Review
...A sonic turnstile that flips through dreamy pop, jazz and bluesy bebop, `Slow Recovery' lovingly revisits '60s Britpop, with a cool finger-snapping rhythm, stings of strings and percussive snaps, and a performance that fosters an image of the vocalist clinging to the mic stand with one hand, glass of champagne in the other and a faraway look in her eyes, toying sensuously with her audience. The album boasts staggering versatility as Woodward transitions to new wave-y `Submarine Love,' Shirley Bassey-esque `Love Is Gonna Getcha' and torchy `I Won't Care.' Lucy's a ball, equally appreciable for fans of melodic singalong baubles and highbrow aficionados of finely honed musical composition. --Billboard
Product Description
Smart and sassy women vocalists may sound like the flavor of 2008, but Lucy Woodward has been blazing her own path since the 2003 release of her Top 40 hit Dumb Girls, which allowed her to tour internationally as well as garner her significant press exposure including a spot on `The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.' Hold the damage and call off the paparazzi, though -- Woodward knows the difference between confidence and braggadocio; unlike most of today s crop of young soul singers, there s no imminent train wreck in her future. The intervening five years have amped up the funk and hip-hop quotient of her music, and on `Lucy Woodward Is...Hot & Bothered,' she hooks up with Itaal Shur, who co-wrote the Santana Grammy-winning hit, `Smooth,' and Tim K. (of the Electronica/House duo, Home & Garden). Mixing her convincing vocals and songwriting with pop smarts yields a potent and well-rounded portrait of a young singer enviably in control. From the hip-hop-soul-styled `Use What I Got' to the small-combo blues of `Geographical Cure,' Woodward invests contemporary productions with jazzy flourishes -- imagine Amy Winehouse and Duffy with an additional decade of musical references. `Love Is Gonna Getcha' mines a trip-hop groove with John Barry orchestrations and disco-era harmonies, with Woodward's golden vocals bouncing along the top. Its companion track, `Too Much to Live For,' kicks all of the above into higher gear and adds a gospel breakdown. The London-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter's versatility is unsurprising if you consider her pedigree as the daughter of a belly-dancing opera singer and a composer-conductor. On the torchy `Slow Recovery,' though, Woodward shows off her most valuable asset: a flexible, sensual voice with a seductive rasp that should be leaving listeners hot and bothered for a long time to come. Lucy's sizzling live performance includes horns, dancing and backup singers which offer the perfect send up to her lusty torch-style vocals. The Lucy Woodward experience is an endless feast for eyes and ears. Sexy, soulful and sensational, Lucy has showcased her songs to captivated standing room only audiences all across the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. `Lucy Woodward Is...Hot & Bothered' includes a special CD package with pull-out color poster, all of the songs' lyrics, and 12 amazing and timeless songs for you to enjoy for years to come.
by Lucy Woodward 
