Miss Cole sings their own thing. Anyone who has ever visited concerts of her, which is noticeable that in these songs you often bleeding heart depends and they perfectly realized with this their style. As the Master gehuldigte she knows how to stir the audience to tears at times. The mini accompaniment of bass, piano and percussion creates something the matching very intimate and personal setting in which Holly Cole can live a wide range of feelings. And she has with Waits in common: feelings so intense exudes from every skin pore and lived with every fiber of the heart.
The sensational recording technique gives this a little belonged presence. The trio plays space filling, David Piltchs sinewy bass is punchy as hell and yet contoured, and the voice - that voice! - Singing just for you alone. Wen da overtakes no goosebumps, which should quickly measure his pulse.