Brown [Import]

Ivana Santilli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Format: Import
• Label: Msi
• ASIN: B00000JAUB
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #474,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air to the usually stagnant R&B scene., August 21, 1999

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D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brown (Audio CD)

Canadian Ivana Santilli is much less of a diva (the favoured form of R&B songstress these days) than the funky gal next door with the deftest voice and attitude.

Instrumentally adept (she plays brass, keyboards, Rhodes, and sings BGs, among other things), lyrically innovative and daring with her arrangements, Santilli (ex- of Bass Is Base) released this debut album quietly and only in her homeland. A shame, really, because this is wonderfully original dance/R&B music.

Santilli has a panache for intricate melodies, tight vocal harmonies, and avoiding cliches. Her singing is sexy and strong, but never show-offy, always serving the song instead of overwhelming it. And no Toni Braxton or Whitney Houston, with all their big voices, could match her attractively exotic arrangements, melding energy with intelligence and flair

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You have to hear this!, October 30, 2001

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A reader from canada - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brown (Audio CD)

This album is two years old now, but it has a classic sound that I never tire of. If you like people such as St. Germain, Jamiroquai, Nelly Furtado or Sade, then you will probably like this too. It's mellow, funky, uplifting and smooth. Ivana is one talented artist, in the true sense of the word. She sings in English and Italian, plays trumphet and keyboard, sings, and wrote and produced this album all on her own indie label. I met her after one of her shows, and she's also a very nice person. :) I honestly can't say enough good things about her. The album is worth the price. Buy it, you won't regret it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best in canadian pop, August 14, 2001

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m (Calgary,AB, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brown (Audio CD)

She's amazing, genius I would even venture to say. She was messing with R&B, turning it into something new before Alicia Keys or India Arie. She's been in the game since her days with Bass is Base. And she's even more amazing live than on her CD, though her tracks are delivered deliberatley, with creative melodies and italian influences. In other words, she's an audio visionary.