It Can Happen to Anyone

Elisabeth Withers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000LSAJ5W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SENSATIONAL DEBUT BY THE HOT BROADWAY STAR!, February 1, 2007

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RBSProds "rbsprods" (Deep in the heart of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Can Happen to Anyone (Audio CD)

Five MAGNIFICENT Stars! What a singer!! What a debut!! Elisabeth Withers is already a Tony-nominated singer/actress who is now spreading her vocal wings on Blue Note. She originated the role of the very unique "Shug Avery" in Oprah's Broadway production of "The Color Purple. Her confident voice, intonation, and soulful delivery comes right out of the golden age of R&B with a neo-soul update and shows development well beyond her years. This Berklee-educated singer went straight to Broadway after stops as a backup singer for stars like Celine Dion, Cher, Luther Vandross, and Mary J Blige.

From Gospel-flavored R&B to rock to hip hop to step, her range is impressive. The "Pieces De Resistance", the best of the best songs, begin with the first 4 sung notes of the CD on the song "Simple Things" which instantly tells one this is a special voice and a talented singer. By the time the song is over, one can clearly see this young lady has great potential with a bright future. Then comes the inspirational "Somebody" which starts off funky and then she elevates it into her vocal stratosphere. A highly personalized "Wind Beneath My Wings" is sensational. "Sweat" is another winner as is the joyous "Next to You" and the jumping "Get Your Shoes On", which pours on the heat. "Be With You" is pure sensuous mellowness. What a great debut and a superb production with clear, immediate sound. Highly Recommended. Five SOULFUL Stars!!

(This review is based on an ITunes digital download of 11 tracks)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You have to buy this, February 25, 2007

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Michael Thorpe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Can Happen to Anyone (Audio CD)

I don't normally do reviews but I have had to drop a few lines for all of you that might read this. This album is so "feel good" with some brilliant lyrics and to think it is a debut album makes it more of an achievement. I live in England and stumbled across it looking for something else and I just had to get it having heard the previews. It is not available over here yet but all my friends I have played it to have asked where did I get it.
The two stand out tracks are Be With You and Listen plus a good rendition of Wind Beneath My Wings where she sounds more like Gladys Knight than Gladys Knight does. If you do not do anything else in 2007 just buy this album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It Can Happen to Anyone, September 29, 2007

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Geminigirl (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Can Happen to Anyone (Audio CD)

I initially learned about Elizabeth Withers when I caught her video for BE WITH YOU late one night. I loved her warm, jazzy sounding vocals and immediately searched her out on Amazon. Elizabeth is an excellent vocalist whose beautiful voice shines especially on the ballads but also works on the uptempo tracks.

This is a very good debut disc and features good grown folks lyrics. The disc clocked in at a little over an hour & I think that the producers did an excellent job of song placement so the tempo changes from song to song makes sense & didn't lull me to boredome or jarr my ears.

My favorite tracks are:

IT CAN HAPPEN - excellent musical arrangement

HEARTSTRINGS & BE WITH YOU - excellent song construction on both

SOMEBODY - beautiful tribute to not only her newborn but all newborns

GET YOUR SHOES ON - one of the uptempo tracks that she really WORKS vocally

I'd recommend this disc to fans of strong vocalists - you won't hear Elizabeth on today's radio but sample a few tracks, I'm sure once you give her a chance, you'll love the whole disc.