Kelly Willis, the richly talented Pop artist has released her latest CD titled Translated From Love and Wow! It’s really a good one. Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.
One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the way all of the participating artists seem to be really enjoying themselves. Combine that with the overall presentation and you’ve got one of Kelly Willis’s most impressive releases ever.
Overall Translated From Love is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definitely a worthy addition to any Pop collection. Truly an outstanding Pop CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.
While this entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 2 - Sweet Little One, track 6 - Too Much Too Lose, and track 7 - The More That I'm Around You.
My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Nobody Wants To Go The Moon Anymore. What a nice track!
Translated From Love Release Notes:
Kelly Willis originally released Translated From Love on June 26, 2007 on the Rykodisc (USA) label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Nobody Wants To Go The Moon Anymore 2. Sweet Little One 3. Don't Know Why 4. Teddy Boys 5. Losing You 6. Too Much Too Lose 7. More That I'm Around You, The 8. Sweet Sundown 9. Success 10. Stone's Throw Away 11. I Must Be Lucky 12. Translated From Love
Personnel: Kelly Willis (vocals); The Gourds, Bruce Robinson (vocals); Greg Leisz (acoustic 12-string guitar); Chuck Prophet (baritone guitar); Michael Hardwick (dobro); Tracy Seeger, Leigh Mahoney (violin); Stephanie Ames Asbell (viola); Sara Nelson (cello); Tosca String Quartet (strings); Michael Ramos (accordion); John Ludwick (bass guitar); Marc Pisapia (drums); Jules Shear, Bruce Robison (background vocals); Jimmy Smith , Kevin Russell, Max Johnston, Claude Bernard, Keith Langford.
Organic Chemistry