Aleyn

June Tabor | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Label: Topic
• Copyright: 1997 Topic
• Genres: Folk/Compilations, Folk/Contemporary Folk, Folk/Traditional British & Celtic Folk, Folk/Traditional Folk, New Age/Celtic New Age, Rock/Folk Rock
• ASIN: B000QZRC14
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,655 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From desultory to breathtaking, January 5, 1999

By 

J. C Clark "eanna" (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Aleyn (Audio CD)

June Tabor will never win my "Philosopher-of-the-year" Award, but her stupendous voice and brilliant arrangements make this a perpetual item in my CD turntable. I have a hard time finding one favorite; there are 3 that qualify among all-time classics--on one CD!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Painful in places, but always exquisitely beautiful., May 15, 2000

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Bluejack (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aleyn (Audio CD)

June Tabor really is a challenging singer.

* In the first place she really does have an amazing voice. This CD is a marvellous recording of a powerful, rich voice. Where the music is haunting, the ghosts weave through the timbre of her song. Where the song is powerful, her voice rouses, stirs, pounds, and then calls emotions out of you as though you were a child.

* The arrangements are fascinating -- but they don't all work. There are some real surprises, musically, on the CD. Not entirely what you would expect when you buy a June Tabor album, if you know June Tabor; and some tracks are not at all what you would expect from something filed under British Isles/Folk.

* The big disappointment is the selection itself. Many of these songs are painfully trite ballads, and the arrangements and vocal power that makes the good stuff so good really makes these unbearable.

So: while this is a worthwhile purchase, it is hugely flawed. The good old traditional pieces tend to have more melodrama than is good for them and the more contemporary or experimental bits fail more than they succeed.

The real gems here are 'the Great Valerio' by Richard Thompson (how could it be bad?), 'di Nakht' a yiddish song by auschwitz survivors (this is where the ghosts are), and 'No Good at Love' by Adrian May. No winners among the traditional!