Stacey Kent Close Your Eyes Jazz Music CD Review

Close Your Eyes is the latest release from Jazz Star Stacey Kent, and I can only think of one word to describe this CD… AWESOME!

Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Close Your Eyes. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

One of the nicer things about a CD like this is when the talent is this rich even if Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Overall Close Your Eyes is excellent from beginning to end. One of those CDs that after a few listens the songs are just etched into your memory. A must have for the Jazz fan. Really sensational from beginning to end.

While this entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 1 - More Than You Know, track 4 - There's A Lull In My Life, and track 9 - Little White Lies

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 7 - I'm Old Fashioned. This is a great track!

Close Your Eyes Release Notes:

Stacey Kent originally released Close Your Eyes on Oct 31, 2002 on the Candid Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. More Than You Know 2. Dream Dancing 3. Close Your Eyes 4. There's A Lull In My Life 5. It's Delovely 6. There's No You 7. I'm Old Fashioned 8. You Go To My Heard 9. Little White Lies 10. Sleep Warm 11. Day In - (with Day Out)

Release Notes Personnel: Stacey Kent (vocals); Jim Tomlinson (tenor saxophone); David Newton (piano); Colin Oxley (guitar); Andrew De Jong Cleynert (bass); Steve Brown (drums).

Recorded at Curtis Schwartz Studios, Sessex, England on November 18-19, 1996.