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Lena Horne - Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958)
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Lena Horne - Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958)

Facts

Artist(s)Lena Horne
StudioRCA
Release DateFebruary 8, 1990
UPC Code078635998528
 

Tracks

  1. You're My Thrill
  2. Good-For-Nothin' Joe
  3. Love Me A Little Little
  4. Don't Take Your Love From Me
  5. Stormy Weather
  6. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  7. Ill Wind
  8. The Man I Love
  9. Where Or When
  10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  11. Moanin' Low
  12. I Didn't Know About You
  13. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
  14. As Long As I Live
  15. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
  16. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  17. It's Love
  18. Let Me Love You
  19. It's All Right With Me
  20. People Will Say We're In Love
  21. Just In Time
  22. Get Out Of Town

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (7 reviews)

rating: 4 QuoteGreat Material, Mediocre DigitalQuote
The music here is nonpareil. What lacks is the quality of the transcription to digital. Material like this deserves the best, and sometimes the quality of the sound is indistinct and "muddy."

That said, Lena's unique. "Stormy Weather," the title track, is done by her like no one else. March 23, 2008

rating: 4 QuoteBest overall - but not perfectQuote
This CD has the best selection overall, and it has the most tracks (22). But, it has a few downsides:

1. It omits Lena's only significant chart hit, 'Love Me Or Leave Me' (#19, 1955)
2. The mastering is good, but not as good as later discs (e.g. 'The Classic Lena Horne')
3. The material is strictly RCA - which excludes most of her movie classics.

But, if you're gonna buy only one, this would be my recommendation. Try to get the original RCA edition - not the chintzy Jazz Heritage reissue. January 28, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteSmooth as SilkQuote
Miss Lena was like no other vocalist. Her distinctive voice would haunt a whole generation, and she kept her looks, too.

This album captures her at the height of her powers: an era when recording technology was improving while voices were getting older. These songs represent Lena's amazing range and power.

She'll have you in the palm of her hand... October 19, 2005

rating: 5 QuoteWhat a voice!!Quote
Lena Horne's voice in this era is so smooth and delicious! There are 22 songs on this CD, so there's plenty to choose from. My one objection is that in this era, it was a common theme that women were expected to be attracted to bad and worthless men, and it was OK to sing lovesongs to them. I'm glad we've progressed to "I Will Survive." But keeping the songs in the context of their time period and listening to Lena's fabulous voice makes it worth the purchase. March 18, 2003

rating: 5 QuoteA One of a Kind VoiceQuote
This CD is a great introduction to Lena Horne. Lena Horne unleashes her one of a kind voice on this CD. You'll want to listen to it 24/7. June 10, 2002

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