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Speak Low | 
| Artist: Boz Scaggs
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 155
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.2
MPN: 001202602
UPC: 602517843455
EAN: 0602517843455
ASIN: B001EI5C0A
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Invitation - By Bronislaw Kaper | | • | She Was Too Good To Me - by Rodgers and Hart | | • | I Wish I Knew - By Mack Gordon and Harry Warren | | • | Speak Low - By Ogden Nash and Kurt Weill | | • | Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me - by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell | | • | I'll Remember April - By Gene De Paul, Patricia Johnson and Don Raye | | • | Save Your Love For Me - By Buddy Woodrow Johnson | | • | Ballad Of The Sad Young Men - By Frances Landesman and Thomas Wolf Jr. | | • | Skylark - By Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer | | • | Senza Fine - By Cesarea, Paoli and Wilder | | • | Dindi by - De Oliveria, Gilbert and Jobim | | • | This Time The Dream's On Me - By Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer |
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Album Description
Speak Low his 17th. studio album; a follow-up to 2003's But Beautiful - "a sort of progressive, experimental effort ... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored" says Boz. Songs on the album include Chet Baker's "She Was Too Good To Be True," Johnny Mercer's "This Time the Dream's on Me," the often recorded "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and the Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash title track. "I'm a vocalist," Scaggs says. "I come more out of a blues/rhythm & blues background, but this is a different way of using my voice, and much more musically challenging and adventurous for me."
Album Description
Speak Low is Box Scaggs' 17th studio album, a follow-up to 2003's But Beautiful-a sort of progressive, experimental effort along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored per Boz. This album includes Chet Baker's 'She Was Too Good To Be True,' Johnny Mercer's 'This Time the Dream's on Me,' the often recorded 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free' and the Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash title track. 'I'm a vocalist,'Scaggs says. 'I come more out of a blues/rhythm & blues background, but this is a different way of using my voice.' Singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs enjoyed considerable solo success in the 1970's with several Top 20 Hits including 'Lowdown' and 'Lido Shuffle'.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Boz has a extraordinary emotional voice!!! October 31, 2008
J. R Sategna (Martinez, California United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This cd is a real change for Boz. It showcases how great his vocal abilities are. No rock and roll here--just low key jazz vocal songs that are mellow and effective. Fans of Boz will love this cd. Its perfect for being alone with your girlfriend boyfriend or spouse in front of a fireplace to set you in the mood. After two or three listens to this cd, you will be hooked. Boz as we all know, is one hell of a singer. The songs are well chosen and contain emotional lyrics. Here he is in another world and you will love it. Get it now!!!!!
 Pleasant, But Frankly Boring December 23, 2008
Kurt Harding (Boerne TX)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What is it about aging pop singers that so many of them decide to take a shot at singing the "standards"? And who decided that these songs merit that lofty designation?
I've been a Boz Scaggs fan from the beginning and figure that I own at least ninety percent of the albums he has recorded. And yes, every once in a while he records an album that just doesn't measure up to what I have come to expect of him. Speak Low is one of those. It is pleasant, but frankly its boring.
First of all, I find no fault with the musicianship but the song selection is quite weak. There are a couple gems like the title cut and Senza Fine, but overall Speak Low sounds like something you might hear on a weekend in an upscale hotel lounge. And there are a couple cuts like Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me and I'll Remember April that really stink.
Unfortunately, Scaggs has been trending this direction for the last few albums. Maybe he's been in San Francisco too long or maybe he thinks that he should sing this kind of kitsch because he is getting older. I do admit that Speak Low would be great as background music to a romantic evening, but other than that, its not going to get much play at my place. Anyway, if I am to be forced to listen to the "standards", I'd much rather hear Scaggs' interpretations than the croaking of Rod Stewart or the smarmy, soulless approach of "singers" like Josh Groban and Michael Buble.
The CD is housed in a minimalist digipak format and is accompanied by an insert that features all pertinent album information. Based on the songs presented here, I think it should be most appealing to the over-70 set.
Awesome cd October 28, 2008
George Bretzlaff
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Tracks 2-12 were awesome. Track 1 was fair. Id go out & buy his new cd as quick as you can. Hes in rare form. He just keeps getting better with each new release.
Best album of 2008! November 8, 2008
Kendra
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sometimes I get new music and it gets played only a few times. In the past few days, I've gotten Steve Winwood's Nine Lives, Fleet Foxes' Fleet Foxes, Loreena McKennitt's A Midwinter Night's Dream, Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer, Sia's Some People Have Real Problems, and Shelby Lynne's Just A Little Lovin'. And, I'm glad I bought them all-- they are all superb. But, I am loving this one right now.
My husband and I played Harbor Lights off Silk Degrees for our first dance at our wedding. I've loved Boz Scaggs before that, and I still do. However, although he's so versatile, I've always thought Silk Degrees was his best album. Now, though, this one really might take my top spot.
This is a collection of old standards and he really makes these songs his own. It's moody, melodic, and just beautiful. There's really no pop or rock here, it's just soft jazz-- perfect for late at night in front of the fireplace with the one person you'd like to be alone with.
This could be considered Volume 2 of But Beautiful, Standards: Volume 1. Truthfully, though, the material here is better and the mood is more consistent. I think this is the better cd, but I would highly recommend the other one, as well.
Boz could always deliver a song as if he lived it. I remember in grade school, I first heard Lido Shuffle and I thought it was the coolest song, ever. And, I still love all the pop songs he's done and still listen to them. But, man, he can deliver the melancholy songs and you just know he's feeling it.
I can't recommend this cd enough. I downloaded the music and the sound quality is superb. I'm listening on my average computer speakers right now-- usually I listen on my Altec Lansing M604 Powered Audio System for Zune and it really sounds as if Boz is right in my living room.
Amazon has is the only place to include the 13th song as a bonus-- A combined version of Some Other Time and We're All Alone. It's a new track.
 Sounds like a bad American Idol audition December 19, 2008
Michael R. Reichenberg (Maryland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a Boz Scaggs fan but this is the worst musical choice I've ever heard a singer make. Nothing funky about these songs so if you're expecting the great Boz sound of the past forget it - and avoid it. I wish I didn't waste my money.
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