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Reviews for "Little Black Dress &
Other Stories":
"affecting, pop-smart tunes"
- Chris Morris, Billboard
"An ultra-cool, ultra-hip album that is one of the best new releases I've
heard in a long time. Check it out."
-- Ed Kociela, Utah Daily News
"The music is all in Celsi's writing, which is direct, killing...needing
no ornamentation..."--
Greil Marcus, Real Life Rock Top Ten
"There isn't a weak track in the
set, which is no small achievement."
"Hit material folk pop" -Tom
“Tearaway” Schulte – Outsight Communications
“A musical journey in the best sense, "Little Black Dress"
unfolds like a tightly written script.
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– Mark Spangler, The Oregonian "...a marvelously cool, hip, subtle singer and songwriter...equally convincing with a Dusty Springfield/Jackie DeShannon style ballad as a Peggy Lee-ish torch song...." -- John Conquest, 3rd Coast Music
"Overall, a nice collection from the indie side of the street with enough twists
to keep listeners interested." -- Gillian G.
Gaar, Goldmine
"One
of the most literate, appealing albums of 2003...Celsi has produced
"In the classic
singer-songwriter mode, Anny’s sunny/dark folky-rock took me to a “Raymond
Chandler-esqe” Los Angeles of hard lessons learned and the high cost of love.
Dig it! It’s black and white 50’s film-noir in color!"
Jonny
DuFresne, Two Louies
"Anny Celsi possesses such a
radiantly reassuring voice that it almost doesn’t matter what she’s
singing about..."
-- Falling James, LA
Weekly
"...a beatnik-cool performer who veers from poppy, bouncy beats to jazzy piano
bar riffs and sexy come-ons... she’s sensitive but no wimp and a fellow traveler
to Aimee Mann and Sheryl Crow. The “pop-noir” soundtrack of her solo debut,
“Little Black Dress,” wears a veneer of L.A. Confidential style."
-- Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press
"Think of Victoria Williams, Aimee Mann, Suzanne
Vega and Sheryl Crow mixed together and you begin to get the picture...Anny is
pretty much their equal as a songwriter."
“When she starts to sing she's got something to say, and
she says it in this way designed to separate the boys from the men, if you know
what I mean and I think you do.”
"With a hard-boiled
writer’s sense of economy, Anny Celsi pulls you into the disturbing scenarios of
thwarted romance, peopled by the usual suspects with fickle hearts and fatal
flaws..." “We played "Empty Hangers," and I tell ya, if the rest of her record's as good as that one track, then we've got another Brand New Fave here...” (Dana & Carl, THIS IS ROCK N' ROLL RADIO, WXXE, Syracuse, NY)
"I don't understand much
of what is going on in these 13 songs, but I think I like it...Her voice is
staggeringly lovely, the songs are all very well put together and feature
attractive mixes and colors that you can't get out of your head and whether I
understood anything going on here or not, I certainly end up heartily
recommending this odd but lovely little disc."
"When her genre skimming peaks, it’s sharp and
rewarding. “Summer Fling,” equal parts Motown and Bachrach, is
breezy, bouncy and flitting with Audrey Hepburn abandon. “Wicked Little
Heart” is swift and sexy, a track that could easily appear on a Julee
Cruise record...As the album
sketches out gone wrong women and situations, her lyrical knack for
snagging human nature is astounding..."
"Anny Celsi has a knack
for selecting telling symbols that illuminate the interior lives of
characters inhabiting her songs...her original material matches smart,
insightful lyrics with a hugely singable melody...[using] seemingly mundane
objects to dissect relationship politics with
sometimes acidic precision."
"Doesn't the title alone stir you up?
Well, she delivers, combining crackerjack lyrics and songwriting with
attitude and an alt-country feel that 's hard to shake."
"...a fine debut album of folk pop and songs about cheap booze, hopeful
losers, femme fatales and female empowerment with a soft but slightly burred
voice somewhere between Aimee Mann, Chrissie Hynde and Sheryl Crow"
-- Mike Davies, NetRhythms.com
"Her songs with
wild and sensitive make us feel the LA breeze...it will make you feel like
turning over the toy-box. Full of variety, though unified....just like
a kaleidoscope."
-- Shuichi Iwami
"Ihr Debütalbum unter eigenem Namen ist ein gelungenes Werk mit Konzept,
Charakter, Stil und Klasse – eine perfekte Einheit vom pulp-style Cover
über die 60er Jahre Artwork bis zu den mehrdeutigen Texten und der letzten
(Twang-) Note...
"De
vanuit Los Angeles opererende zingende liedjesschrijfster Anny Celsi is met
“Little Black Dress & Other Stories” niet echt aan haar proefstuk toe, maar het
heeft er pas nu eindelijk alle aanschijn van dat een doorbraak nakende is."
-- ctrl.alt.country (Belgium)
"Met dat laatste zal het wel goed komen trouwens want
Anny Celsi heeft talent, dat mag duidelijk zijn."
-- Real Roots Cafe (The Netherlands)
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