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#68s
Nov. '04 Supplement
From The Dark
by Jennifer Parsignault comes to us
3 years
after her last CD, “Oh,
My.” That CD, Featured here in Aug. of
’01 was a study in the religious aspects of love and
relationships and the
mortal/moral confines and conflicts found within. While not totally
abandoning this line
of thought/reasoning, Jennifer has
settled in
and refined her outlook and commentary to that centered on and around
love. For what one
single emotion has ever spawned more musical artisticness than that of
amore?
Sticking with the Pure Adult Contemporary
style, Jennifer
delivers a 9 song CD that gathers around her stunningly beautiful
vocals of amazing range
(a cross between Kate Bush and Tori Amos) and her masterful piano and
keyboard
arrangements (drawing to mind Elton John and Keith Emerson), and is
accented by her
virtuoso violin talent. She accompanies herself on all the backing and
harmony vocals, set
within marvelously meticulous arrangements and full studio productions
that show a true
artistic touch to the craft of mastering. Balanced between full backing
band accompaniment
of songs (that would be right at home in the concert hall or on the
dance floor) and
sparse piano ballad, nightclub, torch songs, From
The Dark pulls its range from the cannons of such
illuminaries as Streisand, Minelli,
and Midler, while becoming everything Linda Ronstadt always wanted to
be.
“Orbit
Again” opens the CD and lays the ground
work with a contemporary love song
that questions the uncertainty of a new love relationship while awash
in the splendor of
it, as evidenced through solid studio polish and the ability of the
keyboards and vocals
to emit the emotional outpouring of the narrator, while the Sax stamps
it all with
eloquence.
Normally, Adult Contemporary is not this
reviewer’s style, but when a prodigy like Jennifer
wins us
over, it becomes much more
than a guilty pleasure; it becomes an artistic statement that can not
easily be
overlooked. Take the Jewel box tinkering that starts “On The Outside.”
It perfectly portrays the innocence of a young girl being swept off her
feet by someone
who is not worthy of her love. It is the swooning orchestration and
hallowed backing
vocals that converge to exemplify the helpless/hopeless-ness of the
internal struggle
she’s dealing with. It is a classic example of Adult
Contemporary and the beauty of
the composition shines through to our soul.
Rich in metaphors, deep in feelings, From The
Dark touches all the right notes found throughout the wide
range of the relationships
of love: from the good to the bad, from the crushing, regretted, and
disdained to the
glorious, cherished and pontifical. It is the title track that brings
it all home. As Jennifer’s
piano is carried along by the
organ we hear the tale of love to the rescue, a gospel rendition of
praise to the glory of
love and how it can carry us past all the heartbreak and loss that can
occur due to love
itself. “I’ll soar from my
heart to peace
of mind,” is more than sung; it is vocal
enchantment to the ultimate degree, it
makes us explode with the glory of the moment, it makes us want to
shout Halleluiah! Full
choir vocals reside within the arrangement adding an amazing grace
reserved for Sunday
mornings, yet reach a pinnacle that moves us to the final soaring vocal
refrain of “Make me believe, make me
believe, make me believe, make
me believe.” And we are pulled from the dark.
We believe rock never felt as beautiful as
it does when love is pulled From The Dark.
From
The Dark by Jennifer
Parsignault
is available for: $9.98 + s/h*
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