Every Grain of Sand

Barb Jungr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Linn Records
• ASIN: B000063RX6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

2. If Not For You

3. Things Have Changed

4. Ring Them Bells

5. Not Dark Yet

6. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

7. Is Your Love In Vain?

8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

9. I Want You

10. Sugar Baby

11. Born In Time

12. What Good Am I?

13. Tangled Up In Blue

14. Forever Young

15. Every Grain Of Sand

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 'phenomenon' Barb Jungr!, September 15, 2002

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Mary Yates (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Every Grain of Sand (Audio CD)

Recently I went to a gig of Barb Jungr. I had heard about the lady, but never actually had the chance of seeing her 'live' on stage. Curiosity got the better of me, and I went to see this famous British chansonnier. I have never been so drawn into the performance than that particular evening. Barb looked great, the songs by Bob Dylan were exquisitely sung. It seemed like they belonged to Barb, not to Dylan. What this lady does is marvellous! I had the chance of meeting her after her performance, and I was actually very surprised that she was such a kind person. All the more reason to buy the CD! A whole CD of Bob Dylan covers. Could a person ask for more? Barb Jungr smoothly moves from song to song and it gets to you. I have never known anyone who could capture the essence of the songs like Barb does. I felt drawn into the music, into the performance, and it was as though I was being catapulted back to that gorgeous, unforgettable evening. Barb excells in all these songs. I am converted. Being a muscician myself, I think that Barb has done a great job. Admit it, it's not easy to pick 15 songs by Bob Dylan, record them, and make people like them. Barb Jungr succeeds in doing this, and that in itself is a marvellous achievement. Maybe Dylan himself should have a listen to this. Bet he buys the CD on the spot! Mr. Dylan, if you are reading this, fork out your dollars and buy this CD! You won't regret it! I might be a muscician, but Barb is a magician! A wonderful CD that deserves much more than 5 stars, but 5 stars was all I could give it. There simply are not enough stars in the whole Universe! One of them shines brightly though! It's a star named Barb Jungr!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers to be Treasured, November 7, 2003

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Michael J. Ludvik (Ocala, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Every Grain of Sand (Audio CD)

Who would have believed that a caberet singer's treatment of Dylan material would succeed so triumphantly? She has an uncanny knack of getting inside of these songs and recreating them with emotional meanings never associated with them before.

The album requires repeated listenings in order to reveal its depths. The musical arrangements are splendid, perfectly underscoring and complementing her sublte voice.

I am at a loss to explain this singer's success with Dylan. Jacques Brel I do understand, but an artist as opposite as Dylan?
The platitude has always been that "nobody sings Dylan better than Dylan", and this is true, except for a few cover versions. Jungr brings a quality to these songs Dylan could never achieve, and her renderings are totally convincing to me.
Buy it if you love Dylan: no other LP of Dylan covers comes close.
Of course Dylan's versions are not replaced or even surpassed: how could they be?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making uncut diamonds shine brilliantly, October 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Every Grain of Sand (Audio CD)

I bought this album some months ago and am still listening to it regularly. Every time I put it on I'm thinking to myself "Well I'll finally get sick of it now!." Hasn't happened yet! Jungr has a great voice, sings well and the interpretations are interesting, different and hugely successful. She reveals Dylan's songs as even being better that I thought they were! My favourite is "Is your love in vain?"; such heartbreaking vulnerability. This CD is for anyone who enjoys beautiful music with heartfelt, intelligent lyrics.