Wallflower
by Diana Krall
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Feb 3, 2015
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. Rolling Stone
    Feb 3, 2015
    60
    This collection of favorites by the likes of Randy Newman, the Carpenters, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Elton John, among others, fits easily into her tastefully eclectic comfort zone.
  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Feb 2, 2015
    60
    It is a lovely Valentine record, if you favour melancholic songs about missed chances. The set feels overfamiliar, though, drawing heavily on classic Seventies ballads by the Carpenters, Eagles, Elton John and 10CC.
  3. American Songwriter
    Feb 3, 2015
    50
    Ultimately this is a missed opportunity to either unearth obscure, under the radar gems from this era or push Krall outside her comfort zone with challenging interpretations that reveal new meanings in songs we already know by heart.
  5. The New York Times
    Feb 2, 2015
    50
    Where Ms. Krall usually plays vigorous keyboards on her albums, here her pianism is all but absent. Most of the fills, played by Mr. Foster, are strictly routine. It’s all the more mystifying because Ms. Krall, when prodded by a rhythm section, can really swing.
  6. Boston Globe
    Feb 3, 2015
    40
    Save for “Superstar,” which falls just short of being tranformed into a Julie London torch ballad, Krall’s darkly sultry voice isn’t enough to enliven her material.
  7. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Jan 27, 2015
    40
    As song choices go, most pf these rate as overly obvious. But that’s not what turns this album into such a compromise. Krall shows no interest in pushing out the bounds of the songs.

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Hackskeptic
    May 28, 2015
    4
    There’s no denying that Krall has a wonderfully velvety croon, but this collection of pop covers plods at a snails pace and only negativelyThere’s no denying that Krall has a wonderfully velvety croon, but this collection of pop covers plods at a snails pace and only negatively detracts from the original recordings.

    Producer David Foster has to take some responsibility, denying the singer more vigorous arrangements, and vitally, a decent rhythm section to ramp up the pace. It’s an album that probably sounds more interesting played at 45 rpm.    … Full Review »
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