Vanessa Fernandez - I Want You (Hybrid SACD)
Vanessa Fernandez, vocals [click here to see Vinyl / SACD featuring Venessa Fernandez]
Tim Pierce, guitars, arrangements
Alex Al, bass
Victor Indrizzo, drums
Jeff Babko, keyboards
Luis Conte, percussion
Charlie Bisharat, violin
Ricky Woodard, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
1 Hybrid SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Groove Note
Original Label : Groove Note
Recorded at United Studio B (former Oceanway), Hollywood by Michael C Ross
Mixed at Sphere in Burbank
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Released in 2019
Tracks:
- Right On For The Darkness
- I Want You
- Human
- Every Time You Go Away
- Hey Stranger (Album Mix)
- Angel Dust
- Tripping Out
- Billie Jean
- Creep
- I Will Survive!
- Back To Black
- Hey Stranger (Alternate Mix)
Reviews :
"As he usually does, engineer Ross splits the difference between an audiophile-savvy, band-in-the-room perspective and the pop and slam of a great commercial studio recording. Mastering is Bernie Grundman. The sound picture is well-organized, and images are solid and three-dimensional, within a supertransparent soundstage. From the first center-fill drum smack on the opener, "Right On For the Darkness", you know you're in for an exciting, live-in-the-studio ride, captured with minimal processing and dynamic range intact. A jacket sticker says Ms. Fernandez's voice was recorded without Auto-Tune. The analog recording, on 2" 30ips tape, produces the smooth, naturally flowing, artifact-free sound analog lovers always hope for but don't often get..." Michael Fremer, Stereophile, July 2019
"There are few recordings you can buy today that equal the sound of Fernandez's Groove Note releases in any parameter you can think of, including deep bass, explosive dynamics, unlimited headroom, expansive soundstaging and spot-on tone color. This time out, backed by a band of top Los Angeles session players, Fernandez sings eleven covers, with something from Michael Jackson ('Billie Jean'), Amy Winehouse ('Back to Black'), Radiohead ('Creep') Curtis Mayfield ('Tripping Out'), Daryl Hall ('Every Time You Go Away') and others, all pop and soul grooves that continue her record of unique interpretations while avoiding the plodding dullness of most female vocalists on audiophile recordings. Watching Claire Denis's Let The Sunshine In recently, in which Juliette Binoche dances to Etta James's 'At Last' (and keeps the album cover on the wall in her home), I was struck by how much of James's energy Vanessa Fernandez brings to her renditions. Nobody is going to mistake the two for each other, but there's an authenticity that both share. That's high praise indeed." Dennis Davis, The Audio Beat
Ratings :
Discogs : 4,65 / 5 , The Audio Beat, Music 4/5, Sound 5/5 , Michael Fremer : 4 Stars for Performance / 5 Stars for Sonics