Holding Back the Years

Editorial Reviews
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There's always something unearthly about hearing Jimmy Scott, the jazz ballad singer whose startlingly high voice stands in marked contrast to the deep baritones, like Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman, who largely defined the art. The material here may come as a surprise, too, drawing on the rock era for songs by John Lennon, Bryan Ferry, Prince, and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, whose work has rarely, if ever, appeared in a jazz context. It's a refreshing change to hear a senior jazz singer breaking with the standard repertoire and to hear these tunes accompanied by an acoustic rhythm section, with occasional touches of strings and muted trumpet. Scott's eerily plaintive voice brings a different poignancy to the gospel-tinged "Jealous Guy" and "Nothing Compares 2 U." This may be novel, but it's also substantial. --Stuart Broomer

Entertainment Weekly
This jazz androgyne can transform any tune into an emotional topography.

Holding Back the Years

Holding Back the Years, Music, Jimmy Scott, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Vocals, Pop, R&B, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Holding Back the Years
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    		Holding Back the Years
    Jimmy Scott
    Manufacturer: Rhythm Club Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000OYC7G2
    Release Date: 2007-05-15

    Tracks:

    1. What I Wouldn't Give
    2. Crying Game
    3. Jealous Guy
    4. Holding Back the Years
    5. How Can I Go on Without You?
    6. Almost Blue
    7. Slave to Love
    8. Nothing Compares 2 U
    9. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
    10. Don't Cry Baby
    Holding Back the Years
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Holding Back the Years
    • Holding Back The Tears
    • Voice from heaven
    • What's that one-star reviewer hearing--and thinking?
    • Outstanding and Emotional Vocals
    		 Holding Back the Years
    Jimmy Scott
    Manufacturer: Artists Only Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    1. Over the Rainbow
    2. Dream
    3. But Beautiful
    4. Someone to Watch Over Me: The Definitive
    5. Falling in Love Is Wonderful

    ASIN: B00000DBWB
    Release Date: 1998-10-06

    Tracks:

    1. What I Wouldn't Give
    2. The Crying Game
    3. Jealous Guy
    4. Holding Back The Years
    5. How Can I Go On
    6. Almost Blue
    7. Slave To Love
    8. Nothing Compares 2 U
    9. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
    10. Don't Cry Baby

    Amazon.com

    There's always something unearthly about hearing Jimmy Scott, the jazz ballad singer whose startlingly high voice stands in marked contrast to the deep baritones, like Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman, who largely defined the art. The material here may come as a surprise, too, drawing on the rock era for songs by John Lennon, Bryan Ferry, Prince, and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, whose work has rarely, if ever, appeared in a jazz context. It's a refreshing change to hear a senior jazz singer breaking with the standard repertoire and to hear these tunes accompanied by an acoustic rhythm section, with occasional touches of strings and muted trumpet. Scott's eerily plaintive voice brings a different poignancy to the gospel-tinged "Jealous Guy" and "Nothing Compares 2 U." This may be novel, but it's also substantial. --Stuart Broomer

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Holding Back the Years.......2001-08-10

    Oh man!!! It's like Jimmy Scott stepped out of the wings, tapped Bryan Ferry on the shoulder and politely wrenched the microphone from his hand. I can imagine him saying something like "Take five my man, let a true veteran show you how this song is supposed to sound..."

    If anyone has heard Scott's rendition of "Slave to Love", it's easy to forget that it's a cover.

    4 out of 5 stars Holding Back The Tears.......2000-04-14

    I first stumbled across "Little" Jimmy Scott thanks to a friend who sent me a copy of All The Way, one of the most beautiful albums I own. I was immediately taken in by Scott's voice, a high, lonesome, silky instrument that can wring tears out of the most cold-hearted cad. I then bought the equally superb Lost & Found, a great album filled with stuff Jimmy had recorded in the early seventies which saw very limited release. Again, that album blew me away thanks to a sumptuous reading of "Unchained Melody" that made me completely forget The Righteous Borthers' version. Dream was another winner with broody production and gritty edges that suited Jimmy's voice to a tee. Heaven was a little more problematic, the songs a trifle unsure, the production a shade clinical. Holding Back The Years is a fine album of great modern-day (for the most part) covers. It's astounding to hear Jimmy emote his way through Bryan Ferry's "Slave To Love" and Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" And, after the shock of hearing him sing "Jealous Guy" wears off, you listen to the album again. And again. And again. You think: "How effortless, how passionate. How sad, how beautiful." That's the power of Jimmy Scott. Aren't a fan? Never heard of him? Think of what you're missing! Gorgeous.

    5 out of 5 stars Voice from heaven.......2000-01-15

    What a beautiful voice, a great buy. The back up musicians are excellent

    5 out of 5 stars What's that one-star reviewer hearing--and thinking?.......1999-12-03

    Hard to imagine why someone would give this one star. It's a sublime piece of work. Jimmy Scott expands the universe. His voice and what he did with it redefine music and human experience.

    5 out of 5 stars Outstanding and Emotional Vocals.......1999-09-08

    Jimmy Scott is unstoppable. His version of "Holding Back the Years" is rather soulful. Keep of the good work Jimmy.
    Be Alone No More//Holding Back the Years
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      		Be Alone No More//Holding Back the Years
      Another Level
      Manufacturer: Bmg
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
      CD SinglesCD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music | Adult Contemporary | Oldies | Pop Rock | Singer-Songwriters | Teen Pop | Vocal Pop
      ASIN: B00000JAPU
      Release Date: 1999-05-17

      Tracks:

      1. Holding Back The Years (Remix)
      2. Be Alone No More (C&J Remix)
      Holding Back Entirely
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • WOW
      • yes, he vas certainly holdin back.....before...but now, holy #%%^~
      • This record rocks!!!
      • can't listen often enough...
      		 Holding Back Entirely
      Holding Back Entirely
      Manufacturer: oasis
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0009JVTRK
      Release Date: 2005-05-01

      Tracks:

      1. Pound
      2. Everyone
      3. The Runaround
      4. All the Way
      5. Down In My Hole
      6. No Pity
      7. It Doesn't Matter
      8. Enough For You?

      Product Description

      Three years in the making, Holding Back Entirely’s combination of driving beats, hard guitar and bittersweet odes to love and loss defies easy categorization, and more power to it.  Written, produced and fronted by Nikolaus Schuhbeck, the eight-song (plus) collection features irresistible, climactic rhythms, tightly arranged melodies, soaring vocals, and lyrics sprinkled with sweet, stinging irony.  From the daybreak chirping of birds in “Pound,” to the ripping solos in “All the Way,” and “Enough for You,” Schuhbeck’s songs feature the unbeatable combination of introspective lyrics of uncertainty, confusion and desire backed by fast-grinding guitars: a soundtrack for those moments between abject misery and sheer joy.  In other words: life as we live it.  Take a drive, drop the top and turn it up.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars WOW.......2005-07-14

      "Holding Back Entirely" is definitely a neo-cosmopolitan piece of art, with its haunting vocals and a solid rock emphasis, it should never leave your sound system, and if it does, it will only be to plug in Nikolaus Schuhbeck's next album. Bravo!

      5 out of 5 stars yes, he vas certainly holdin back.....before...but now, holy #%%^~.......2005-06-29

      I like to think that the title of this very well put-together collection of tunes
      is a past tense, historical reference, to the artist's own journey.....of
      Geographical, cultural assimilation, building a family, surviving, in the Bigtown and
      Just bein' one of the most solid drummers around, killin' all them, good, but lo-pay schlepp gigs .
      Big Nik's been "holding back, entirely " saying, that , "Oh yeah, by the way, I'm a totally, stylistically developed Rock frontman and composer "
      A happy surprise, here, anyway , folks .
      From the short sweet, home sweet home, chirpin' birds n' kids clip
      The tunes unfold with an unexpected bite and precision and a truly COOL Narrative vocalese, that makes you stay with each tune to find the non-cliched closures. It all rocks in a comfy, defiant
      chiseled frame .
      I particularly see
      2. everyone and 7. it doesn't matter
      as post-beatles/john lennon- homages that easily outdo
      a few well-heeled, well known, Brit posers, who have had more than a few cracks at airplay .

      Nikky lots of godspeed . excellent job.
      danny from nextnumbers !

      5 out of 5 stars This record rocks!!!.......2005-06-29

      man, I don't know where to start! Love the tunes, love the voice, love the rock!!
      I can't wait for the second record to come out so I can hear some more songs! When can I see this band live, that's what rock and roll is all about!

      5 out of 5 stars can't listen often enough..........2005-06-22

      Holding back entirely? I think not!!! I have owned this album a couple of months now and it has rarely left my cd player ever since. Listening to this cd is like reading a good book: I can listen to it again and again and be amazed to find something I hadn't heard before or feel something new each time I listen. Each of the songs on this cd has its own unique character and mood; from the happy and catchy "everyone", to the hauntingly beautiful and moody "the runaround" and "down in my hole", to the perfect driving music on "all the way" and the rocking "it doesn't matter" - they each satisfy deeply in their own ways. The way the whole cd is arranged and the order of the songs makes "holding back entirely" really come together, like a good story you want to read over and over. nikolaus schuhbeck had a lot to sing about and I for one am glad he held back nothing on this cd.
      Holding Back The Years/best
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        		Holding Back The Years/best
        Simply Red
        Manufacturer: East West
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000LXLMJE
        Holding Back The Years
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Holding Back The Years
          Another Level
          Manufacturer: NWS
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000LY7Y0Y
          My Heart Will Go On
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            		My Heart Will Go On

            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B000EM0B4O

            Product Description

            1.my heart will go on.2.you've got a friend.3.the power of love.4.holding back the years.5.nothing compares 2 u.6.do you really want to hurt me.7.africa.8.la isla bonita.9.take my breath away.10.for your eyes only.11.i will always love you

            Music:

            1. In Your Dreams
            2. Jazz for the Open Road [Bonus CD]
            3. Jazz Singer/The Fabulous Favourites! [Import] [Original recording remastered]
            4. Judy At Carnegie Hall [Gold CD] [Live]
            5. Kaleidoscope [Import]
            6. Les Miserables [Cast Recording]
            7. Lifetime Intimate Portraits: Christmas Belles
            8. Lights Still Burn [Import]
            9. Love Songs [Import]
            10. Love Theme from "The Godfather"/Alone Again (Naturally) [Import]

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