Американская пианистка, вокалистка и композитор Патрисия Барбер (Patricia Barber) - это авангард новой женской школы джазовых музыкантов. Лет десять-пятнадцать назад ее коллеги по жанру на свой страх и риск начали осваивать ту интригующую территорию импровизации, которая пролегала между классическими балладами и техникой смешения ритмов, создающей новые стандарты. Она была в числе первопроходцев. Сегодня Патрисия Барбер обладает репутацией артистки, жестко отстаивающей свою независимость и уделяющей максимум внимания «творческой пристрелке», тщательной и всесторонней оценке будущего альбома. Ее интуиция в этом смысле непогрешима, а потому неудивительна любовь многочисленных фанов, которые за двадцать с лишним лет джазовой карьеры появились у Патрисии сначала в родном Чикаго, а затем по всей Америке и далеко за ее пределами. Начиная с середины 80-х, артистка подготовила и издала девять альбомов, на которых представила не только джазовые обработки поп-мелодий и известные стандарты, но и композиции собственного сочинения.

Стилистически альбом выдержан в рамках того направления, которое они пропагандируют. Задорный вокал Брета Майклса, исполняющего песни про молодежь, яркие и стадионные ударные Рики Роккета, а также заразительные соло гитариста Си Си ДеВилля окунают вас в мир подросткового раздолбайства, когда нужно все и сразу. Качество записи на высоком уровне, а материал, несмотря на некоторую повторяемость, звучит уже более зрело и продуманно, чем ранее. И вообще, альбом можно условно разделить на две части: первая - потенциально хитовая и мощная, а вторая - безликая и натянутая. Таким образом, можно было бы сие творение и сократить без ущерба для успеха. Единственная путёвая вещь on B-side - красивая баллада "Something to Believe In".

Запись новой пластинки вовсю кипела в знаменитой стокгольмской студии Sunlight с продюсером Томасом Скогсбергом (Grave, Entombed, Necrophobic). Мастеринг произведен в немецкой студии Temple Of Disharmony под чутким руководством её владельца Патрика Энгеля (Patrick Engel).

9-й альбом американского певца и музыканта Принса. Вышел 31 марта 1987 года. В книге The Rolling Stone Album Guide альбом назван «лучшим альбомом Принса, самым целостным примером широты его артистизма, и, возможно, лучшим альбомом 1980-х годов».

Patricia Barber is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.

Десятый студийный альбом американского певца Принса, выпущенный 10 мая 1988 года на лейбле Warner Bros. Records. Lovesexy достиг первого места в чарте Великобритании, Новой Зеландии, Швеции и одиннадцатого места в американском чарте Billboard 200, получил платиновый статус в Великобритании и золотой в США.

Имя группы - это дань чуме XIV века, в результате которой погибло около трети населения Европы. Тексты группы о смерти, тьме, отчаянии, печали, гневе и ненависти к религии и человечеству.В период с октября 2001 года по февраль 2002 года Pest записали второй альбом, "Ad se Ipsum" (11 треков и 54 минуты), который был выпущен в ноябре 2002 года немецкий лейблом Fog Of The Apocalypse.

Heaven and Earth (2000 album) – ProjeKct X was a side project of the music band King Crimson during 2000. In 2000, while the band King Crimson recorded their album the construKction of light, the line-up consisted of Robert Fripp on Guitar...

Pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber is the Alanis Morissette of the jazz world. Her serpentine, poetic songs teeter between deftly witty and awkwardly Latinate. Each album is more ambitious than the last, taking her deeper into avant-garde territory both lyrically and instrumentally. Verse is no exception. Case in point: "I Could Eat Your Words," a canny bit of word play in the tradition of "Peel Me a Grape," in which Barber barely gets away with words like "provocation" and "syllogistically," only to sum things up with the devastating line, "sip the spit from your bittersweet rhyme." The indelible track here, though, has to be "If I Were Blue," featuring the line, "If I were blue, like David Hockney's pool/Dive into me and glide under a California sky/Inside your mouth and nose and eyes am I." It's perhaps the best thing Barber has ever written -- it could be considered serious modern poetry if only it didn't rhyme. About the biggest complaint one can lodge against Barber is her insistent denial of melody. Her voice is soft, almost matter-of-fact, and she more or less hints at singing. Obviously, lyrical intent is more important to Barber than how she carries a tune, and her voice does seem more suited to whispering torch songs cabaret-style, such as on "Dansons la Gigue," than delivering any vocal gymnastics. It's just that sometimes her songs could be showcased better with a consistently delivered vocal melody. However, she makes up for her lack of sonorousness (to use a Barber kind of word) with intricate musical arrangements, this time around augmented by the Miles Davis-cum-Lester Bowie trumpet of Dave Douglas. Barber's is a world of cloaked intentions, and Douglas' playful vibrato works like the flame of a candle illuminating her soft, shadowy corners.

Chicago native and classically trained pianist Patricia Barber's sixth album is a collection of downtempo standards, perfect for a rainy day. Taking on classics like "Autumn Leaves," "I Fall in Love Too Easily," "Bye Bye Blackbird," or even "Alfie" is always a risk, but her confident vocals and interpretations eradicate any doubt that she is a master. Her production is spare, allowing her to sing with such melancholy it's almost eerie. Not many performers can relay such harrowing feeling without over-emoting, but Barber makes it seem effortless. Nightclub is an appropriate title; listening to these love songs is like being in a smoky room, courted by a lounge singer. This is a classy, solid effort.

Companion was recorded in a special three-night series of shows in July, 1999 at Chicago's famed Green Mill jazz club -- an unusually short amount of time to produce a live album. To mine as much material as possible from those nights the performances were run more like recording sessions than live shows, with the crowd reverently hushed. Patricia Barber is in her element and the only thing that seems to have suffered for the recording circumstances is the album's length -- at seven songs and 40 minutes, it walks the line between standard EP and full-length size. One surmises that it might have been longer had there been more album-quality material from the performances. Recalling the energy that was present on her critically worshipped Café Blue album, there is an ease and creativity on Companion which makes her fans' devotion understandable. Barber has been criticized for being a jazz singer in the loosest sense -- her style borrows heavily from R&B and she often covers pop songs (Sonny Bono's "The Beat Goes On" is a sheer stylish delight), and her song "If This Isn't Jazz" answers that criticism with a thumb to the nose. What many critics fail to notice, however, is the strength of her musicianship. Sexism within the industry keeps many from seeing female jazz performers playing roles other than those of vocalists -- Barber's warm, breathy voice and creative phrasing are wonderful, for sure, but what really shines are her arrangements. With a talented band behind her, on Companion Barber has made magic with her compositions, her piano playing, and yes, her voice. Intended to be a companion to Modern Cool, this album of mostly previously unrecorded material serves as an excellent introduction to all of her work.

Greatest Hits… So Far!!! est le premier best-of de la chanteuse de pop-rock américaine, Pink. Il est composé de la plupart des singles de la chanteuse ainsi que de titres inédits spécialement composés pour la compilation. Une édition spéciale comprenant un DVD regroupant l'intégralité des clips de Pink a aussi été commercialisée.

Trustfall received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album reached number one in several countries, including Australia, Canada and the UK, while reaching number two in the US, becoming Pink's fifth consecutive top-two album in her home country. It was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album's lead single, "Never Gonna Not Dance Again", achieved moderate success worldwide. The second single, "Trustfall", reached top-ten positions in many European countries, while also peaking within top-twenty in the United Kingdom and Australia. To promote the record, Pink embarked the Summer Carnival and Trustfall Tour throughout 2023 and 2024.

Trustfall is the ninth studio album by American singer Pink. It was released on February 17, 2023, through RCA Records. Her first studio album since Hurts 2B Human (2019), Pink worked on the production and lyrics with Fred Again, David Hodges, Max Martin, Johnny McDaid, and Shellback, and others. The Lumineers, Chris Stapleton and First Aid Kit feature as guest vocalists. Sonically, Trustfall is a dance-pop record, with inclusion of various subgenres, such as pop rock and folk. Lyrically, it speaks of various subjects, including motivation, self-acceptance, loss and love.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended Pink's thematic and musical direction. Buoyed by extensive marketing, The Truth About Love was a commercial success, topping the charts in eight countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and Sweden. In the United States, it became Pink's first number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart and was later certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of three million album-equivalent units. In Australia, The Truth About Love became the first album to top the year-end chart for two consecutive years and was certified nine times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It was ranked as the seventh best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 2.6 million copies sold worldwide. By 2016, the album had sold over seven million copies globally.