Bob Anderson, Writer for High Times Magazine 1976
If you're into the stillness of those gentle hours between midnight and dawn, here is a rare treasure of an album. Sing Me A Love Song is fresh, sensual and unique-something to be shared with the special people in your life. I've yet to play it for anyone who wasn't moved by it.
In the cutthroat big-business reality of the record industry, this is a record made not for the money but for love-the love of making an unashamedly romantic statement, hoping to touch others with that feeling. There aren't enough times in life when you get to experience such deeply emotional music. This album packs the same kind of impact and potential as the first Phoebe Snow album-which also started as a work-of-mouth album.
Sandy Theorét is a rarity today, a singer who isn't afraid to sound pretty. The texture of her voice is warm and childlike. She's not an innocent child but a woman-child saying, "I haven't done this before, but I know I can." Her melodic structures are haunting and beautiful, outstanding because of the soft, understated acoustic arrangements featuring guitar, keyboards and strings, with light percussion rather than standard drum-ming. Overall this provides the material with a soothing flow that captures her emotions perfectly.
Within her songs, she almost appears to be taking you aside to share her secret thoughts and desires. She delights in capturing the listener's curiosity about her myriad views of love, as in "Mama Don't Want No Worry"-"But the fact is, dear, I'm going with where I'm comin' "-then answering that with "Love that's a lie never has a good direction, dream when they die, no longer need protection." The title song sets the tone for the album's direction: "Sing me a love song, wherever you are," a fas-cinating love song to an ideal.
So here is an album made by artists, not heavy-handed music men grabbing for your wallet. Sing Me a Love Song is a wonderful little pack-age of dreams that is perfectly suited for mellowing out on a quiet night. The people who are responsible for this obviously took pride in making it-it could be the sleeper of the year.
If you're into the stillness of those gentle hours between midnight and dawn, here is a rare treasure of an album. Sing Me A Love Song is fresh, sensual and unique-something to be shared with the special people in your life. I've yet to play it for anyone who wasn't moved by it.
In the cutthroat big-business reality of the record industry, this is a record made not for the money but for love-the love of making an unashamedly romantic statement, hoping to touch others with that feeling. There aren't enough times in life when you get to experience such deeply emotional music. This album packs the same kind of impact and potential as the first Phoebe Snow album-which also started as a work-of-mouth album.
Sandy Theorét is a rarity today, a singer who isn't afraid to sound pretty. The texture of her voice is warm and childlike. She's not an innocent child but a woman-child saying, "I haven't done this before, but I know I can." Her melodic structures are haunting and beautiful, outstanding because of the soft, understated acoustic arrangements featuring guitar, keyboards and strings, with light percussion rather than standard drum-ming. Overall this provides the material with a soothing flow that captures her emotions perfectly.
Within her songs, she almost appears to be taking you aside to share her secret thoughts and desires. She delights in capturing the listener's curiosity about her myriad views of love, as in "Mama Don't Want No Worry"-"But the fact is, dear, I'm going with where I'm comin' "-then answering that with "Love that's a lie never has a good direction, dream when they die, no longer need protection." The title song sets the tone for the album's direction: "Sing me a love song, wherever you are," a fas-cinating love song to an ideal.
So here is an album made by artists, not heavy-handed music men grabbing for your wallet. Sing Me a Love Song is a wonderful little pack-age of dreams that is perfectly suited for mellowing out on a quiet night. The people who are responsible for this obviously took pride in making it-it could be the sleeper of the year.
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON VINYL copies still available as LP in our store
Produced by Allen Reynolds
Musical Accompaniment by The Trolley Car Band with guest performance by Charles Cochran and Bobby Wood
All song by Sandy Mason Theoret except Äll I Wanna Do Life" by Allen Reynolds and Sandy Mason Theoret
© copyright 1976 and 2007 Good Music www.yourgoodmusic.com 386-663-1308
Produced by Allen Reynolds
Musical Accompaniment by The Trolley Car Band with guest performance by Charles Cochran and Bobby Wood
All song by Sandy Mason Theoret except Äll I Wanna Do Life" by Allen Reynolds and Sandy Mason Theoret
© copyright 1976 and 2007 Good Music www.yourgoodmusic.com 386-663-1308