Claudia Schmidt

Claudia Schmidt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Records
• ASIN: B000000MEA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,027 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Memories, November 6, 2000

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bcgaylord (BOULDER, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Claudia Schmidt (Audio CD)

I bumped into Claudia in a cozy club in Amherst in 82 - when she played Drinking Buddy I thought my heart would break... ah, sweet memories! She was and is a favorite!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hints of things to come, spots of brilliance, uneven, August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Claudia Schmidt (Audio CD)

Claudia Schmidt was looking for her place when she made this recording. You'll find a representative of several folk/blues styles, as if she was checking them off a list. "Drinking Buddy" started off the CD with close harmonies; "If I Only Had a Brain" was over before you knew it, and didn't make much impression. "Lady" tells its story well. My favorite on this album, and the reason I picked this one over the other Schmidt offerings (I have _Midwestern Heart_ on vinyl) was "Since I Fell For You", the Tommy Edwards hit. Schmidt switches back and forth between the Edwards torchy rendering and a more bluesy one; she gives the song a great ride, but her contralto voice would have been better used if she'd stayed with the torch. I can recommend this album as an intro to an artist more people should know; but in these days of format radio, artists like Claudia Schmidt have a hard time being heard to a wide public.