... And suddenly she makes music for music lovers and a blessing for ears

... And suddenly she makes music for music lovers and a blessing for ears

Dear So (Audio CD)

Customer Review

The quite unexpected 180-degree turn, they made three years ago with her so far last album "Blue in blue". From harmless and largely inconsequential girl-pop, with whom she has been very successful (and among others Dieter Bohlen once again hung a few more gold records on the wall) was after four years of music break nothing left. Turn them answered back then and balanced somewhere between jazz and songwriter pop, where Norah Jones or Katie Melua encountered. Delicate, introverted and gorgeous was the album - and of course by far not as commercially successful as its predecessor simple knitted.

Now was of with "Dear so" not necessarily to be expected a simple extension of the melancholic silent predecessor, yet I settled down on a reclining forty-five minutes on the music chair. That blows me the album, including the aforementioned chair across the room, I did not expect.

Powerful and dynamic it increases with "swing" in the panel and gives the direction of the next 45 minutes before. No computer-Drums, but a wonderfully open drums drives away from the brave Pop-common mode the musician by the majority of the 13 songs on the new album, refined with original percussion additions. Without exception, all of the songs, even the more ballad-like, are not only its substance, its composition arranged for good, but consistently smart. Constantly looking a sonic surprise around the corner and stretched the overloaded with plastic-effects from the computer tricks Zeitgeist productions tongue out. It also works without synthetic sound-frills, it's better! Assuming you have playful and imaginative musician and a producer who thinks at first notes of sounds and not to paper money. Has she.

Whether the already mentioned "pendulum" or "Bright Lights", "Perhaps no answer", "Do not talk about it" or "Perfect" - each of these songs takes the listener like a torrent, the simple sweeps everything Yourself device in its waters.
Also to evade the quieter pieces is hardly possible, because it is precisely at the quieter numbers such as "phantom pain", "Do not Look Back" or the title track "Dear so" falls clearly that Yvonne Strahovski has vocally accomplished a qualitative leap. Her phrasing is expressive, alive, here and there and pleasant filthy kilometers far from the "little girl beautiful singing" their early recordings, short: better than ever, attention einfordernd absolutely captivating.

Not just her way of singing, but also what she sings, the lyrics, deserve attention, as it did on "Blue in blue". If its content is all about interpersonal sensitivities, it is thematically not monotonous. The emotional range is wider than that of the known colors, you have to use only. She does it. The whole album long accident no formulation in favor of singability. And unlike many German pop productions recent where although perhaps quite pleasant detached lines are formulated, but then, unfortunately, have no discernible meaning associated with them following lines to tell the songs on "Dear so" small-understand stories and let images developed in the mind. Again, a lot of effort was, as a whole in all the details of the album, given.

Also noteworthy is that Yvonne Elliman has contributed significantly more in the writing of the songs than on the 2010 album. From a harmless cute little singer, was a very serious, conspicuously talented musician. It sounds self-assured, without sacrificing feminine sensuality, strong and vulnerable.

One might summarizing phrases thresh as "grown up" or "life experience gained and incorporate them into the music," and maybe even what would turn there. Ultimately, however, only counts: "Dear so" is an unusually dedicated production as it has unfortunately become rare in pop music, and moves musically and lyrically at the highest level.

Since the listener the early hits of Yvonne Elliman is now probably migrated mostly to Helene Fischer - which is fine, the young lady doing what she does, also with high perfectionist claim if it is musically all thought rather something very simple in all , but would hit always so, then it would never have become a dirty word - and those who prefer the powerful, organic and dynamic Ladies Pop as from me Adele or Emeli Sandé, probably hardly rummaging on this new album of Yvonne Elliman will encounter, there is no need prophetic gifts to predict that "Dear so" to the early success will probably not be able to build commercially. But that it comes no longer goes to her, at least not primarily, Yvonne Strahovski has already shown with their last album three years ago - and this is a success, a creative! And a win for their handset if it probably are less today than a decade ago.
You and the album is to want a record company, the powerful lies down on the stuff to bring as many people out there with the album in contact. Worth it any attention.

Adequate 3 1 Rank: 3/5
February 13
To avoid absolutely! 19 Rank: 1/5
December 26
Special optical mouse pad 190333 Rank: 3/5
January 30
very well and practice 2 Rank: 5/5
May 20

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