Big Girl [Import]

Candy Dulfer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00000G5VX
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wake Me When It's Over

2. I.L.U.

3. Tommy Gun

4. Jazz It's Me

5. 2 Miles

6. Funkyness

7. Capone

8. Get Funky

9. Chains

10. September

11. Upstairs

12. I'll Still Be Looking Up To You

13. Big Girl

14. Wake Me When It's Over

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should have had a US release., September 19, 2007

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Jamal Taylor (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Girl (Reis) (Audio CD)

I still don't understand why this album wasn't released in the US.
Maybe because it's so hard to pigeonhole Candy's music, which really does a disservice to her and to the potential listener. You can't really put her in a box like that, unless of course you're sending it to my house, in which case make sure it's padded and has air holes. =)

There's so much variety on this album that there's something for nearly everyone to enjoy. I suppose Death Metal or opera fans need not bother, but for everyone else, this should be in your collection.

I adore Candy, and her music always makes me feel good. For this album, my favorite tracks are probably I.L.U. and Capone, but I pretty much enjoy all the tracks. 2 Miles, a tribute to the late Miles Davis, is warm and laid back - great for just relaxing or winding down the day. The only exception would be I'll Still be Looking Up To You, which is almost gospel like; good song, and Candy on sax is splendid as usual, it's just not my cup of tea.

Here's the track listing:
Wake Me When It's Over
I.L.U
Tommygun
Jazz It's Me
2 Miles
Funkyness
Capone
Get Funky
Chains
September
Upstairs
I'll Still be Looking Up To You
Big Girl
Wake Me When it's Over (Don Cher processor mix)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars big girl has groove, April 1, 2007

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James E. Morin (Salem, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Girl (Reis) (Audio CD)

Funky light jazz, hip dance grooves, whatever you want to call it this cd makes you want to get out of the chair and boogy. The band is solid, this work is good start to finish.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz It's Candy!, October 23, 2004

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Andrew Domres "Bavaretzzz" (Ukraine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Girl (Audio CD)

In my opinion, this album is a real masterpiece, a true synergy of brilliant technical performance and flawless production. While Candy's sound is often described as "smooth jazz", for this one I'd rather say it's "acid jazz" because of strong hip-hop influence on a lot of tracks, like "Wake Me When It's Over", "2 Miles" and especially the title track. Also, there is some heavy-funk ("Tommy Gun", "Funkyness"), jazz ("Jazz It's Me") and a couple of ballads ("September", "Capone"). But even slow-tempo tracks never lapse into Sanborn-fuzak, nicely fitting space in between the energetic funky tracks, which prevail here. Only one track, the utterly commercial pop ballad "I'll Still Be Looking Up To You" breaks the album's flow, but since it's track 13, you'll probably be so excited by that time, that you won't pay attention. The arrangements are great, especially when it comes to combining live and computer-generated sounds. The unforgettable journey, and the best choice to start with, if you are unfamiliar with Candy's music.