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EddieLove | NYC, USA | 11/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Eddi continues to pay tribute to traditional Scottish words and music, but also seamlessly mixes in new music by frequent collaborators. It's all typically gorgeous. There's no better voice in music and her taste in material is unerring. "Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon" joins the ranks of my all time favorite Eddi cuts. Glorious."

She's back

Kim Liddelow | Sydney, Australia | 12/07/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Much stronger album than some of her recent ones. I lost interest in Eddi after Simple Soul - she was boring.

This new album has some great songs in the folk style but who cares about musical categories? What a thrill to rediscover her voice again after half a decade of not listening! I echo somewhat the reviewer who wishes she'd tour outside of England. Come to Australia Eddi, you'll find an audience.



Now I must go and search out that Burns album she put out a few years back that all you people keep talking about...."

Her best yet, and that's saying something. :)

O-Town | Sac-Town | 01/17/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a fan of Eddi Reader ever since I first heard her glorious cover of "Nobody Lives Without Love" on the Batman Forever soundtrack. (this was the mid-90's) I spent that summer back in the UK with my grandparents. While everyone else was reveling in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" (and rightly so) I immediately went out hunting for more of Eddi Reader's music.



Rummaging through a used records bin in Dorking I came across her self-titled album. From "Patience of Angels" to "Siren", and every song in between, I didn't think it could get any better than that! I was so glad to finally have this music in my life.



Actually, I'd been a fan longer than I knew only I didn't know it. Turns out the heavenly voice coming through my speakers was the same voice that I loved during my childhood, when Fairground Attraction put out "Perfect" and "Find My Love". It was like coming full circle.



So, fast forward almost 20 years and Eddi has released her best record yet. Each listen and it still remains fresh and inspiring. The arrangements, the songwriting, the brilliant interpretations of traditional tunes... it truly doesn't get any better than this!"