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Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World

Read "Half the Perfect World" reviewed by Aaron Basiliere

by Aaron Basiliere
September 26, 2008

On Half the Perfect World, southern-born chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux follows in the footsteps of the collaborative Got You On My Mind (Waking Up, 2004), creating a pleasant medley of jazz, blues, and pop. With her backing band and Billy Holiday-inspired vocals, Peyroux crafts her own renditions of songs from the likes of folk-rock heroes Leonard Cohen, ...

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Half The Perfect World

By Madeleine Peyroux

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: I'm All Right; The Summer Wind; Blue Alert; Everybody's Talkin'; River; A Little Bit; Once In A While; (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night; Half The Perfect World; La Javanaise; California Rain; Smile.

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Madeleine Peyroux: Half The Perfect World

Read "Half The Perfect World" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge

by Suzanne Lorge
December 6, 2006

Madeleine Peyroux confidently walks the line where jazz, country and blues collide--her understated vocals and Billie Holiday-esque phrasing are what pull the disparate elements of her performance together into an engaging pastiche. Peyroux's bailiwick is pop covers with stylized jazz arrangements: On the Leonard Cohen/Anjani Thomas title cut, “Half The Perfect World," her ...

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Madeleine Peyroux: Half The Perfect World

Read "Half The Perfect World" reviewed by Gina Vodegel

by Gina Vodegel
September 5, 2006

Madeleine Peyroux co-wrote four of twelve songs on Half The Perfect World. Leonard Cohen/Anjani Thomas connoisseurs will recognize the title, but not the track itself. Peyroux stripped it from Anjani's stilled elegance and turned it into a soft tropical breeze, a melancholy bossa nova with a sense of longing and desire that makes you wonder whether ...