Whiskey Music Cd

Jay Jay Johanson - Whiskey

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Whiskey      Artist : Jay-Jay Johanson      List Price : $13.49 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-02-23      Studio : Bmg/RCA Records Label      Label : Bmg/RCA Records Label      Avg. Customer Rating : (4 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Whiskey      A great trip-hop album      Rating:      Jay-Jay has since this album gone on to less of a trip-hop sound. Depending on your taste, that's either a good or a bad thing. As far as I'm concerned, well, this is his crowning achievement and a definate must-own for lovers of the genre or just good music in general. Jay-Jay has a genuinely affecting voice which strikes the right balance between boozy come-ons and genuine heartbreak. His voice (and this album) actually remind me a lot of Beth Gibbons of Portishead fame. Like Gibbons, Jay-Jay's voice is fragile yet sure, not the loudest but surely unforgettable. Whereas Gibbon's voice holds the disperate elements of Portishead's arrangements together, Jay-Jay's voice is the prime element/instrument here, with the lush/lovely backings complimenting him while in their own right being almost perfect. I give this album 4 stars not because it's not great, but because it ends a little too soon and could of benefited from one or two more tracks. Still, there's something to be said for brevity and being efficient, which this album surely is. If you've read this far, buy this album already!!!     Customer Reviews for Whiskey Cd      The crooner who came from the cold      Rating:      This first album by an unknown Swede got 200% deserved critical acclaim when it was released here (France) a couple years ago, but I passed it by at the time while making a mental note to see what it's like if I got the occasion. Now I feel like someone who would have been offered Nokia shares ten years ago and wd have turned the offer down: cheated, gutted, angry for having lived all along without Jay Jay's soothing voice. It's such a strange and warm and delicate sound that comes from Johanson's emaciated body, with a bit of Scott Walker in it and undeniably clever arrangements: strings and beats and godknowswhat, that locate this album in time (it couldn't possibly have been there before Portishead and the other Bristol sound pioneers) but just fail to make it sound "dated". Jog alskar dig Jay Jay!