Love Story

Vivian Green

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00006LWQI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (130 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,040 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
When Philly soul sister and onetime Jill Scott backing singer Vivian Green nails a jazzy supper club vibe--as she does on songs like "What Is Love?" and the impossibly sad "No Sittin' by the Phone" from her lovely Love Story debut--you feel more elegant just listening to her. Green has one up on her hero, Barbra Streisand--she writes her own songs, credibly draws on the rich tapestry of gospel and R&B, and she can play. "24 Hour Blue" is equal parts funk and soul; "Superwoman" is a fluid, string-boosted call-to-arms for unappreciated women everywhere; and "Music" is an impossibly hip midnight-hour declaration of love for her craft. Manicured but never bloodless, slick but not austere, A Love Story stands as one of the most confident, accomplished, and sexy urban debuts in memory. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Love this Story!, January 17, 2003

By	E.J. Rupert (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

This album took a while to grow on me. Not to say that I hated this album, but when I first bought it, I didn't hear any singles from it ("Emotional Rollercoaster" is out but I don't listen to the radio so I just went out on a whim and bought it from word of mouth). Therefore, I listened to the album expecting nothing from this lady who toured extensively with Maxwell, and I thought it was pretty decent. Then, as we all do, I listened to it more and more and A Love Story is becoming one of my favorite albums next to Laurnea's Betta Listen and Jill Scott's Who Is Jill Scott? (all three of them are from the Sony corporation).

This album has a great mix of R&B, soul, and jazz. It also will cover any mood you're in at the time. "Music" is a fun little ditty when you just wanna snap your fingers; "No Sittin' By the Phone" is a dark, depressing jazzed-up tune that you don't want to listen to while you're alone and drunk; the catchy "Superwoman" is the perfect "get-your-man-straight" song; and "Ain't Nuttin' But Love" is a good, breezy-day type of song while you appreciate love. But my favorite songs are the romantic "Be Good to You" and "What is Love?" (the piano background sounds very elegant and classy).

Vivian isn't a bad singer either. She doesn't try to do every ad-lib in the world and she can hit the high notes naturally. As far as the lyrics go, I thought that some of them sounded a little trite at first, but they also grew on me. I hope she gets more promotion than she's getting right now (what's up with Sony and not promoting the right artists? Maybe they're sastified with their B2K money?). Well, low promotion or not, I advise you to get this album NOW!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your lovelife put to music..., December 10, 2002

By	cbnmickey "cbnmickey" (New Castle, son!!) - See all my reviews

This CD is so REAL! It completely lives up to its title. It's her love story (and everyone's) about relationships - when everything is all sweet and perfect in the beginning, through the crying and breaking up, through trying to cope with being alone and convincing yourself that you made the right choice, to starting over and finally finding true love. I had a personal revelation about almost every song on the CD. I'm about to go listen to it now... and have another breakdown. Hee hee hee

I originally saw Vivian Green perform as the opening act at Maxwell's concert at the Tower Theater in Philly. I was so blown away by her live performance that I was on her website the following day at work (don't tell my boss). I purchased her CD the day it was released. I couldn't be more pleased. Defenitely one of those CDs you can listen to it from beginning to end.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's All I Have Been Listening To For Months, April 9, 2003

By	Tourmaline (ATL) - See all my reviews

Mind you, I have been pretty disgruntled with the current state of R&B/Soul music lately. Most R&B/Soul albums that are released today are cliched, generic and feature far too many guest appearances. I guess this is probably what I like most about this album: it is all Vivian Green. This album is perhaps one of the most consistent albums that I have heard in the past year. IMO, while all of the songs are potential victims of the repeat button, the standout tracks are Superwoman, What Is Love?, Emotional Rollercoaster, Affected, Fanatic,. Be Good To You and Complete(my personal favorite). Sure, some of what Vivian Green is doing on this album has been done before, but A Love Story sounds much better than 85 percent of whats being passed off as R&B/Soul music today. This is a very solid debut album.