Holly

The other 2018 review (so far) is correct that all the earlier reviews currently on this page are for an earlier album called"Holly Cole," not for this album called "Holly." I ordered it from the page where the picture is Holly in a black sleeveless shirt and colorful pants, and I got the right album, (c) 2017.My most recent two studio albums from Holly, "Holly Cole" and "Shade," were a little dark in my view. Maybe a little slow, and little soft in the voice, over instrumented. I'm not a music critic, but they weren't as much fun (for me) to listen to as the 1990s albums. We definitely listened to them many times, but they became weekend evening background music. This album is more fun. More uptempo, Holly's wonderful voice and especially her timing that I have always loved, lightly added to with impeccable piano (often Aaron Davis), and a light seasoning of other instruments, much like the original trio and the first few albums after she stopped calling it the trio. My wife and I were noting that it felt more like the 90s trio, and then we heard Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime, the Dean Martin signature song, and I commented that this really felt like the Holly Cole Trio that made us love her music. I looked at the CD cover, and the listed instrumentalists were Aaron Davis on piano and David Piltch on bass. We got one song from the original trio, but a whole album that recaptured that feel. I'm glad I'm still buying whatever she releases, because this is going to be played a lot.

A CD that you will want to have if you are a Cole fan. Track two, "Your mind is on vacation" alone is worth it.

Incredible..CD..got the LP from Holly too.

amazing album

Except for mine, all these review are for the wrong record which was released in 2007. The disc with the black cover amazon is erroneously showing is incorrect. LP and CD versions are available from Amazon Canada, and that is where I bought mine. Amazon US refuses to fix this even though i have brought it to their attention. Be careful if you try to order the LP from Amazon US, you may get the wrong disc. Amazon, WAKE UP.Oh, the music is, as expected, excellent...Holly never fails to impress. Diana Krall takes a distant second to Holly as Canada's greatest jazz vocalist!

I have been a fan of Holly Cole since her debut on the jazz scene. I confess I only had two of her albums before purchasing this one, but that was mostly due to a lapse in buying nearly any albums from any artist because of a variety of life circumstances.I bought the DSD download of this album from a well-known vendor of DSD recordings. On first listen I was absolutely floored by both the performance and the quality of the recording. I have *never* heard Holly’s voice so beautifully rendered. Perhaps some of my enjoyment comes from the maturing and evolution of her voice and interpretations, but the DSD version of this album certainly conveys the beauty nearly perfectly. My equipment is an iMac for file storage, with Teac’s player into a Teac UD-301 DAC. The Teac directly feeds a DECware SE84UFO amplifier, driving Ångstrom 202 bookshelf speakers. The speakers are the weakest link and will be replaced relatively soon, but still this recording shines.Is this the best Holly Cole album ever? I don’t know. As I said, I had a lapse in following Holly and buying her albums, but I’d be really surprised if it isn’t. I do own her first two albums, and without slighting the earlier work at all, I am positive I like this one better.Props to 2XHD for their recording and production of this - I’d love to hear a vinyl pressing if it exists.