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Down to Earth

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This is a wonderful album, recorded by the equally wonderful Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in "Star Trek: The Original Series" as Lietenant Nyota Uhura. We had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Nichols' voice on the series & it's great to hear it on disk! You can also get her 1991 album, "Out of this World" which is also quite good.

The great and highly underrated Nichelle Nichols performs classic tunes with her one-of-a-kind voice. This album will thrill those into the "standards". Nichelle has command of each song and manages to infuse her unique style into each of these chestnuts. To hear Nichelle in a totally different context, try out her great "Out of This World" CD. On that record, she rocks. Here, she croons.

This was Nichelle Nichols first album, and the only album she released during the original run of Star Trek. The album consists of the kind of traditional popular songs that a Frank Sinatra or a Peggy Lee would sing. Good songs, but the arrangements aren't that interesting. But the real problem with the album is Nichelle herself. Sure, she has a very impressive vocal range, but so what? On most of these songs, she will throw in high notes just to show that she can hit them, much to the detriment of the songs. I guess you could say she was ahead of her time in that respect, what with all the "show offy" singers today. This is not a good album at all, sad to say.