Worrisome Heart |  | Artist: Melody Gardot
Label: Verve
Category: Music
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 939
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602517496408
EAN: 0602517496408
ASIN: B000WTNCYA
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Worrisome Heart | | • | All That I Need Is Love | | • | Gone | | • | Sweet Memory | | • | Some Lessons | | • | Quiet Fire | | • | One Day | | • | Love Me Like A River Does | | • | Goodnite | | • | Twilight |
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Album Description
". . . in a place where Billie Holiday meets Tom Waits . . . has moments that recall pieces of Nina Simone, early Rickie Lee Jones, and even the sophistication of Cole Porter. " - Business Week Although there are elements of jazz, blues and folk in her music, it is simultaneously all of those things and none of them. Her engaging songs and sultry controlled vocals possess a timeless quality that places them in the tradition of the great female vocalists on Verve, whose work have also not been confined to any one genre or style
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 92
 Goosebumps! November 26, 2008
J. L. Bertram (South Africa)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
All I need say about this album is, if you love a soothing, sultry voice and are looking for something a little bit different and unpredictable, this is the album for you. My two top tracks are the title track and 'Love me like a river does', which never fails to get those goosebumps going.
wow June 28, 2008
Kitchen Monkey Boy
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This might be one the best set of tracks I've listened to this year. The performance and production are as polished and clean as you could hope for, and the delivery so genuine and soulful you can almost smell the smoke and martinis. This makes a great gift for anyone who appreciates jazz or blues.
Norah Jones meets Madeleine Peyroux meets Eva Cassidy November 7, 2008
J. Nordstrom (Washington, DC United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am really enjoying this new album & artist. Very mellow and smoky like Norah Jones -- but I definitely get moments of Madeleine Peyroux and the occasional Eva Cassidy, as well. (All top-notch singers in my book!) I look forward to seeing more from this artist in the future!
I cannot believe how good this CD is. June 29, 2009
Argus Hamilton (Atlanta, Georgia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all, what an interesting story - a girl gets hit by a car, develops a sensitivity to light and sound, and finds music therapy as a way to deal with her injuries. What she finds is a voice that sounds like she is literally singing 6" from your ear and singing directly to you. Her voice is very fresh and different from what you hear on radio. It's smoky, delicate, pitch perfect, wobbly and beautiful.
There are 5 songs on this CD that stand up to anything I've ever ever heard. They are "Gone", "Sweet Memory", "Some Lessons", "One Day" and the oh-my-gosh I can't believe how incredible this song is "Love Me Like A River Does". That song will knock you out. Period. As one reviewer put it "It's the sexy song I've ever heard" - ditto.
Buy this CD. Do not download it. You might end up tucking it under your pillow at night or spooning it.
Overcoming Adversity with a Worrisome Heart. May 27, 2008
G. Merritt (Boulder, CO)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I discovered this jazz album during an NPR interview with Melody Gardot, a 23-year-old jazz ingenue who is wise beyond her years when it comes to noir jazz. After being struck by a SUV while riding her bicycle at age 19, Gardot turned to music to confront and then overcome her resulting cognitive disability. Worrisome Heart is Gardot's debut jazz album, and the remarkable result of her ongoing recovery. Backed by a group of talented musicians such as guitarist Jef Lee Johnson (Billy Joel, George Duke, Aretha Franklin, David Sandborn), organist Joel Bryant (Aretha Franklin, Harry Connick Jr.), and trumpeter Matt Cappy (Jill Scott, Kirk Franklin), Gardot's intimate, sultry, smoldering vocals are reminiscent of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and the recording itself is clear and crisp. This is an amazing collection of cool songs about unfulfilled desire, heartache, and yearning by an amazing talent. Worrisome Heart will appeal to anyone who likes the vocal styles of Madeleine Peyroux or Diana Krall. Album tracks include:
1. Worrisome Heart 4:21
2. All That I Need Is Love 2:36
3. Gone 2:50
4. Sweet Memory 3:21
5. Some Lessons 5:23
6. Quiet Fire 4:13
7. One Day 2:02
8. Love Me Like A River Does 4:06
9. Goodnite 3:04
10. Twilight 1:01
G. Merritt
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