Customer Reviews

Paul Carrack - In Concert

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Can't believe there are no songs from his 1987 album "One Good Reason", though.
Carrack performs a dozen and a half songs from his underappreciated career. Sound is DTS and is stellar. The concert production itself is somewhat small in scale, but the video experience does not suffer for that.
ONLY weak spot in the concert is when Carrack's 15 year-old back-up singer vamps a little bit during "How Long". Her vocal vamping just seems a bit too derivative of how young pop divas sound when trying to show off their "musicality". But that particular vamp phrase I am talking about here only lasts about 6 seconds, so maybe I'm getting too picky, huh?

Another reviewer here is right: this is good "background" concert music - music to play while you're doing other things. It is not exactly a showcase performance visually, but still worth listening to.

The sound quality is great. Paul's voice is smooth as silk. The video image is good but at times amateurish. The song selection is good. Not too up-tempo, which should satisfy those like me who enjoy having concert DVDs as background but not the centerpiece of their living room. It does not compare to a Diana Krall Live in Paris in meeting that requirement, however.
I like when concert DVDs offer subtitles to follow the words, but this DVD does not offer them. But this is definitely a worthwhile purchase.

I generally agree with the other reviews though I can't see why anyone would want the lyrics on the screen I would find that annoying. I also am not quite sure what was meant by the comaprison to the Diana Krall DVD (a pure jazz artist). On the other hand I do like this DVD. I am a big Carrack fan and these performances are well recorded.
I do have one small complaint; I think the stage could have used more light. The video tends to feel a little "dark" in that spotlights are often used rather brighter stage lighting to highlight the whole band and stage. Still this is a small personal complaint. Some people find this more intimate. Either way the music is exceptional and Paul is in great voice. As usual with these kinds of videos I have a few personal favorites I wish he had done here but that's a fan talking.

that I can only say of this product that it is very good so much in the image recording like the one of audio a product to recommend Paul's fanatics