Method Actor

Eva Cassidy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blp Records
• ASIN: B000068ZX0
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,471 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #27 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters
  • #69 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Traditional & Vocal Pop

Track Listings

1. Getting Out

2. Look Into My Eyes

3. When It's Too Late

4. Laugh With Me

5. Stay

6. Little Children

7. Forever

8. End The Rain

9. How Will It End

10. The Waiting Is Over

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Method Actor is to Eva Cassidy's oeuvre what Get That Feeling is to Jimi Hendrix's index of recordings. Never heard of Get That Feeling? Most Hendrix fans haven't either--nor did Hendrix, for that matter. As with Hendrix, Cassidy's posthumous success has inspired a good deal of digging around for vault material. Method Actor originally came out on vinyl in 1988. The work of pedestrian lite rockers, the 10-song set captures Cassidy in the very early stages of a career than would be cut short a mere eight years later. Occasionally the singer's nascent interpretive skills shine through. The sweeping "Look into My Eyes" benefits from Cassidy's soaring vocal. More often then not, however, this is the work of journeymen who happened to cross paths with a star in the making. Completists will find bits and pieces of these first-time-on-CD recordings of interest (the cover art consists of drawings by the singer), but Cassidy enthusiasts will find this sound foreign to the Cassidy they know and love, and will move on, as she did. --Steven Stolder

Product Description

This album was previously only available on vinyl, first time on CD. Front cover contains original illustrations drawn by Eva Cassidy. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Eva's best work..., August 13, 2004

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J. Nordstrom (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Method Actor (Audio CD)

It's not terrible, but it's just not great. I know and love all of Eva Cassidy's albums, and it's clear after listening to this once or twice that she really was just developing her style and musical preferences when she recorded this album. The voice is there, yes, but her heart just isn't, and that is the crucial element which is what makes her later singing so incredibly powerful. If you are a serious Eva Cassidy fan, it's worth a listen just for interest, but you probably will not listen to it very many times. "Eva by Heart" or "Live at Blues Alley" are much better introductions to her incredible singing.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful addition to collection, May 29, 2005

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musiccdvideo "uri1982" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Method Actor (Audio CD)

As this material came from the start of her career it is more demonstrative of where she was going to rather than where she was when her career came to it's tragic end. The CD is worth having for more than just the purpose of completing your Eva Cassidy collection. I did enjoy it very much.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Stylistic Divergence Worth the Cash, March 11, 2005

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Method Actor (Audio CD)

I had read some of the bad reviews here & almost passed on this CD. Glad I don't believe everything I read! I really enjoyed this disc! Technically, it's got much better recording quality than I had anticipated. Listening to this is kind of like listening to the Norah Jones CD "New York City" with the Peter Malik Group. Both were recorded before the singers were well recognized & both show a stylistic divergence from the singers' main body of recorded work. However, the opener "Getting Out" is a gritty blues with Eva well embodying the material with a full-throated Joplinesque wallop. All but one track is penned by David Christopher & are originals. "Stay" is a lovely melody with Eva's gorgeous voice hitting the high parts angelically and expressively nailing the lyric, "I stare into the night, thinking of the times we had, never know just how you feel, I wondered if you cared for me, hearts always side by side but never quite together." On "End the Rain" Eva projects a haunting Dusty Springfield feel. Method Actor will be a disappointment if you expect Eva to sound exactly as she does on "Imagine" or one of her other excellent discs. However, as an early recording, this does have consistency and her powerful vocals smack dab in the middle, which makes this worth the cash! Enjoy!