Diana Krall: Wallflower
Author: Peter Quinn
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Musicians: |
David Foster (kys) |
Label: |
Verve |
Magazine Review Date: |
October/2014 |
RecordDate: |
date not stated |
Produced by David Foster, who also takes on main piano duties, this new studio album from Diana Krall presents a 12-track collection of songs from the 1960s to the present day. Krall only plays piano on the title track – a Bob Dylan rarity that, once heard, immediately lodges itself in your consciousness – and the occasional solo, so you can't help but focus on her voice (although Foster's no slouch on the piano). And it's captured here to perfection: late night, grown up, über-sensual à la Julie London. If the album's two duets, ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ with Michael Bublé and ‘Feels Like Home’ with Bryan Adams, are largely forgettable, there are some genuine standouts including heartfelt arrangements of ‘California Dreamin’ and ‘Superstar’, plus a surprisingly touching take on the Crowded House hit, ‘Don't Dream It's Over’. Best of all is Paul McCartney's ‘If I Take You Home Tonight, an outtake from his 2012 Grammy-winning album, Kisses on the Bottom. Krall was musical director on that album and clearly recognises a great song when she hears it.

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