Crazy Love

Jackie Bristow, Jackie Bristow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beanbag1/Craving Records
• ASIN: B001AR01AQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,927 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not trendy, just surprisingly good, April 16, 2008

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Stephen Saunders (O'CONNOR, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Love (Audio CD)

The sweetly emotional title-track that opens up Bristow's set is not the Van Morrison staple. But the positive expectations it induces do not go unfulfilled.

There's no paradigm shift in what the LA-based New Zealander is writing and singing. Rather, hers is a consistent and well-voiced set of originals supported by a fine roster of musicians. Leading the players are electric guitarists Mark Punch (a Renee Geyer sideman) and Tim Pierce.

"Driving on the freeway," begins one song, "singing to the radio." Whereas the artist's publicity sheet says her own music was play-listed across thousands of Starbucks stores. It would, I hope, appeal to other demographics too.

From materials that outwardly look unremarkable, Bristow coins neat and memorable songs. Apart from "Crazy Love", other standouts are "The World's Turning", "Innocence" and "Broken Record". "I've tasted love and fire from above," Bristow regrets, "and nothing ever came near." The session team intuits the mood, amplifies it, and retreats while the going's good. (Canberra Times, April 2008)