Crayons

Donna Summer | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Label: Burgundy Records
• Copyright: (P) 2008 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Total Length: 59:23
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• ASIN: B0019J1JXI
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (178 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,850 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Donna Summer's Returned to Reign, May 20, 2008

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Antoine D. Reid "80sforever" (Durham, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crayons (Audio CD)

I must say that I was surprised and not expecting this great album from Donna Summer. "Crayons" is not an attempt to recapture the sound and music she's perhaps best known as. This album is meant to stand against big artists of today and to capture the pop/hip-hop/r&b vibe that's popular today. Not only that but after being known as conquering disco, Donna Summer reaches ahead and goes for the club-crowd. Does it work? In all, yes. "Crayons" is fresh, exciting, has funny lyrics, introspective lyrics and outright unapologetic and fun.

You'll like how upbeat the sound and tone of this album is. This is really a club record, testing out different styles (or perhaps crayons). The songs that work the best for me were the title track 'Crayons' that has a Caribbean/island sound and features Ziggy Marley. 'Stamp Your Feet' is a pop/inspirational song where Summers urges her audience to take a stand and to make their voices be heard. 'The Queen is Back' is by far the most fun, with Donna Summer obviously speaking of her return to the scene and not holding back on the 'diva' attitude we'd expect from her. The last track, 'Bring Down the Reign' features a choir of children and Donna Summer putting aside the club-vibe for something epic in sound and pulls off a quite moving song.

What you may not like is the at times over-processed vocals that render her unrecognizable on some tracks. This is the only area of the album that bothers me because so many artists, including Cher, Mariah and Madonna (mentioned in other reviews) have gone this same route as if it's the only way to compete with others in the business. It took away from some songs when I wished we'd hear more of her voice which we know is great and strong enough not to be picked apart by a computer.

In all, a great effort from Donna Summer. I'm sure it'll be one of the albums that'll break out this year to everyone's surprise. Give it a listen, you will not regret it nor will you be wasting any money on purchasing it.

47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Donna's Best Since 1984, May 30, 2008

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Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crayons (Audio CD)

Length:: 3:52 Mins

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun! See the Tour if you can!, June 24, 2008

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DonMac "butchm" (Lynn, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crayons (Audio CD)

A solid comeback to the dancefloor for Summer who has waited way too long to record a new record. This one has some good stomping beats and high powered vocals (maybe tampered with a bit too much). Still, Summer is Summer and she's great at what she does. Why she sounds so much like Tina Turner on one of these tracks is confounding and strange, but otherwise good fun!

Update 7/12/08 - Just saw Donna tonight in concert in Boston. Her voice is still AMAZING live. A great evening. The entire crowd was singing along and dancing all evening. A great shared experience. All the songs from the new album tranlslated very well to her live performance. See it if you can!