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He Never Mentioned Love is an album by Claire Martin, released in 2007.[2][4]
He Never Mentioned Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 4, 2007 | |||
Recorded | December 2–4, 2006 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 32:18 | |||
Label | Linn[1] | |||
Claire Martin chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Critical reception
editThe Guardian wrote: "Having covered a lot of ground on her previous albums without demonstrating a convincing emotional range, here she ticks that final box and becomes the complete jazz singer she's always threatened to be."[2]
Track listing
edit- "He Never Mentioned Love" (Curtis Reginald Lewis) – 5:08
- "Forget Me" (Valerie Brown Parks) – 3:59
- "Everything Must Change" (Benard Ighner) – 5:18
- "Trav'llin Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 2:44
- "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 6:11
- "All Night Long" (Curtis) – 3:41
- "If You Go" (Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, Michel Emer) – 4:57
- "A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 4:59
- "Slowly But Shirley" (Laurence Cottle, Claire Martin) – 4:07
- "You're Nearer" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:39
- "L.A. Breakdown" (Larry B. Marks) – 5:23
- "Slow Time" (Ian Shaw) – 4:09
- "The Sun Died" (Ray Charles, Hubert Giraud, Anne Gregory, Pierre LeRoye) – 5:26
Personnel
edit- Claire Martin – vocal
- Laurence Cottle- bass, producer
References
edit- ^ Shackleton, Kathryn. "BBC – Music – Review of Claire Martin – He Never Mentioned Love". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "CD: Claire Martin, He Never Mentioned Love". the Guardian. 19 May 2007.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 956. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Davis, Clive. "Claire Martin" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.