Holly Cole acrescenta a sua dimensão à tradição cabaret, uma voz poderosa mas que pode ser subtil, um repertório audaz, e o seu toque refinado que mantém algumas das suas performances a flutuar mesmo no limite da ironia. No seu segundo album, Don't Smoke In Bed de 1993, Cole explora vários estilos musicais como pop, blues, country e uma balada Francesa, no seu jazz sedutor.

• Edição Limitada
• 2LP 45rpm Vinil 200 Gramas Audiófilo
• Prensagem Quality Record Pressings, QRP USA
• Acetatos preparados por Gary Salstrom
• Masterizado a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais 
• Corte por Bernie Grundman
• Capa Gatefold pela Stoughton Printing

There is an intelligence and sophistication to Holly Cole's singing that sets her apart from her peers. She can imbue well-worn standards and eclectic songs with an uncanny combination of sensuality, innocence, originality and sheer musicality. Cole takes tunes everybody thinks they know and discovers new undercurrents in the venerable anthems of contemporary composers, wrapping her honesty, compassion and sardonic wit around their sometimes-fragile creations. The results are sexy, provocative, spellbinding, sometimes dangerous and never, ever dull.

Along with Cassandra Wilson and Patricia Barber, the Canadian songstress has helped redefine the world of the female jazz vocalist. In Cole's case, this can be directly linked to her ability to defy genre categorization and her ambitious musical choices. "I look at the essence of a song," muses Cole. "If it's a great lyric I often love to slow it down, explore it, dissect it and deconstruct it. I love to take it apart and then put it back together and look at it in an entirely different way. In the process, it often becomes more evocative. That's a huge part of my art form, that's a huge part of what I do."

On her critically acclaimed 1993 album Don't Smoke In Bed, Holly augments her understated jazz repertoire with nuanced interpretations of pop classics and blues and country standards not to mention a French ballad. What's even more impressive is she pulls it all off flawlessly with a refined elegance that has become her signature. In addition to sublime takes on Cole Porter's "Get Out of Town" and Kurt Weill's "Je Ne T'Aime Pas," the stunning 12-song set also includes her crossover hit of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now."

Holly's delivery of more traditional fare shines on Cole Porter's witty "Get Out of Town" and Kurt Weill's torchy "Je Ne T'aime Pas," while she brings clarity, power, and anthemic passion to the surprising treatment of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now." She's generally well supported in this intimate set by pianist Aaron Davis and bassist Davd Piltch, while there's sparing and effective use of strings. There are fine guest spots by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, on "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday," and David Lindley, whose steel guitar contributes to the strange country music of "Don't Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart."

This definitive 2LP 45rpm 200g vinyl reissue from Analogue Productions was mastered from the original master tapes by the great Bernie Grundman, plated and pressed by Gary Salstrom and crew at Quality Record Pressings, and comes packaged in a premium Old-style tip-on gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing.

Músicos:

Holly Cole, voz
David Piltch, baixo & percussão
Aaron Davis, piano
Howard Levy, harmónica

Lista de Faixas:

01. I Can See Clearly Now
02. Don't Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart
03. Get Out Of Town
04. So And So
05. The Tennessee Waltz

06. Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday
07. Blame It On My Youth
08. Ev'rything I've Got
09. Je Ne T'Aime Pas
10. Cry (If you Want To)
11. Que Sera Sera
12. Don't Smoke In Bed

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