Maria Muldaur - Sweet Harmony/Open: Your Eyes
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Artist: Maria MuldaurEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Music Label: Wounded Bird Records
Soundtracks:
- Sweet Harmony
- Sad Eyes
- Lying Song
- Rockin Chair
- I Cant Stand It
- We Just Couldnt Say Goodbye
- Back By Fall
- Jon The Generator
- Wild Bird
- As An Eagle Stirreth In Her Nest
- Fall In Love Again
- Finally Made Love To A Man
- Birds Fly South (When Winter Comes)
- Heart Of Fire
- Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
- Open Your Eyes
- (No More) Dancin In The Street
- Elona
- Clean Up Woman
- Love Is Everything
Music reviews of Sweet Harmony/Open: Your Eyes
Music Review: A classic finally makes it to CD in USA
Rating: 5 Stars
While Maria Muldaur's solo debut album was a brilliant piece of work, it was with her third recording "Sweet Harmony" that she hit her stride. An eclectic mix of musical styles that swept its way through many genres, "Sweet Harmony" was (and is) nothing short of brilliant. The title track is simply a beautiful rendition of the Smokey Robinson song. The harmonies that accompany Muldaur (courtesy of Linda Ronstadt, Wendy Waldman, and others) are mesmerizing. The song builds and builds until it sends one into a trance like state. It's easily one of my favorite tracks from any album. Kate McGarrigle's "Lying Song" is a terrific song to begin with ("Let me ask you if you know, the story of a puppet Pinocchio? He had a habit that caused his wooden nose, to grow and grow and grow") and Muldaur, who was an early champion of the McGarrigles, delivers it perfectly. The album has a fair amount of 30's and 40's sounds to it. "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair" (featuring Hoagy himself on vocals with Muldaur) are perfect renditions of these pieces. They keep true to the originals while keeping themselves firmly planted in the here and now.The two ballads by Wendy Waldman are bittersweet and heartfelt songs that add gravity to the album. "Jon The Generator" is one of those "romp" type songs that Muldaur always excelled at. Add to all of that Neil Sedaka's "Sad Eyes" , Smokey McAllister's "I Can't Stand It" and the Rev. W. H. Brewster's "As An Eagle Stirreth In Her Nest" (with a tip of the hat to The Staple Singers) and it all adds up to a classic. One wonders how such diverse material could possibly hang together and make a coherent album. Therein is where the greatness of this recording is found. The work flows seamlessly from style to style without missing a beat and feels wholly natural. "Open Your Eyes", while less successful, still has it's moments. "Birds Fly South" (with Stevie Wonder on harmonica) is wonderful as is the Burn's Sisters "Finally Made Love To A Man". Here Muldaur records for the second time "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be), a song which has been one the staples of her career. Also notable is her take on the Betty Wright classic "Clean Up Woman" and Rory Block's "Love Is Everything". Perhaps the highlight of the album is David Nichtern's "Elona" a lovely jazz tinged ballad about lonliness which Muldaur would keep in her repertoire and rerecord again later in her career.
Description of Sweet Harmony/Open: Your Eyes
Maria Muldaur had a huge hit in 1973 with 'Midnight At The Oasis'. Throughout the 70's she released numerous albums on Reprise Records. Wounded Bird now presents two of them on one CD for the first time anywhere. Sweet Harmony was originally released in 1976 and reached #53 on the Billboard charts. Open Your Eyes was originally released in 1979. Musicians appearing on this two-fer include Stevie Wonder, J.J. Cale, Jr. Walker plus guitarists Robben Ford & Kenny Burrell. 2003.Blues CDs
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