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Millicent Martin Sings

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Finally, Millicent Martin has an album credited to her own name. Millicent Martin is a veteran entertainer, having done everything from Broadway to British TV, mention it, and she's done it. She received her first Tony nomination for the musical revue "Sondheim on Sondheim", which was a big success, and her second nomination for "King of Hearts" in 1979. A well-respected actress among her peers, Sondheim himself proclaimed her version of "I'm Still Here" to be the best, and coming from Sondheim himself, that is quite the compliment.

Millicent Martin had a beautiful voice, that felt equally at home singing bluesy standards like "I Got It Bad", to Vaudeville nuggest like "You Made Me Love You". She sings with her entire heart, and she's got a truly lovely vibrato that wraps up her tender readings perfectly. This is her, to my knowledge, only solo recording. I never ever thought that it would be issued on CD, so this was quite a surprise. The sound quality is acceptable, but not pristine. There are a couple of issues, but I really don't care. I have waited for years to have it, so all is forgiven. On a side note: Millicent released a version of "In the Summer of His Years", which peaked at #104 on the pop charts.

Highlights: "You Made Me Love You", "When the World Was Young", "At Sundown" and "Our Language of Love".

A good singer with good material, but most of the songs are slow and there was nothing about her singing or the arrangements that really grabbed me.