Secrets

Eloise Laws | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Scepterstein Records/Synergy
• ASIN: B0000DETG8
• 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: #226,551 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

A well-loved and committed world-renown vocalist, the incomparable Eloise Laws reveals Secrets (her new CD), and she delivers her unique style and versatility straight from the heart.

Ms. Laws’ distinctive vocal stylings can be heard on several Capital, Liberty and ABC recordings. These recordings have been produced by such luminaries as Ronnie Laws, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Linda Creed and Andre Fisher (Secrets). Never one to rest on her laurels, she continues to perform at several music festivals, including, the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Long Beach Jazz Festival and the Drew Music Festival, among many others. Additionally, she has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Cherry Blossom Award from the Tokyo Music Festival.

Ms. Laws is an original lead cast member and co-writer of the highly successful Tony-nominated play It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, which had its world premiere at the Denver Center Theatre Company. On Broadway, it opened with great bravado at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre, garnering four Tony nominations, and Ms. Laws received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. She was also honored with a coveted Helen Hayes nomination for her performance at the Kennedy Center. She continues receiving critical acclaim with the Blues since its successful run at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles two years ago.

Her other theatre credits underscore her exceptional versatility. They include Bloody Mary in South Pacific, Madame Tango in House of Flowers and multiple roles in Candide, among others. Most recently, she performed at the Denver Center Theatre Company’s world premiere production of Nat King Cole: A Musical Healing. A Denver Post reviewer describes Ms. Laws as: "A rare and ethereal presence . . . possessed of a voice that could move chimes on a windless night."

Ms. Laws also stars in BetRunner, an independent festival film directed by Vincent Spano, releasing later this year.

Although she continues to tour cross-country with It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, Eloise concurrently performs in concert tours throughout the country promoting Secrets, where she is often accompanied by brothers Hubert and Ronnie Laws.

Eloise Laws not only successfully commands her audience--performing in theatre, film, television, or at one of her many concerts—she mesmerizes them. With her current CD Secrets (Rikki Records/Scepterstein Records), she reaffirms her legendary status with an exemplary follow up to The Key (Scepterstein Records). Eloise feels Secrets represents her most creative work to date, and she enjoys sharing selections from her new CD with live audiences throughout the country.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ELOISE LAWS' BEST WORK YET!!, October 21, 2005

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Malridge Mace, IV (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets (Audio CD)

Secrets is the title of chanteuse Eloise Laws' latest venture and the "secret" is she is one of the industry's best kept "secrets". This cd is 5 stars and then some. The opening cut "Tenderness" meanders into a lazy jazzy interlude that conjures images of being inside an intimate, smoky nightclub. Her vocal similarities to Nancy Wilson and Regina Belle on this particular track is uncanny. "Listen To The Moonlight" is a flamenco guitar-flavored gem...just beautiful! Ms. Laws' voice has never sounded stronger or more assured on these and other tracks on this disc. She even offers something for the r&b/hip hop crowd with "A Man Like That" - but unlike the current wannabe little girls singing in little girl voices about GROWN FOLKS things, this is a real WOMAN who sounds like a WOMAN singing from the heart and true life experience. This should be a contemporary radio anthem. Also of interest is the Vesta Williams' penned "Out On A Limb". Brilliant!! The set closes with a wonderful interpretation of a jazz classic "I Got My Baby" which finds the singer joined with her siblings on a playful musical romp. It is so nice to hear a cd with real instrumentation (the singer is backed by a full band) and quality lyrics. In conclusion, this is one cd you will put on and play from start to finish and probably wind up hitting the repeat button on several. HIGHLY recommended listening. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WE'VE ALL HEARD THE SAYING 'THE ONE THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS'...THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ALBUMS!, June 24, 2009

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Mr. Nightshift (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Secrets (Audio CD)

This is one of Eloise Laws' best album since her Out Of Print "Eloise" album! It just simply flows from start to finish. I've looked at it for almost a year, and kept saying to myself "I'll get it one of these days", well it popped up for 0.75! (Seventy-Five Cents!)...And even then I still waited for a Month. Upon pushing
'Play', and listening to Key Tracks: "Tenderness", "Listen To The Moonlight", "Leave The Light On", "Out On A Limb", "Sometimes", and "More Than Than You'll Ever Know". I can only sum this up in one word...WOW!. Yeah, I know the cover ain't nothing to write home about, but get pass that (We don't play covers, anyway!) and buy this Album right away!!!