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Lesley Gore's "Someplace Else Now" is the missing link for me. I had not heard this album when it was released in 1972. Quite frankly, I wasn't into Lesley Gore at that time. With hindsight as the perfect eyepiece, I can see how this set would have raised hopes that Gore could transition into the singer-songwriter era. Gore's 2005 CD "Ever Since" knocked me out completely! It seemed to come out of nowhere. Her voice had deepened to where at times she made me flash on Nina Simone. I saw her on the tour to promote that CD and realized how great her classic canon was. [Note: I remember her saying in the concert that she didn't call them "oldies"!] This CD is kind of missing link between that great CD and her Mercury-era hits.
This music is different. So it does not have the girl group harmonies and hand clap percussion. What we have is a mature singer at the top of her craft. "The Road I Walk" is a beautiful song that Gore wrote with a strong melody and Gore's vocals full and impassioned, "What price must we pay for love; What price must we pay for glory; Tell me God, it there's one above, must I live the same sad story?" "Mine" is another strong song. I don't know a lot about Gore's biography, but I did read that she was a lesbian, which makes me wonder if that realization might have impacted this strong song, "I can feel the tears run down my face and hear my voice so low; You wonder is it really mine; You question all the me's I've let you meet; and soon you'll know that's the one I never show." "No Sad Songs" also plays well for me with its lyric trying to be cheerful juxtaposed to a moody melody, "I've said it before, but I was never so sure before." "Someplace Else Now" is essential listening for those who revere Lesley Gore's craft. She is a Master Musician. She will be missed. Enjoy!
Spitzenrezensionen aus anderen Ländern
Lee Armstrong
The Missing Link
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 6. September 2015
David J. Hogan
Big talent, big voice, new direction
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 15. August 2015
Harry Steedman
Lesley Gore after the sixties era
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 20. Oktober 2021E. A. McDUFFIE
This is absolutely the best set of songs I've ever heard from Lesley
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 15. September 2015try 2
) and I forgot how good it was
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 18. August 2015