Intimate Evening With Anne Murray....Live [Live]

Anne Murray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000006356
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,509 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Time Don't Run Out on Me

2. Shame on Me

3. That's the Way It Goes

4. A Love Song

5. Save the Last Dance for Me

6. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye

7. Insensitive

8. Snowbird

9. Croonin' Medley

10. What Would It Take

11. You Needed Me

12. Could I Have This Dance

13. Danny's Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Intimate Live VocalTour de Force, November 25, 1999

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ANTHONY J. CALABRESE (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intimate Evening With Anne Murray....Live (Audio CD)

This album is undeniable proof that Anne Murray is incapable of giving a bad performance. You can sense the excitement in the arena from the first notes of the opening song, "Time Don't Run Out On Me".The tone is then set for an exciting and intimate evening with a star who is critically acclaimed and universally admired. And yet, live albums can be iffy propositions in the wrong hands. Many performers who are, shall we say, vocally challenged, resort to special effects, outlandish costumes,entire dance troups and choirs of background singers--anything, frankly, to distract the audience from the fact that the performer really has little or no vocal talent and must rely on gimmickry and over the top spectacle. And then there is Anne Murray. She steps up to the mike and a hush falls over the audience. The house lights dim, a single spotlight illuminates that girl next door face, and then her exquisite voice fills the room. The special effects, the excitement, and the spectacle are all there in that voice. Thirty years of life on stage are in that voice. She has honed her skills and her delightfully outgoing personality surges from the stage. Listen to her acoustic "Annie Unplugged"set where she gets vocally up close and personal. Listen to her banter with her group and vocalize with her guests Jann Arden and Bryan Adams. Listen to how she has the audience perform with her on "Could I Have This Dance".Shesings an eclectic mixture of her hits and her newer material. There's old time rock and roll, some Canadian country, her phenomenal "Croonin'"medley, and some beautiful pop ballads sung as only she can sing them. Her sense of fun is infectious and she makes the arena feel like a warm, intimate club. This all comes across beautifully on the recording. Anne Murray has achieved that special status among singers where hit records are no longer required to sustain a career. People the world over flock to her concerts to enjoy her voice and experience the wonderful rapport she has with audiences. "An Intimate Evening With Anne Murray Live"captures that experience which can now be enjoyed again and again by fans of her music and of the lady herself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, February 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Intimate Evening With Anne Murray....Live (Audio CD)

This is, quite possibly, the best live album I have ever heard. It is just like being at the concert. The only thing that this album lacks is about 20 tracks. I wish that it was longer. Other than that, you cannot go wrong.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Serendiptiy Strikes Again, January 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Intimate Evening With Anne Murray....Live (Audio CD)

I received this CD about 2 years ago as part of a prize package on a phone-in contest on a local TV station. I'd never bought an Anne Murray record before, although of course, being a Canadian growing up in the 60's & 70's I couldn't help but be steeped in her songs.

What great luck to receive this album! I absolutely love it! I listen to it on headphones at work, and never get tired of it. Anne's voice is wonderfully mature, and although slightly raspy (especially at the beginning of the concert), never degenerates into coarseness. Her straight delivery and measured phrasing let the beauty of the songs and the natural quality of her voice take the spotlight. The band and backing vocals are superb.

The duet "What Would it Take" with Bryan Adams is my favourite (even though I don't like Bryan solo and always change the station when he comes on the radio). The slight gravel in Anne's voice works particularly well on this one. Who could have thought Canada's Songbird could rock like that?

This CD would definitely rate 5 stars if, as previous reviewer pointed out, it had been issued as the complete concert special on a 2 CD set. As it is, a solid 4 stars and a great mellow listen anytime.

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