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Entertainment WeeklyAlternately poignant and playful. [30 Apr 2004, p.161]
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This bold recording is a jazz record made with care, creativity, and a wonderfully intimate aesthetic fueling its 12 songs.
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The pretty ballads meditating on the vast wilderness and lonely highways of the great white north provide the perfect showcase for Krall's sultry voice and Costello's classic melodies.
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Key to the success of the disc is Krall's stretch on the keys, making this her strongest jazz outing.
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Q MagazineThere's a bolder choice of material.... Her playing has loosened up too. [Jun 2004, p.100]
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The Girl In The Other Room represents an experiment for Krall, and not an entirely successful one, but at the end of the record, having demonstrated the confidence to explain herself, she comes out with some of her most persuasive music yet.
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MojoStarts strong and finishes weak, but it's forgivable considering the gems contained in this 12-song set. [May 2004, p.97]
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Unfortunately, the spell breaks down and the songs grow tedious as the album nears its end, practically running out of a steam like an emotional rollercoaster stranded at the bottom of the tracks.
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BlenderFor all their craft, the songs are bland and vague. [May 2004, p.126]
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UncutIt's Krall's voice that has always been her biggest problem... consequently, these songs feel like elegant but bloodless conceits. [Jun 2004, p.85]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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FrankGOct 24, 2005
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SteveDJan 10, 2005
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PeterBOct 18, 2004