so haunting that, if you're anything like me, it will be likely to bring tears to your eyes - tears of joy that we have such wonderful music in the world and of sadness that Eva can no longer provide us with more of hers.
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