Imagine

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
For anyone who suspects the record companies will soon be releasing Eva Cassidy's ansaphone messages, it's extraordinarily pleasing to note that Imagine is more than just a bottom of the barrel scraping exercise. All of these tracks are previously unreleased and most are live recordings, but listeners who already own Live At Blues Alley will know just how refreshing Cassidy's live performances were. Here the quality of the recording varies noticeably from track to track, and there are a few awkward fade-outs, presumably to remove audience noise, but still the sparkling music-making comes across vividly. Check out her take on Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" to feel a shiver of delight at another effortlessly ideal cover version, or her laid-back "You've Changed" from the Blues Alley sessions to experience more of that effortlessly soulful jazz. Elsewhere, the solo acoustic "Early Morning Rain" shows what a good guitar player she was, and if "Imagine" doesn't ever scale the heights of her "Over The Rainbow" it demonstrates she still had something new to say about a familiar standard. Studio recordings "Still Not Ready" and "I Can Only Be Me" are, perversely perhaps, the least successful cuts. Happily the album concludes with another lovely solo standard, "Danny Boy". Imagine isn't the best place to discover Eva Cassidy for the first time, but established fans will welcome this new collection warmly. --Mark Walker

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Customer reviews

review by: chrissi1998 date: 2004-08-16 rating:
Something for everyone
Eva Cassidy's songs such as 'Fever' or 'It doesn't matter anymore' encourage one to an early start in the morning. These certainly wake you up. If you are looking for some tranquillity 'Imagine' would be a song for you. Not only can you contemplate peacefully about life, but also chill out after a long work day.This CD offers something for everyone. And if you like Nora Jones or Katie Melua, then ask yourself where they found their inspiration-definitely Eva Cassidy!

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review by: date: 2003-09-15 rating:
stop the comparitive b.s.!!
moan, moan, everyone keeps saying it does not live up to songbird! well, guess what, if you release a few albums there will always be a peoples choice no matter who you are! i personally think that it's as good and i do prefer some of the songs on imagine to some songbird tracks. personal choice folks!
as i own nine different eva albums i can certainly tell you that imagine is one of the better ones and if you are a fan then you cannot go wrong, if you are not a fan buy it anyway and become one! eva definitley had the ability to reach down your throat and grab your heart every time she exercised those golden vocal chords and this album is no exception. we should also remember that there is little, if any, of evas recordings left to release and we should be grateful for everything that has been captured during the short life of what will surely be noted in history as of one of the greatest voices of all time.

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review by: oliviawaldron date: 2003-08-02 rating:
Imagine
This is one of my favourite cds, especially to relax to in a hot bath with candles. It doesn't quite compare to songbird but it's still fantastic.

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review by: babylushave date: 2003-01-15 rating:
an amazing album, with such raw emmotion
Eva Cassidy is an amazing singer, and her version of "Fever" is absolutely electric and shows her powerful, soulful voice at it's best. Even though there is not a single track on the album which i dislike i still feel that "Songbird" is slightly better with more jazzy upbeat songs. "Imagine" shows yet another side to cassidy's voice and perhaps that is why fans of "Songbird" won't be as pleased but still I am more than happy with "Imagine" & it is still one of my favourite albums. "Tenesse Waltz", track 8 is one of my favourite on the album as it is song with such emmotion, every word it so true and pure. "Imagine" is a great reflection of Eva's "painfully shy" charcter with much softer, melancholy songs. Overall, I would definately encourge blues/country fans to buy "Imagine" and I think "Imagine" reflects the dramatic loss of Eva and her character."Imagine" is the sort of album where you can just loose yourself in the music for the entire duration of the album.


review by: andrewbohana date: 2002-12-28 rating:
an album full of dreary fillers
After Eva's last album, Songbird, I was anticipating an album which would confirm her status as one of the greatest singers who was never given an opportunity to fulfil her potential. It pains me to say that this promise has been let down with what can only be described as a rushed and incredibly vague album. The cover of Lennon's Imagine was excellent and this was supported by an excellent performance on the tracks 'Who know where the times gone', 'You've changed' and 'Still not ready'.

I am afraid to say this, but that is your lot. The remainder of the album consist mainly of fillers based on ludicrous covers such as 'danny boy' and 'fever'. Perhaps the distributors were trying to promote the voice of this defenceless star rather than dig out more of her own material. This album had the potential of being an encore to the previous success. However, in my view, it merely consists of fillers which should have stayed well clear of this great singer.

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