プロデューサーは日本人かと疑ってしまうような、ちょと通好みの選曲、曲の仕上がりになっている。スタンダード曲のオンパレードで、素直に製作されている。歌唱力は実に確かでとても安心して聴く事ができるため何度でも聴きたくなる。こんなボーカルを日常ライブハウスで聴くことができれば、とても幸せなのであるが・・・。また、歌と楽器の音量バランス、イコライジングが現代風であるため、全体のサウンドメイクはポップスに通じるものがある。従って、普段ジャズボーカルを聞きなれない方が聞いても違和感無く聴く事ができそうで、ジャズボーカル入門としてお勧めできる一枚かもしれない。

Although I end up reiterating some of adjectives used by other reviewers (at Amazon US), to describe Emilie-Claire Barlow's voice, it is smooth, clear, pure, beautiful yet sweet and playful, swinging with a touch of lightness…, and is certainly something unforgettable once you have heard. All the songs covered here are great, but I find especially the first two, “The Very Thought Of You” and “Almost Like Being In Love”, just fabulous. While her previous CD “Like a Lover”, especially the title track, was also superb, her voice in this CD sounds much more colorful and wonderfully expressive.

Although I end up reiterating some of adjectives used by other reviewers (at Amazon US), to describe Emilie-Claire Barlow's voice, it is smooth, clear, pure, beautiful yet sweet and playful, swinging with a touch of lightness…, and is certainly something unforgettable once you have heard. All the songs covered here are great, but I find especially the first two, “The Very Thought Of You” and “Almost Like Being In Love”, just fabulous. While her previous CD “Like a Lover”, especially the title track, was also superb, her voice in this CD sounds much more colorful and wonderfully expressive.