Breakfast in Bed

Joan Osborne | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 22, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B000O78KZG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > R&B > Soul > Blue-Eyed Soul
  • #56 in Music > Blues > Contemporary Blues
  • #80 in Music > R&B > Contemporary R&B

Track Listings

1. I've Got to Use My Imagination

2. Ain't No Sunshine

3. Midnight Train to Georgia

4. Baby Is a Butterfly

5. Breakfast in Bed

6. Cream Dream

7. Natural High

8. Heart of Stone

9. Sara Smile

10. Eliminate the Night

11. Break Up to Make Up

12. I Know What's Goin' On

13. Alone with You

14. Kiss and Say Goodbye

15. Heat Wave [From Standing in the Shadows of Motown]

16. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted [From Standing in the Shadows of Moto

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

On Breakfast in Bed, her first release on Time Life Records (yes, that Time Life) Joan Osborne tackles a crop of hand-picked soul and R&B favorites with equal parts sass and sensitivity. Long an underappreciated artist, Osborne is a performer with the wisdom to exercise vocal restraint for an effect that's more Dusty Springfield than Christina Aguilera. Her fine previous outing interpreting soul standards was aptly titled How Sweet It Is, and witness her contribution to the terrific 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown, where Osborne's astute readings of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Heatwave" outshone performers like Ben Harper and Gerald Levert (happily, both songs are included here). The title track and Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile" are both canny choices that play to her strengths in delivering credible blue-eyed soul, and six new Osborne-penned songs fit neatly into the record. If her compositions pale a bit next to the classics she covers (with the sultry and slithery exception of the excellent "Eliminate the Night"), give Osborne credit for bravely placing herself side-by-side with songwriting luminaries like Holland-Dozier-Holland and Bill Withers. Breakfast in Bed makes for a leisurely listen on a sunny Sunday morning, so put up your feet and stay awhile. --Ben Heege

Product Description

Joan Osbourne's recently recorded album pays homage to the great Soul and R&B songs of the late '60s and early '70s. The album features a unique combination of unforgettable interpretations of timeless R&B classics. Her first single to radio will be "I've Got to Use My Imagination."

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars way to go Joan!, May 26, 2007

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J. Niss (Western Mass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breakfast in Bed (Audio CD)

Fantastic vocal work (man what taste in phrasing!), great playing, great new versions of soul standards (easily the best covers she's recorded) - and her best writing to date make this my favorite J.O. recording since she covered "blue million miles".

3 minutes in and I too was thinking "Dusty level"!!! I've never had that thought before while listening to anybody. Joan Osborne is getting better and better, sounding a little more mature and completely comfortable in her own skin/with her own pipes. supremely understated throughout!

took me almost the entire song to adjust to the change in lyric on "ain't no sunshine" but by the time Joan comes back in after a KILLER keyboard solo you cant help but be down with it.

It is great to see HER smile on the back cover and I cant wait to listen to her sing "baby is a butterfly" again, so i'm outa here. thank you Joan.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can't go wrong., July 24, 2007

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Soit78 (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Breakfast in Bed (Audio CD)

This intriguing mix cover songs and originals make this a very enjoyable collection, although the covers are not as varied as say Annie Lennox's Medusa but still engaging all the same. The tracks seem to pull you in more and more with each listen. "Baby is a Butterfly", "Sarah Smile" and "Cream Dream" were all particularly absorbing the first time through. The production is very good and clean. Her voice is as mesmerizing and sensual as always. You can't go wrong.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic voice and song list, July 12, 2007

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E. D. Alfante (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breakfast in Bed (Audio CD)

Most know Joan for her 90's hit "If God Was One of Us." She is far from those days. Most would be astounded to hear what Joan;s voice is capable of, as that song only trapped her into a simple octave throughout its verses.

Here in "Breakfast In Bed", Joan takes the jazz practice of covering American classics and favorites in her dynamic, raspy alto voice. This is a great CD, my favorites include the live performances of "Heatwave" and "What Becomes of a Broken Hearted" with Motown's Funk Brothers; and classics "Natural High" and "Sara Smile."

Check the song list, if you find any of your old favorites the GET THIS CD, you will definately not be disappointed. However "What Becomes of a Broken Hearted" is worth the $13 alone.