Dreaming Wide Awake

Great music. You'll be glad you bought this cd. What a voice. I bought three Lizz Wright cds, including Dreaming Wide Awake, and listen to them all the time.

I heard about this on Sunday Morning and they raved about Lizz so i thought I would try a CD.. I was pleasantly surprised how wonderful she sings. Lizz Wright has such a wonderful sound. MY ipod has LOTS of diffferent music (New and old, Country, pop, etc) and when a song of hers plays I put my ipod so I can hear all her songs I love it!

Every song on this CD is good and about half of them are great. She has a wonderfully deep voice that is soothing at the same time it makes you pay attention. Stop and Hit the Ground are my favorites, but A taste of Honey, Old Man, Wake Up Little Sparrow, and Get Together are very very close to them.

Although I still enjoyed this album, its not nearly as polished as her first album. She still sings as well or better than anyone, the lyrics are weak. One song, "Hit the Ground" will wring tears out of you until you analyze the weak lyrics. Like Johhny Mercer once criticized: "I could eat alphabet soup and S--t better lyrics." Its hard to pin down this album as to catagory. All cuts are down tempo, but is it Blues? Pop? jazz-rock? Not really any of them to be exact. Her singing is great, but I don't think it is as relavent as her other album. Musicians backing Lizz are excellent.

I listen to lots of music, am mostly a jazz fan, and rarely write these reviews. But I figure it's my duty as a music lover to tell you about Ms. Wright. They don't come along this good very often. Lovely haunting voice, intelligent interpretations, fine arrangements. The real thing. I was compelled to play it again and again and it doesn't take long to get her. You get it right away.