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An Invitation
by Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
MUSIC:
Inara George Works pairs up with the famous arranger Van Dyke Parkson on her latest album inspired by Frank Sinatra and Richard Sherman.
| LABEL: |
Everloving |
| RELEASE DATE: |
12 August 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Alternative |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Los Angeles Times
Parks proves an ideal partner for George, who grew up studying Shakespeare and is married to a film director, Jake Kasdan.
91
Entertainment Weekly
The album's light-fantastic orchestration, courtesy of famed songwriter and composer Parks , is equally delightfully old-fashioned--though George's decidedly contemporary lyrics recall the arch-baroque confessionals of Rufus Wainwright and Fiona Apple. [15 Aug 2008, p.67]
80
Spin
Although the daughter of Little Feat's late leader Lowell George charms with a crisp, vibrato-less chirp that suits her airy tunes, the star here is Parks, Brian Wilson's SMiLE collaborator, who surrounds George in a florid orchestral fantasia that flickers like a luscious, precisely gardened flower bed teeming with hidden fauna.
80
Billboard
George dives in full bore, her voice navigating his undulating road map like so many animated bluebirds flitting through a forest.
80
Tiny Mix Tapes
It’s one of those beguiling albums saved for times alone, times when nothing else would seem quite right.
70
Under The Radar
Invitation will surely add to Park's continuing influences in the pop community. [Fall 2008, p.80]
70
Boston Globe
An Invitation must have been a fun side project, but it may have all the permanence of the summer breeze it captures so perfectly.
60
PopMatters
An Invitation is not just classy; it’s bourgeois. And worse than that, it’s sporadically boring.
60
All Music Guide
This is an album for Sunday afternoons, for fans of Frank Sinatra and Aaron Copeland, for sophisticates who want music to soothe their minds rather than demand their full attentions.
60
Blender
Sometimes the sumptuousness feels a little excessive, like an ice-cream headache. But most of these love songs are uncommon, illuminating and elevating, just like the real thing at its best.
50
Austin Chronicle
The 13 tracks on this sophomore disc can be indistinguishable in their chirpiness, but George's balance of whimsy and a furrowed brow gives the Invitation its lovely charm.
The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
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