Queen of Bad Excuses [Import]

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Latest Album from Danish Singer Caecilie Norby. All Songs with the Exception of Two were Arranged and Written by Norby and the Album was also Produced by her

Queen of Bad Excuses, Music, Caecilie Norby, Jazz
Queen of Bad Excuses
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Modern Vocal Jazz Album
  • Quirky new jazz/pop voice
Queen of Bad Excuses
Caecilie Norby
Manufacturer: EMI/Blue Note
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002DDYA
Release Date: 2000-10-02

Tracks:

  1. Cuban Cigars
  2. Fly
  3. Psyko Pippi
  4. Everyone Beneath The Sun
  5. You
  6. Thick Blue Glass
  7. Newborn Broken
  8. Milkman
  9. Remember Rosa
  10. Himalaya's Bijou
  11. Meet The Monotone
  12. Our Day Will Come

Album Details

Latest Album from Danish Singer Caecilie Norby. All Songs with the Exception of Two were Arranged and Written by Norby and the Album was also Produced by her

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Modern Vocal Jazz Album.......2001-10-13

While many pop jazz vocalists such as Holly Cole and Diana Krall are releasing great vocal jazz albums of cover tunes and standards, few are writing songs of the quality that Norby produces. Queen of Bad Excuses is probably the best contemporary pop jazz vocal performance I've heard. Caecillie's previous albums have included a few good originals (especially the excellent Snow on My Little Corner of the Sky) admidst the covers, but this album is fresh, original, and features Norby's exquisite vocals and songwriting from start to finish.

From the beautiful Forever Broken to the frantic Psyko Pippi,
Norby's voice is smooth and agile, and her piano playing solid and supportive, regardless of the type of music she's doing.

Highly, highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars Quirky new jazz/pop voice.......2001-05-04

Here's a distinctive new voice, a Dane who sings in English and writes her own songs. Her associates are fine jazz musicians, as yet unknown outside Scandinavia. Her lyrics are quirky and sometimes surreal, thoroughly modern in a jazz/pop vein. The song Cuban Cigars is highly amusing, and Our Time Will Come and others are melodious. The backings feature grand piano, flugelhorn and other mellow sounds.

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