Lookin' for Love [Super Audio CD - DSD, Import]

Marlena Shaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 2003)
• Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Super Audio CD - DSD, Import
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B0000QX3BM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #749,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hope in a Hopeless World

2. New York State of Mind

3. For All We Know

4. Just the Two of Us

5. Everything Must Change

6. Here's to Life

7. Easy Living

8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

9. What a Wonderful World

10. Sweet Georgia Brown

11. You Don't Know What Love Is

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of the jazz vocalist's 2003 release pressed onto a SACD/Hybrid, packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve, featuring 11 tracks. Eighty Eight.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Beautiful Singing, June 25, 2004

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Joel Rodriguez (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lookin for Love (Audio CD)

Marlena's newest release is simply divine. A mixture of simple yet interesting arrangements (trio and sometimes percussion)and excellent songs produce Marlena's most relaxed vocals in years. On this album she doesn't shoot the sparks that she can but opts to just lay back and let her unique phrasing and sense of time do their thing. She's been around long enough to know that great songs can just be sung and if the vocalist has the ability you will get something like this!
'Hope In A Hopeless World' is an instant classic. I'm not sure if it was done before but Marlena makes it hers. The lyrics coupled with Hazeltine's play (note the fitting Stevie Wonder tune after the bridge) give Marlena a great base to just go. 'NY State Of Mind' is given a mid-tempo treatment and Marlena just glides right on. Marlena takes the classic 'For All We Know' and makes you glad she did. 'Just The Two Of Us' is a highlight even on this stand-out album. 'Everything Must Change' reunites Marlena with Bernard Ighner who wrote much of her classic 'Who Is This Bitch' album. That she is finally recording his most noted song is a surprise but that she does such a (I'm running out of superlatives) great job isn't. 'Here's To Life' is my total favorite on the album- It's just an awesome song, lyric, arrangement and vocal combination. 'Easy Living' is sublime. 'Mercy Mercy Mercy' is Marlena revisiting her first hit and I'm glad that she finally put it out where everybody can here it!
'What A Wonderful World' makes you glad that it is a world that has Marlena Shaw! 'Sweet Georgia Brown' lets Marlena flex her bop chops. 'You Don't Know What Love Is' is an excellent finishing touch to this flawless performance.
The attitude of this album is so laid back and comfortable yet has all of Marlena's jazz elements that I readily put it up as one of her best. To sing this effortlessly and well is the sign of a singer that KNOWS HOW TO SING AND FEELS IT! I hope this album gets her her just notice and I feel is Grammy worthy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Late Night Love Music, June 22, 2004

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Joel Rodriguez (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lookin' for Love (Audio CD)

Marlena's latest release is simply beautiful. A mixture of simple yet interesting arrangements with a trio and sometimes percussion, excellent songs produce Marlena's most relaxed vocals in decades.On this album she doesn't shoot the sparks that she can, she opts to just sit back and let her unique phrasing and time do their thing. She's been around long enough to know that great songs can just be sung and if you're comfortable with the song, the results will be special.
The music starts with "Hope In A Hopeless World". It has great lyric and the Stevie Wonder reference after the bridge drew chuckles for it's pertinence to the song. Marlena sounds divine!
"New York State Of Mind" is given a nice mid-tempo treatment and Marlena glides right through. "For All We Know" is one of my all-time favorites and Marlena keeps it there- She's great with ballads and even with all of her vocalisms, never over sings. "Just The Two Of Us" is so fresh with a new tempo and Marlena just makes you feel every word! "Everything Must Change" is Marlena doing Bernard Ighner (who played a major hand in her other classic "Who Is This Bitch?")- It's fabulous. "Here's To Life" would be worth the price of the album, even if the rest weren't this good. "Easy Living" is just oh so nice. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is Marlena revisiting her first hit from the 60s and she has now recorded it for new listeners- We're glad she did.