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Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years

Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years Tracks
1. Body and Soul
2. Strange Fruit
3. Trav'lin' Light
4. All of Me
5. (There Is) No Greater Love
6. I Cover the Waterfront
7. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
8. Tenderly
9. Autumn in New York
10. My Man
11. Stormy Weather
12. Yesterdays
13. (I Got a Man, Crazy for Me) He's Funny That Way
14. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
15. I Cried for You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me)
16. Too Marvelous for Words
17. I Wished on the Moon
18. I Don't Want to Cry Anymore
19. Prelude to a Kiss
20. Nice Work If You Can Get It
21. Come Rain or Come Shine
22. What's New?
23. God Bless the Child
24. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
25. April in Paris
26. Lady Sings the Blues - Chico Hamilton
27. Don't Explain - Chico Hamilton
28. Fine and Mellow [Live] - Chico Hamilton
29. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
30. Stars Fell on Alabama
31. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
32. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
33. Lover Man
34. All the Way
35. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
Billie Holiday - Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years Review
The received wisdom on the tragic torch singer's later work--of these 35 tracks, six were recorded in 1946 and '47, and the rest in the '50s--is that her interpretive skill made up for the collapse of her voice. In fact, the serious cracks in her pitch don't appear until the second disc of this set, and it doesn't approach the febrile croak of Lady in Satin until the END. But she relies on a handful of vocal tricks, and some numbers that had been in her repertoire for ages, to approximate the glory that her voice once was. At times, though, the results are lovely and heartbroken rather than saddening, especially with the simpatico musical backing she got in these sessions. --Douglas Wolk


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And Still Her Heart Has Wings
5
This is the best ballad collection of Billie Holiday to date. You hear someone who has experienced life, in every nuance of her voice. 'These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You' is the most heartbreakingly perfect ballad ever recorded, with a subtly touching piano accompaniment by Oscar Peterson. This track is for those who have loved and lost. 'Don't Worry 'Bout Me' has an ironic sadness when viewed from here and it is appropriately placed as the last song in the set. It will make you cry.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2002-03-01
GOD BLESS HER SOUL !!!
5
For many years now, there's been going on a "strange" comparison between Billie's two periods : before and after her time in prison.... The explanation is very simple. You don't buy Billie's records in order to HEAR them, but to FEEL them !!!! It wasn't her technical capabilities in singing that made the Lady famous. It was her emotions, her strength at heart, her willingness to overcome all the problems she had with her private life. That's what you get if you purchase the "Lady in Autumn" CD. You get a Great Lady that stands up with pride, and still manages to keep a high level of quality at her work. It's harder to remain at the top, than getting there at the first place. And Billie stood at the top for a very long time !!!!!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2002-06-19
We need a remastered version Verve
3
This is more than a decade old, and I dont like the sound very much. Verve should really release these tracks in a new compilation with better sound. I prefer the early Billie Holiday, and to me she reached her peak at her last sessions for Columbia. I'd strongly recommend to anyone just getting into Bilie to check the Columbia/Legacy stuff first. This is more difficult to appreciate, but stil is great music. Billie is the best jazz singer that ever lived, period.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2004-07-13