Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue is an effects album


Drives me a little nuts how many still praise this album as the end all Jazz album for audiophiles. 

Mind you, I really like Miss Barber's music, and some tracks on Cafe Blue, but Cafe Blue, the darling of many an audiophile, isn't even close to her best album.  At best its Audiophile bait. At worst it's preternaturally sterile and lab grown. 

Live at the Green Mill for instance is just such a better album to listen to.

 

 

erik_squires

@erik_squires , yes, Cafe Blue sounds wonderful, but it isn't a favorite of mine either.

Here are a few of the  albums that are favorites of mine and are also very well recorded-

Simple Minds, Glittering Prize

Armstrong & Ellington, Dukes Place

John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp

Hot Tuna, Keep On Truckin'

The Cranberries, Everybody Else is Doing It So Why Can't We?

Asleep At The Wheel, Western Standard Time

Jeff Beck, Who Else?

Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World

The Fixx, Extended Versions

That's just a small list of my collection that sounds wonderful.

None of them are boring!

Enjoy the music!

kb54 pretty much sums it up.  Jennifer Warnes !  Leonard Cohen !  Brilliant lyrics.  A gift to the world for his stunningly insightful poetic contribution to the world of music.

 

It was deep into his fiery heart 
He took the dust of Joan of Arc
And then she clearly understood
If if he was fire 
Then she must be wood

Thanks, all! Yes she is a great composer, musician and artist. Like Dianna Krall. Why are female artists so often overlooked by the men-mostly audiophile community? Even in 2023?