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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Holly Cole ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Shade ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Indigo ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: <..:*$u|LeN b0y*:..> ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▐██████ 192kbps - Jazz ▐▓█████▌
▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 50min total- 72.5mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2003-09-01 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2003-09-02 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Heatwave 3:40 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Something Cool 3:58 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Too Darn Hot 3:13 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 God Only Knows 4:27 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 A Cottage For Sale 3:43 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 We Kiss In A Shadow 2:26 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 It Never Entered My Mind 4:26 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Manhattan 3:58 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Moonglow 4:21 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 Almost Like Being In Love 4:03 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 The Midnight Sun 5:14 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 12 Lazy Afternoon 3:09 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Untitled (Bonus Track) 3:35 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Whatever reason that stalled the ascent ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ of Canadian vocalist ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Holly Cole to the pinnacle of the jazz/pop ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ pantheon inhabited ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ by Diana Krall and Norah Jones wasn't ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ caused by a lack of talent. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Cole is a far better vocalist than ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ either of them; as a stylist and an ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ interpreter, Cole's readings of Cole ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Oscar ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Johnny ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Mercer, Brian Wilson, Irving Berlin, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Tom Waits, and so forth are intensely ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ original, full of emotion, suave ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ sophistication, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and an expression that lends the songs ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ themselves timeless. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ In Cole's voice, no matter how old the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ song, it comes to the listener ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ as a fresh bouquet of nuance, style, and ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ sassy grace. As a result, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ unlike the aforementioned duo, Cole's ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ recordings come off as honest, ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ free of artifice or the sheen of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ authenticity; her covers of standards ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ are not retro redos, but authentic ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ interpretations. Fans of cocktail ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ jazz and jazz atmosphere but not jazz ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ may bristle, but to hell with them; ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ they probably believe TV commercials ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ too. Shade is her first studio effort ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ in three years and is, like its ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ predecessor, Romantically Helpless, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ criminally unavailable in America. For ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ starters, Shade, an album of ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ summer-themed and amorously warm ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ songs, boasts a host of standards, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ including a stunning read of the June ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Christy vehicle "Something Cool," ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ by William Barnes. Accompanied only by ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ David Piltch's bass and the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ gorgeously understated pianism of Aaron ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Davis, Cole sweeps away the ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 1950s baggage that usually accompanies ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the tune and reads it through ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the Waits of Foreign Affairs vintage. ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ The phrasing bleeds slightly, from ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ one line to the next, slipping beneath ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ the melody and shimmers above it, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ all the while with a casual and rakish ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ elegance. Likewise on Porter's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ "Too Darn Hot," Cole uses a staggered ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ faux calypso rhythm, adding ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ drummer Mark Kelso and a three-piece ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ horn section to the mix. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Still the feel is restrained, holding ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ back enough to create a tension ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ that belies just how warm the weather is ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ with great regret because ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the protagonist is cool enough to know ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ she longs to make the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ atmosphere with her lover even hotter ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ ("I'd like to sup with my ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ baby tonight/fill the cup with my baby ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ tonight"). Referencing the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Kinsey report never sounded so ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ erotically charged. Perhaps the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ most stunning track on the album is one ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ that deserves to be a pop ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ standard covered by every singer with ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ her salt. Cole's read of Wilson's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ "God Only Knows" is a glistening jewel. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ As the melody states itself ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ impressionistically, she slides between ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the piano, an acoustic guitar, ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ loped brushes to let the words drip ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ then float from her mouth in both ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ reflection and affirmation, as if she ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ writing in quiet desperation. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ When she shifts register for the subtly ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ delicious slide guitar break, the ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ tune slowly cracks wide open and the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ pure devotion into the end of each ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ "We Kiss in a Shadow" is a forbidden ▀█████████
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