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Title: Believe the Hype
Review: Diana Krall is an excellent piano player and quite a distinctive vocalist. The thing I love about her is that she continues to work at it. Her interpretations of this music are intelligent, studied, and fresh, but they are also passionate. And as her interpretation of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" shows (without question) Diana can also be very sincere. I hope that she continues to move in this direction; her voice is just fine without all of the vocal tricks and various breath gimmicks. It also re-establishes some of her street credibility as a serious musician after some serious marketing faux pas's. I certainly don't mind gawking at Diana's gorgeous physique (her Honolulu concert that year was also quite good), but that's not why I buy her records.This is an excellent presentation of how affecting Diana can be, and is, I think, overall her best album yet.
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