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Corinne Bailey Rae | 
| Artist: Corinne Bailey Rae
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 912
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 094635411720
EAN: 0094635411720
ASIN: B000DN6ZGC
Release Date: February 27, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Like A Star | | • | Enchantment | | • | Put Your Records On | | • | Till It Happens To You | | • | Trouble Sleeping | | • | Call Me When You Get This | | • | Choux Pastry Heart | | • | Breathless | | • | I'd Like To | | • | Butterfly | | • | Seasons Change |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
When soul music is at its finest, a great vocalist can take you along on a journey into their sadness, loneliness, joy, and passion. When mixing that voice with horns, harmonies, and a bluesy Hammond organ, that same music can seamlessly travel across decades. Many new artists claim to accomplish that feat, but few are sincerely ageless and timeless: Corinne Bailey Rae has those qualities in spades. Rae--a newcomer out of Leeds, UK, with a gospel choir history--has created a self-titled CD that occasionally evokes the feeling of a '70s Bill Withers classic, while bringing inflections of Zero 7 and Alicia Keys to her grooves as well. Straight from track one, "Like a Star" displays a restrained soulfulness that shows her strengths through a whisper soft melody. Other standout cuts include the breakup-ache of "Till It Happens To You" and "Choux Pastry Heart," which discloses her jazz-affected timing and the level of powerful songwriting that she is capable of at her very best. In a day and age where a good voice alone can provide you with a golden ticket, it is refreshing to see that Rae has not only written or cowritten every song on her debut, she also contributes guitar, bass, keys, and percussion to the tracks. Her songs have some room to mature, but as a new recording artist in her mid-20s, so does she. Soul lovers, pass the word: this is one impressive debut. --Denise Sheppard
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| Customer Reviews: Read 89 more reviews...
 A beautiful album November 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this album and neve get bored of listening to it. Each time I do listen I enjoy it more and more. The songs are infectious and it is hard not to relate to the lyrics.
Rae of Sunshine March 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's taken some time since seeing her for the first time on Jules Holland's 'Later' last year for me to get round to buying this album.
My memory of that show is encapsulated in her rendition of
album opener 'Like A Star'; with only a guitarist for accompaniment it
was clear that Miss Bailey Rae was a significant new talent to contend with.
It is refreshing to find a performer who does not have to rely on
technology or novelty to impress. Her voice is warm and sure; her tone
and phrasing seductive; her writing skills strong and unpretentious.
The album is a predominantly laid-back affair. The musicians and producers
are sympathetic; knowing how to hold back and allow a great voice to shine.
An impressive debut. I look forward to the next installment.
A Musician's Opinion October 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I cannot understand those reviewers who said that this album needs to be listened to a number of times before it grows on you. I heard the tv advert which has snatches of about three songs, each one lasting a few seconds and based on that, I bought the album. As a guitarist and composer myself, perhaps I can appreciate her songwriting skills more than the non-musician. When someone is praised by a composer of Burt Baccarac's ability, it is silly for non-musicians to waffle about her "showing promise" or being: "quite good". By all means, say: "I don't like it." But don't make "musical" criticisms unless you are a musician. It's a little like a hospital janitor commenting on the surgical skills of the consultant - silly.
let the sun shine in October 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is Corrines Debut album and showcases her sweet full of sunshine voice. from the great'put your records on' to wonderful ballad 'trouble sleeping' it's a great listen from start to finish. Corinne is a major star in the making as her debut album proves.
 Production engineers berated August 23, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The days of electronically compressing the sound width to cope with the limitations of AM have long gone - but the slack production on this album sounds like they are still with us. For example; the acoustic guitar progression on 'Put Your Records On' is plagued with noises-off and lack of input gain. The whole thing sounds like it was recorded on a mobile phone with a ridiculously narrow bandwidth, augmented by an amateurish attempt to make up for the gap by artificially boosting the bass attack. Sloppy.
Corinne Bailey Rae's songs are sweet, her performance is touching and rich and her voice is full of colour but the production here is truly dreadful, diluting all that beauty. She deserves much better than this. What a waste for such a potentially lovely album.
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