Hazel O'Conner-Live in Berlin [Live, Import]

Hazel O'Connor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Start
• ASIN: B0000080X5
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This CD has really grown on me since my previous review., August 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hazel O'Conner-Live in Berlin (Audio CD)

I may have given this CD only three stars because of what I thought were odd interpretations of songs from "Breaking Glass", but as will sometimes happen, this CD has grown on me with repeated listenings. The powerful performances of Hazel's own material, an Irish song, and a cover of a Stranglers tune (I am not familiar with the Stranglers) in what must have been a small, smoke-filled bar add up to one great live album. I've been focusing not just on Hazel's unique voice, but also on the fantastic instrumentals backing her up, notably the violin. Order this CD (I've never seen it in a store).

3.0 out of 5 stars Good live album with some odd interpretations., June 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hazel O'Conner-Live in Berlin (Audio CD)

If you like Hazel O'Connor already, then you will surely like her live. If you're not familiar with her, then you should probably listen to "Breaking Glass" first. Overall, this is a good live album with some odd interpretations of Ms. O'Connor's "Breaking Glass" material: It's strange to have a melancholy song like "Calls the Tune" end with a calypso section added on, and "Black Man" sounds very different and is not as biting performed in a reggae style. But remember: this is a live album, and the purpose of a concert is to give the audience a good time. Ms. O'Connor certainly does that, and if you want to hear the original versions as they were, get out your "Breaking Glass" CD.