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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A sweet voice yet powerful, 24 Nov 2004
I bought this album straight away after listening to her voice on Webbers single 'I Believe My Heart'. Andrew Lloyd Webber was touched when he saw her performing one night and so he asked her to do the song for him and for good reason. Thankfully she accepted and this wonderful disc has been released.There are more positive points about this album than there are negative. First off, Webber's song from 'The Woman In White' makes an appearance, hopefully to become her signature song. The rest of an album is a mixture of Pop, Classical and also a nod to New age (Similar to the style of Sarah Brightman who touches different types of music) with the cover of an Enya song 'Only Time' which, has more of a beat than Enyas original. There is also a cover of Madonna's 'You'll See' but I didn't see the point of covering it, it had nothing new or special to it. The great thing about this album is that it has original songs which other Classical Crossover artists are missing. She has two wonderful song writers in particular that understand her voice. Keedie even puts her two cents in for her debut by co-writing two interludes. One interlude (which is called Interlude) is frustratingly nice, it only lasts for a minute! 'Ave Maria' by Bach is completely reinvented and is given some English lyrics. Now I don't mean to spoil the surprise for you but if you listen to the last song of the disc and let it run for 8 minutes you are about to be spoiled; there isn't one hidden track, not two, but three hidden tracks on top of the other 17 tracks. If I remember correctly they are 'Laschia o' Pianga', 'The Flower Duet' from Lakme and 'Un Bel Di Vedremo' from Madame Butterfly. The latter two just so happen to be two of my favourite opera arias. They were very welcome. Her voice: it has its up and downs. She soars on her pop songs and adds some soprano touches here and there. Classical, sometimes soars. Her voice is absolutely beautiful however she can sometimes rely so heavily on vibrato she sometimes sounds like a lost lamb, this is the only negative I have with the album and its a big enough problem to lose a star in my rating. I have high expectations from Keedie in the future and I hope she follows the foot steps of Ms. Sarah Brightman on becoming varied and unique. I really recommend Keedie to you, she does have something new to give in terms of her classical pieces and with 20 tracks on one cd, Im sure that is for one point, your moneys worth and second point the odds are you will like some of them since there is so much variety. Give the lovely lady a go. If you don't trust me trust Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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