Track Listing

1. Dream
2. Woodstock
3. Gary Song
4. New Religion
5. Do I
6. Fake Is The New Real
7. Desert Song
8. Know That I...
9. Secrets
10. Love Endeavor

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33246 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-30
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Alice Smith is an uncategorizable and rare artist whose commanding 4-octave voice lets her skip across genres effortlessly and transport you along with it.

Customer Reviews

For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
Once again in my search for music, Amazon's recommendations led me to a unique new artist. I listened to the track samples, liked what I heard & bought the cd. I like to pick up music by artists who take chances with their music and refuse to be categorized or stuck into a particular genre of music just because of their skin color!

The music on this disc is hard to classify because as one poster mentioned, a couple of the songs do have a "broadway" feel, with the type of instrumentation that builds to great crescendos but might not necessarily get played on the radio - which is a shame, but others have enough of the neo-soul groove to become hit songs (if they're heard that is).

The disc clocked in at a little under an hour, with 10 strong songs that each have an individual enough sound so that listeners won't get bored - although the songs are mostly mid-tempo, the lyrics and sounds of each make them individually unique (at least to me).

The songs that stand out to me are: SECRETS - a really pretty ballad; KNOW THAT I - dreamt lyrics & music production; DREAM - this is one of the songs with a "broadway build up"; DO I - interesting ballad; LOVE ENDEAVOR - a mid-tempo groove which mixes in an interesting spanish guitar sound; GARY SONG - love the funky beats of this song; FAKE IS THE NEW REAL - I liked the lyrics only initially but the unstructured production is growing on me & DESERT SONG - another interesting song that showcases her unique voice.

I would highly recommend this disc if you are a listener with eclectic tastes who enjoys good music that doesn't fit into narrow categories. Hopefully good word-of-mouth can help draw attention to this disc so that more people can get a chance to hear Alice's music.

Excellent Debut
I bought this because I heard the song "New Religion" on XM Radio and loved it enough to call my local independant record store from my car. It's a genre bending song that's equal parts Shannon McNally, Fiona Apple, and Irma Thomas. Fortunately the rest of disc is all good. Really good. She has a really interesting voice that can be strong and clear or low and smokey. Like a cross between Chaka Khan and Nikka Costa. "Fake is the New Real" is my favorite, a timely commentary that's effortlessly spare and funky in the way that Joss Stone tries to be but works way too hard at. Her band plays like a jazz combo and easily mixes R & B, blues, pop, cabaret, jazz, and soul. Desert Song is stellar blues that's similar to the second disc of Christina Aguilera's new disc (don't dis me 'til you've heard it) Other stand outs are Gary's Song, Do I, Dreams, and Love Endeavor.

Wow! What A Voice!
For a debut album, Alice Smith's "For Lovers, Dreamers & Me" is a knockout! The songs are well written, and well produced (not over engineered and not too skimpy sounding.) They are performed with a smoothness, a sense of ease and degree of professionalism that belies such a young talent.

Alice Smith has an incredible voice. Smooth as silk at times, powerful when the song needs it and with a range that is absolutely amazing.

This is a stong CD from a terrific singer with great potential. Highly recommended!