Patricia Barber’s origins are commonly associated with 1994’s Café Blue and the follow-up, 1998’s Modern Cool. Both quickly established the singer/pianist as an immediate audiophile favorite whose rare combination of astute instrumental performance, daring originality, poetic enterprise, intrepid vocals, and sculpted production announced her as an artist that both takes immense care in her music as well as in her sound. While largely unknown to many, 1992’s diverse A Distortion of Love signaled the beginning of Barber’s unfettered creativity.
Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, MoFi’s numbered, limited-edition 180-gram LP of the Chicagoan’s sophomore album features the similar wowing detail and perspective-altering clarity offered on the reissue label’s celebrated versions of Mythologies, The Cole Porter Mix, and the now out-of-print and extremely sought-after Café Blue, Modern Cool, Companion, and Nightclub.
Such is the attention brought to Barber’s tastefully reverb-assisted singing, the quartet’s stripped-down arrangements, the grand piano’s resonance, the background finger snaps, and the astounding transparency of every note and breath uttered in the studio. Smoothness, balance, and neutrality abound. Through and through, this is an audiophile delight.
Musicians: | |
Marc Johnson | Bass |
Adam Nussbaum | Drums, Shaker, Percussion [Cheap Shoes], Finger Snaps |
Wolfgang Muthspiel | Guitar |
Patricia Barber | Vocals, Piano |
A1 | SummertimeWritten-By – DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin | 6:14 |
A2 | Subway Station # 5Written-By – Patricia Barber | 9:29 |
B1 | You Stepped Out Of A DreamWritten-By – Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown | 7:35 |
B2 | Parts ParallelsWritten-By – Patricia Barber | 5:06 |
C1 | Or Not To BeWritten-By – Patricia Barber | 7:02 |
C2 | Yellow CarWritten-By – Patricia Barber | 5:48 |
C3 | Yet Another In A Long Series Of Yellow CarWritten-By – Patricia Barber | 4:26 |
D1 | I Never Went AwayWritten-By – Richard Rodney Bennett | 4:38 |
D2 | My GirlWritten-By – Ronald White, Smokey Robinson | 3:42 |
D3 | By MyselfWritten-By – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | 4:54 |
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