Tore Up from the Floor Up

Zora Young | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delmark
• ASIN: B000BBOTWI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #358,785 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

When Zora Young performs, the sound of her voice tells almost as many stories as the words she sings. Her raspy, corrugated timbre bespeaks both power and vulnerability, a dispatch from the front lines of life. She’s capable of modulating over the course of a single measure from a smoldering mid-range croon into a full-bodied gospel shout--then, on ballads, she’ll soften into a kittenish purr. Shot through with both muscularity and grace, hers is the voice of a woman who’s earned the right to proclaim her joys and her sorrows with equal conviction. In the words of folk singer Rosalie Sorrels, Zora’s music sounds "learned by living, sung by heart."

-from the liner notes by David Whiteis.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Royal Shade of Blue, November 16, 2009

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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One of my buddies who loves Earth, Wind & Fire told me recently that I like melancholy music. I suppose that it should be no surprise that when blues tracks enter my personal top ten, they seem to fly to the top. Zora Young's "Tore Up from the Floor Up" is my introduction to the vocalist. On B.B. King's "I'm Gonna Do the Same Thing" she rocks with a passionate blues, "Got to make me think he loves me by staying in this place, sleeping in the other room so I don't get snoring in my face, and when I ask him for some money to go out on the town, hand it to me smiling daddy; don't you act no clown." That said, Zora's "Toxic" smokes a slow burning blues, "I can't seem to shake the bad memories of you." "Slowly" likewise sizzles over a low flame. Her version of Tony Joe White's lovely "Rainy Night in Georgia" chills with a love remembered, "Heavy raindrops falling, seems I hear your voice calling, 'It's all right.'" The title track shakes the rafters with Zora's vocals dripping with regret, "I didn't realize I would miss you till you were gone." Her medley of two standards "Since I Fell for You/Silhouettes" dresses these pop gems in a royal shade of blue. "Handy Man" is a Zora original that percolates to an infectious beat. The set concludes with Muddy Waters' throbbing "Two Trains Running." This is an excellent blues set that grabs a hold of you and shakes you till you feel it. Enjoy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, May 22, 2011

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Ms. Gillian D. Barr "gibarr" (Edinburgh,Mid-Lothian,Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Never heard of Zora Young before so I thought i'd "give it a try" & glad that I did - loved the album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING, November 22, 2008

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Zora is an amazing blues lady!!! This CD is her usual outstanding performance!!! I used to see her every chance I got when I lived in Chicago and truely miss hearing her in person!!!