Patricia O'Callaghan, Real Emotional Girl - 60m 12s

Tracks & Durations

1. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)	4:01
2. Better Man (Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam)	2:50
3. Real Emotional Girl (Randy Newman)	3:10
4. Captain Valentine's Tango (Kurt Weill)	1:49
5. Je Reve de toi (Arthur H.)	4:23
6. I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen)	3:13
7. Joan of Arc (Leonard Cohen)	5:55
8. Nanna's Song (Kurt Weill)	4:40
9. Lucky to be Me (Leonard Bernstein)	4:04
10. Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)	4:35
11. Attendez que ma joie revienne (Barbara)	2:56
12. Stay Well (Kurt Weill)	3:37
13. Take this Waltz (Leonard Cohen)	3:58
14. Mon manege a moi (Glanzberg/Constantin)	2:28
15. A Singer Must Die (Leonard Cohen)	3:29
16. Creepin' (Stevie Wonder)	4:53

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Review

It was just a matter of time before some canny chanteuse seized onto Randy Newman's 1983 tearjerker "Real Emotional Girl." The song's simple, direct sentiment, coupled with one of the singer-songwriter's most supple melodies, make it a natural for interpretation, and on this set of covers, Toronto singer Patricia O'Callaghan does the song justice. Yet the 16-track disc is something of a hodgepodge of selections that don't always gel. The classically trained O'Callaghan clearly has a way with the street drama of the Kurt Weill compositions, and finds common ground with those songs and a number of Leonard Cohen tunes. These sit somewhat uncomfortably alongside the more pop-oriented offerings, including a rendition of "Like a Rolling Stone" that is a piano tinkle away from a Holiday Inn lounge version. On the other hand, O'Callaghan does things with Pearl Jam's "Better Man" that gruff-voiced singer Eddie Vedder could only dream of. A victim of its ambitions, Real Emotional Girl never really coalesces into a completely satisfying disc, but it does contain several full-blooded moments in which O'Callaghan's powerful, authoritative instrument finds the core of the song and brings the material home. --Shawn Conner

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Real Emotional Girl

Tracks: 15 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 18s (-5m 6s)

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