- Audio CD (3 Feb 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Metro Blue
- ASIN: B000002UZE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 192,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3.8 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Adventurous!, 10 Dec 1999
By Chris Adamson "invalidname" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Blame It on My Youth (Audio CD)
I saw Holly on Canadian TV and had to get this CD as soon as I found it. She and her trio partners breathe new life into songs you'd never expect to be so rich. After all, the dark, sinister song that begins this album was originally from Disney's saccharine "Jungle Book" movie, and "If I Were A Bell" rocks a whole lot harder than your local playhouse production of "Guys & Dolls".
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Holly and company work their usual magic, 20 Oct 1998
By John Jones "Musician" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Blame It on My Youth (Audio CD)
Before Holly turned her interpretative skills to material by Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, and the Beatles, the Holly Cole Trio (with David Piltch on bass and Aaron Davis on piano) performed mostly standards, but performing classics didn't stop their knack for turning songs inside out. Oldies like "If I Were a Bell" and "Honeysuckle Rose" get irresistibly swinging arrangements with a delightfully unorthodox fiddle, "Smile" is given a stark pop edge, and "Trust in Me," from "The Jungle Book," is given a bossa-nova-inspired treatment. Holly's gift for pop vocals are used to perfection on "Calling You," now one of her signature tunes, and Tom Waits contributed a new composition, the lush and jazzy "Purple Avenue." The strongest moment? Holly turns the sweet "The Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady" into a dark and haunting narrative (Holly has said in interviews that this song always seemed to her like the story of a stalker). The unique intro and always flawless vocal inspires chills with every listen. The weakest moment? Well, it depends on your mood, but the ultra-slow arrangement and drunken slurr of a vocal on "I'll Be Seeing You" can occasionally be a difficult listen. It's a small price to pay, however, on a collection as original and polished as this.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
dark, off pace, great stuff, 11 Jun 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Blame It on My Youth (Audio CD)
I really like Holly Cole: got hooked on Don't Smoke in Bed, like the rest of her stuff too. Very different phrasing than I am used to, surprising, but well done and often more apt for a completely different view of the song. Buy one, you'll buy them all. back up is great. oh, good voice, too.
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