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▀▀▓▓█▌ Ida Sand - True Love ░
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▀▀▄▓▒▓ Artist .....: Ida Sand ▓▒▓
▐█▓▓ Title ......: True Love ▓▓█
▀██▓ Year .......: 2009 ▓██
██▓ Genre ......: Jazz ▓██
███ Label ......: ACT Music ▓██
███ Source .....: CD ▓█▓
███ Bitrate ....: 174 kbps avg ██▓
███ khz ........: 44.1 █▓▓
███ Mode .......: Joint Stereo ██▓
██▓ Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ██▓
██▓ Reldate ....: 2009-06-18 ▓██
██▓ Storedate ..: 2009-00-00 ▓██
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███ 1. Ventura Highway 4:52 ███
███ 2. Notice Me 4:29 ███
███ 3. The Weight 4:14 ███
███ 4. My Biggest Fear 4:05 ███
███ 5. As Long As You Love Me 4:18 ███
███ 6. Devil's Game 4:45 ███
███ 7. Heart Of Gold 4:03 ███
███ 8. Manic Depression 3:27 ███
███ 9. Loverman 5:33 ███
███ 10. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further 3:54 ███
███ 11. Redemtion Song 3:34 ███
███ 12. True Love 5:12 ███
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███▌ Release ▀ ███
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██▓ ôTrue Loveö is the second ACT album release from ▓██
██▓ vocalist/keyboard player Ida Sand following on from ▓██
██▓ 2007Æs ôMeet Me Around Midnightö. Her first album ▓██
██▓ featured ACT regulars guitarist Ulf Wakenius and ▓██
██▓ trombonist Nils Landgren. Sand has also made guest ▓██
██▓ appearances on several of LandgrenÆs solo ventures. ▓██
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██▓ For ôTrue Loveö Sand has decided to keep things ▓██
██▓ more ôin houseö. Her husband Ola Gustaffson is one ▓██
██▓ of two guitarists on the album and he also shares ▓██
██▓ the production credits with Sand. Gustaffson is a ▓██
██▓ respected figure on the Swedish pop and rock scene ▓██
██▓ and ôTrue Loveö veers as much to pop and soul as it ▓██
██▓ does to jazz. ▓██
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██▓ The material consists of seven pop/rock/jazz covers ▓██
██▓ alongside five original compositions from Sand. ▓██
██▓ Joining Sand and Gustaffson in a slick studio band ▓██
██▓ are second guitarist Mattias Torell, bassist Peter ▓██
██▓ Forss (also heard on violin) and a veteran of the ▓██
██▓ Swedish session scene drummer Per Lindvall. There ▓██
██▓ are also appearances from Peter Asplund (trumpet ▓██
██▓ and flugelhorn), Magnus Lindgren (flute and bass ▓██
██▓ clarinet) and backing vocalists Ingela Olson and ▓██
██▓ Andre De Lang. ▓██
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██▓ Sand possesses a powerful ôwhite soulö voice and is ▓██
██▓ also an accomplished keyboard player. The careful ▓██
██▓ arrangements and high class production values are ▓██
██▓ of the elevated standard we have come to expect ▓██
██▓ from ACT. However there are times when everything ▓██
██▓ appears overly slick and the sound sometimes ▓██
██▓ recalls the ultra smooth stylings of the CTI and ▓██
██▓ GRP labels. SandÆs own ôNotice Meö, probably the ▓██
██▓ weakest of the original compositions suffers ▓██
██▓ particularly in this regard. ▓██
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██▓ ôVentura Highwayö by Dewey Bunnell of vapid 70Æs ▓██
██▓ country rockers America benefits from an ▓██
██▓ imaginative arrangement featuring GustaffsonÆs ▓██
██▓ guitar and AsplundÆs trumpet and improves ▓██
██▓ considerably on the original. A richly soulful ▓██
██▓ cover of Robbie RobertsonÆs old Band classic ôThe ▓██
██▓ Weightö doesnÆt quite do that but is hugely ▓██
██▓ enjoyable nevertheless. ▓██
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██▓ The album really hits itÆs stride with a trio of ▓██
██▓ Sand originals. The stripped down piano/vocal ▓██
██▓ arrangement of the ballad ôMy Biggest Fearö is in ▓██
██▓ stark contrast to what has gone before and is all ▓██
██▓ the more effective for it. ForssÆs mournful violin ▓██
██▓ adds a dash of haunting colour and the whole piece ▓██
██▓ is chillingly beautiful. ▓██
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██▓ ôAs Long As You Love Meö is another strong ▓██
██▓ composition with a memorable tune, an assured vocal ▓██
██▓ performance and an excellent band arrangement with ▓██
██▓ the emphasis on GustaffsonÆs guitar. ▓██
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██▓ ôDevilÆs Gameö is a convincing blues/soul ▓██
██▓ performance with powerful vocals, dramatic guitar ▓██
██▓ and an outstanding contribution from Lindvall at ▓██
██▓ the drums. It is the rawest track thus far and this ▓██
██▓ trilogy of high quality original songs can be ▓██
██▓ viewed as the backbone of the album. ▓██
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██▓ Sand returns to covers territory with a version of ▓██
██▓ Neil YoungÆs ôHeart Of Goldö. ItÆs a classy ▓██
██▓ interpretation with an interesting arrangement that ▓██
██▓ makes use of GustaffsonÆs steel guitar but the ▓██
██▓ original is so iconic that one canÆt help missing ▓██
██▓ NeilÆs ôshaky shaky voiceö. ▓██
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██▓ A different kind of problem applies toôLover Manö, ▓██
██▓ the only established jazz standard in the ▓██
██▓ collection. ItÆs another quality performance and ▓██
██▓ the sparse arrangement makes good use of AsplundÆs ▓██
██▓ distinctive trumpet sound. But this is one of those ▓██
██▓ songs that begs the question ôjust how many ▓██
██▓ versions do you need?ö, especially of a song ▓██
██▓ identified so closely with Billie Holliday. ▓██
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██▓ Bob MarleyÆs ôRedemption Songö just doesnÆt sound ▓██
██▓ convincing coming from a white woman despite the ▓██
██▓ obvious care put into the arrangement. However I ▓██
██▓ found SandsÆs version of Jimi HendrixÆs ôManic ▓██
██▓ Depressionö far more enjoyable . There canÆt be too ▓██
██▓ many covers of this tune around, especially by a ▓██
██▓ female vocalist. SandÆs bravery pays off in an ▓██
██▓ arrangement featuring sinister drums, reeds and ▓██
██▓ electric piano. ▓██
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██▓ ôWhoÆs Gonna Help Brother Get Furtherö is an ▓██
██▓ enjoyable soul/gospel romp with SandÆs band ▓██
██▓ affecting a convincing impression of ToussaintÆs ▓██
██▓ New Orleans grooves. The singer really sounds as if ▓██
██▓ sheÆs enjoying herself here. ▓██
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██▓ The closing title track is a little too earnest and ▓██
██▓ saccharine for my tastes and that sub CTI/GRP feel ▓██
██▓ creeps back in. However this is the kind of soft ▓██
██▓ soul that may well appeal to many. Others have ▓██
██▓ compared Sand to Norah Jones and Lizz Wright and ▓██
██▓ there is no doubt that there is scope for ▓██
██▓ considerable cross over success here. ▓██
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██▓ Sand is clearly a highly talented singer and ▓██
██▓ keyboard player and an accomplished writer. She has ▓██
██▓ surrounded herself with a class band with ▓██
██▓ Gustaffson the dominant figure, his solos are ▓██
██▓ short,sharp and tasty. Instrumentally guest artist ▓██
██▓ Asplund also adds a distinctive touch and ▓██
██▓ LindvallÆs on the money drumming drives the band. ▓██
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██▓ ôTrue Loveö is hardly essential listening and not ▓██
██▓ quite everything works but it is a very classy ▓██
██▓ offering nonetheless and itÆs best moments are very ▓██
██▓ good indeed. ▓██
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