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Time Out New York
Jungr is a rapidly rising star of the English cabaret world. She knows just how a song should feel.
Presley’s lush sentimentality goes out of the window: in its place is an art-song sensibility tinged with cultured R&B.****
Presley’s lush sentimentality goes out of the window: in its place is an art-song sensibility tinged with cultured R&B.****
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Some of the greatest song writing talents of the fifties, sixties and seventies wrote for Elvis Presley. Barb Jungr, regarded as Britain’s foremost chansonnier, takes these songs and embarks on a journey through love, obsession and faith.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This new album from Barb Jungr is an unusual concept - take the songs of Elvis and turn them inside out!
It works beautifully.
Barb's ability as a singer is undoubted, as anyone who has heard her could testify, but with each new album she shows a great skill in choosing her material. Elvis is an icon, an idol of rock and roll, but here the songs that were so very definitely his are heard in a new light, and it really does make them shine brightly.
Heartbreak Hotel, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, songs inextricably linked with Elvis but Barb claims her right to them here, without a white suit or karaoke machine in sight!
The arrangements by Jonathon Cooper and Adrian York are spot on; they make you hear the song and the singer in equal measure giving a twist on an old story.
Barb is never one to take the easy way; she could so easily make an album of crowd pleasers with by the book arrangements and probably be holding hands with one of the would be 'new generation' of jazz people on awards night, but that's not her style, and I'm incredibly grateful for it!! She makes you listen to music, to a voice, to a well crafted song, and she should be applauded for it.
This is a wonderful album, not just for fans of Barb, or fans of Elvis ( who may of course find it sacreligious to mess with the King's material!), but for anyone who likes good music that will still challenge their perceptions.
Buy it, listen well, and make your own mind up!!
ps. Go and see Barb live of you can, she excells in live performance!!
It works beautifully.
Barb's ability as a singer is undoubted, as anyone who has heard her could testify, but with each new album she shows a great skill in choosing her material. Elvis is an icon, an idol of rock and roll, but here the songs that were so very definitely his are heard in a new light, and it really does make them shine brightly.
Heartbreak Hotel, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, songs inextricably linked with Elvis but Barb claims her right to them here, without a white suit or karaoke machine in sight!
The arrangements by Jonathon Cooper and Adrian York are spot on; they make you hear the song and the singer in equal measure giving a twist on an old story.
Barb is never one to take the easy way; she could so easily make an album of crowd pleasers with by the book arrangements and probably be holding hands with one of the would be 'new generation' of jazz people on awards night, but that's not her style, and I'm incredibly grateful for it!! She makes you listen to music, to a voice, to a well crafted song, and she should be applauded for it.
This is a wonderful album, not just for fans of Barb, or fans of Elvis ( who may of course find it sacreligious to mess with the King's material!), but for anyone who likes good music that will still challenge their perceptions.
Buy it, listen well, and make your own mind up!!
ps. Go and see Barb live of you can, she excells in live performance!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's so wrong that someone like Barb Jungr is almost unknown to radio listeners, especially when you consider the same old nonsense played day in, day out. We went to see her out of curiosity in a small jazz club in Chelmsford last year, and have started collecting her CDs as a result. This is a wonderful album, different to anything you will hear elsewhere, and worth buying just for "Are You Lonesome Tonight." Elvis wouldn't be upset at his songs being changed so much, as he probably wouldn't recognise them by the time Barb Jungr has finished with them anyway. This CD would make a great "What on earth is this?" type Christmas or birthday present for anyone who enjoys music. If you already know her work, then you won't be disappointed when you hear this. A beautiful album.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Let me say straight away that a lot of Elvis Presley fans will not like this at all, even including some of those who normally like tribute albums. The one thing that nobody can deny upon hearing this music is that Barb completely re-interpreted the songs to suit herself, almost always at a slower pace than Elvis took the songs. Indeed some of them, especially Are you lonesome tonight?, are so slow that a cruel person might suggest that even a tortoise would get bored waiting. Yet this album has much to commend it once you get over the shock of the arrangements.
Actually, anybody who is familiar with the music of Alison Krauss may be better prepared than most for this album. While Alison's music is very different from Barb's, Alison has been known to take classic songs and re-interpret them at a much slower pace, notable examples being Baby now that I've found you (Foundations) and 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton). The originals were delivered in a bouncy, up-tempo style but Alison`s versions were definitely not.
It is clear from the track listing that Barb regards any song that Elvis recorded as qualifying for inclusion here. Elvis certainly recorded all the songs chosen except one (Looking for Elvis) that Barb co-wrote with Adrian York, but it is fair to say that some of the songs are more commonly associated with other singers. Among the tracks here, my favorites are both songs that Elvis made famous, these being In the ghetto, because it still has a sense of urgency about it despite the mellow mood, and Heartbreak hotel, because slowing the song right down brings out its true meaning, exactly as Alison Krauss did with Baby now that I've found you.
Upon first listening, I thought this was a very strange album, but it it grew on me with repeated playing. Will it grow on you? I don't know, but if you can't accept Barb's slowed-down re-interpretations, at least I warned you not to expect obvious arrangements.
Actually, anybody who is familiar with the music of Alison Krauss may be better prepared than most for this album. While Alison's music is very different from Barb's, Alison has been known to take classic songs and re-interpret them at a much slower pace, notable examples being Baby now that I've found you (Foundations) and 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton). The originals were delivered in a bouncy, up-tempo style but Alison`s versions were definitely not.
It is clear from the track listing that Barb regards any song that Elvis recorded as qualifying for inclusion here. Elvis certainly recorded all the songs chosen except one (Looking for Elvis) that Barb co-wrote with Adrian York, but it is fair to say that some of the songs are more commonly associated with other singers. Among the tracks here, my favorites are both songs that Elvis made famous, these being In the ghetto, because it still has a sense of urgency about it despite the mellow mood, and Heartbreak hotel, because slowing the song right down brings out its true meaning, exactly as Alison Krauss did with Baby now that I've found you.
Upon first listening, I thought this was a very strange album, but it it grew on me with repeated playing. Will it grow on you? I don't know, but if you can't accept Barb's slowed-down re-interpretations, at least I warned you not to expect obvious arrangements.
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Love Me Tender, Barb Jungr - Left me cold
An interesting idea, take some of Elvis's greatest hits and recreate them in a totally different vocal style, in this case stripped down, almost Chanson style. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2009 by Victor
Barb Jungr Weaves Magic
A brilliant rendition - really brings the lyrics to life in a very emotional way.
Published on 24 Mar 2009 by Stanley Jackson
Haunting
I am listening to this album after a break of a few months and had almost forgotten what a masterpiece it is. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by Dylan Lancaster
Great concept album
Doing an Elvis song basically means you can't win becuase the man was such agreat iconic figure who created ultimate versions of most of what he did. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2008 by TKr
A real treat
No doubt Elvis is the greatest rock'n roll icon of the 20th century. He sang a number of very good songs and more than just a few bad ones as well. Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by Dr. Jorge Campos
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