- Audio CD (18 Feb 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Talking Elephant
- ASIN: B0002UJN7O
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 223,181 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I disagree with the reviewer above.
The album is titled " Enchanted Garden " and yet he complains that it is too " New Age "... With a title such as this one would hope for the dreamy landscapes that Judy creates with her voice. I think that this is a brave move for someone associated with traditional folk, and maybe that is why the reviewer was disappointed?
Even without the arrangements, the songs would stand on the beauty of her voice alone. Judy was fortunate in the early days to possess a voice of such great clarity and yes she still has it !
In my opinion the slight reverb enhances it ( but then again I am a big fan of reverb ! )
I do however agree that an acoustic album would be an amazing way to go, but for so long as Jude keeps creating such beautiful noises with her voice, to be honest she could sing " my old man's a dustman " and make it sound evocative and etheric !
If you like dreamy landscapes, mellow vibes and sympathetic fiddle then be enchanted by the garden... Judy's voice along makes it worth the purchase price. The arrangements are just a delightful bonus.
A cracking album !
The album is titled " Enchanted Garden " and yet he complains that it is too " New Age "... With a title such as this one would hope for the dreamy landscapes that Judy creates with her voice. I think that this is a brave move for someone associated with traditional folk, and maybe that is why the reviewer was disappointed?
Even without the arrangements, the songs would stand on the beauty of her voice alone. Judy was fortunate in the early days to possess a voice of such great clarity and yes she still has it !
In my opinion the slight reverb enhances it ( but then again I am a big fan of reverb ! )
I do however agree that an acoustic album would be an amazing way to go, but for so long as Jude keeps creating such beautiful noises with her voice, to be honest she could sing " my old man's a dustman " and make it sound evocative and etheric !
If you like dreamy landscapes, mellow vibes and sympathetic fiddle then be enchanted by the garden... Judy's voice along makes it worth the purchase price. The arrangements are just a delightful bonus.
A cracking album !
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Some years back, there was a Track (?) vinyl sampler that included Fairport Convention's debut single, 'If I Had A Ribbon Bow'. Lovely little song from around 1968 and with the clear and ringing voice of the late, great Sandy Denny making her mark.
Except it wasn't, it was Judy Dyble.
Though no slouch in the pipes department herself, Judy was pushed out of the band and went off to form Trader Horne with Jackie McAuley and make their one (rather good) album, "Morning Way".
A spell with the nascent King Crimson in its Giles, Giles & Fripp entity was short-lived and she disappeared from the scene but for sporadic appearances at the UK's Cropredy Festival.
Now she's back, and in common with many artists from that period who are still working, she's doing something 'new'.
With quasi-Arthur Rackham faeries and elves artwork and a performer roster including former High Tide and Hawkwind violinist Simon House (yikes!), you could be forgiven for expecting something akin to the fiery 'acid folk' temp-plated by ex-Curved Air vocalist Sonja Kristina.
Yet while there are elements of this psych-offshoot in 'Enchanted Garden', they are laced into the sonic landscape of New Age, and it's in this matching that the album begins to flag.
It's proficiently packaged and presented but the raw material is not consistently strong enough to make the wade through the electronica, which begins to swamp the performers. House's violin seems to have wandered off the mix while Judy's vocal is in a state of permanent reverb - a dish best served on special occasions only.
After a while, the whoosh, plink, plunk, tinkle of keyboard programming is akin to an astral voyage to shops that sell dream-catchers and wind chimes and smell like detonated bath-bombs.
Time to warm up, not chill out.
An acoustic set by Judy Dyble would help her work a passage back to fans of folk rock far more effectively and suit her voice better.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Judy Dyble has a lovely voice and kudos to her to experiment with a new direction. Greville is off the mark, it would be wrong for Judy to live in the past, I think she is moving in a very positive new direction.
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****************Personnel
Judy Dyble: Vocals
Simon House: Violin
Peter Pracownik: Slide, Acoustic, & Electric Guitars
Stevie B: Sax
Marc Swordfish:... Read more
Judy Dyble: Vocals
Simon House: Violin
Peter Pracownik: Slide, Acoustic, & Electric Guitars
Stevie B: Sax
Marc Swordfish:... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2010 by jomojomo
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I got this cuz of soliloqiuse who I met in myspace and I got this with my pocket money !! It is awesome and so are u !
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Published on 15 April 2008 by Jenny
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