Sneak Peak Album Review of Lady in Satin CD by Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday is probably one of the most popular and well known artists in the world today in my opinion. She is an artist that is mentioned alongside such artists as Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sanatra, Sammy Davis and even The Beetles. The common thread in all of these performers is that they have all caused a revolution in music with their own unique brand of talent. I would say that Billie Holiday is someone who reminds me a lot of Ray Charles because of her unique ability to perform a song on the spot and blow the crowd away without any warming up or even a melody. I have been a Billie Holiday fan ever since the first time I heard Summertime and this song has been covered many times but never duplicated. Billie is a unique talent and "Summertime" is a song that everybody knows and probably one of the biggest songs of all time in my opinion. For this reason, I decided to pre order her new CD titled Lady In Satin via Amazon but I thought that I would listen to the CD via Youtube before it arrives in stores so that I would have to wait no longer.

What I got from the experience was a lot of joy, this is more that what I expected from the CD and I am happy that I purchased the album. The CD 17 tracks in total and the best tracks of these are Glad To Be Unhappy and Travelin' All Alone which have been covered by Frank Sanatra to her credit. Also included her is her hit song I'm A Fool To Want You and all of these songs are mastered which is something any fan will appreciate. They sound better than when they were originally recorded because of the mastering done on this CD. You can hear the horns on each song as if you were in the room and her voice is very clear unlike her old releases. Most of the songs are pretty short but this is due to the style of music based on the her genre of music. For All We Know is another song which I enjoy very much, this is a song I had never heard before and I am happy to have it as part of this collection. I would rate this a 5/5 because it is a must have for any fan.