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Linda returns to her Broadway roots on this release. The 12 tracks span roughly the last 50 years in cinema, from Mancini's "Charade," the title tune of the 1963 movie starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, to "Falling Slowly," the Academy Award winner from Once, the 2007 Irish musical film. The originals may be familiar and beloved, but Eder and her band dramatically reworked the arrangements, rendering the songs in an intimate, fireside style. Other highlights include an aching version of Yvonne Elliman's 1977 disco hit "If I Can't Have You," from Saturday Night Fever and a faithful rendition of "Valley of the Dolls," the theme of the 1968 flick that Dionne Warwick turned into a No. 2 pop hit.
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Reviews:
BEST CD BY LINDA EDER
This is probably the best CD ever recorded by Linda Eder. It is an interesting collection of a Beatles song (Help!), movie classics (Valley of the Dolls and Charade), and other songs such as I Will Wait For You and Can't Help Falling in Love and Everybody's Talking. This is a must for any Linda Eder fan and any other person who likes good music!
Linda Eder never flops
Linda Eder always matches her vocal talent with the musical content
I think I have all her cds and videos. I once attended a vocal session
at the University of Alabama. The New york voice coach used her video
performance of Man of LaMancha as a demonstration of a dominant performance. So it is.
Returning to what she does best
Linda Eder has been marketed as the Next Streisand. Under the tutalige of former Husband and Manager, Frank Wildhorn, she shot to fame in Jeckyll and Hyde. Try as they might to establish Linda, as a Broadway star, they were defeated at every turn. Backers refused to give money to many projects Mr. Wildhorn developed for Ms. Eder to star. Linda then became a concert draw. After her marriage ended, Michael Feinstein, tried to help her by touring with her and being featured at his New York Supper Club.For her last album Ms.Eder tried to reinvent herself as a country singer. The album was disappointing and due to the fact she is now a single parent toured less and houses no longer sold out as they once had. The Jeckies as the fans called themselves seemed to abdon her as well. Now with this new album of standards hopefully all the fans will be back. I for one hope this summer Linda will tour more and can't wait to see her again.
Great, but I'd like more...
I just love Linda Eder and I do think this is a fine album, however, clocking in at just 11 songs, the album seems a bit brief. I am happy to see a few unique selections such as Counting Crow's "Accidentally In Love" and Dionne Warwick's "Valley Of The Dolls", however I think Linda would have done a brilliant job with "Evergreen", "Do You Know Where You're Going To" and "My Heart Will Go On" as well. The iTunes version includes a bonus track of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero"; which is nice, but it should have been included on the album itself instead of being exclusively available (with the purchase of the whole album) as an iTunes download.
MANY BRAVOS 2 LINDA's SOUNDTRACK
This is one of the best movie compilations in years!
Her Interpretation of each track is magnificent!
Bravo Linda!
