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Perfectly Imperfect

Elle Varner

User Review :4.5 points (3 reviews) ★★★★★

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Genre : Dance & Soul Catalogue Number : 88697591322
Number of Discs : 1 Label : Rca
Release Country : USA
Format : CD

Perfectly Imperfect

Elle Varner

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It would be restrictive to compare Elle Varner to Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan, but the parallels are inescapable. As with her predecessors' debuts, Perfectly Imperfect sounds like the assured work of a singer and songwriter -- one who co-composes and co-produces her material -- who is on her third or fourth album. There are vocal similarities, too. Varner's delivery is magnetizing with a slight rasp, though she's neither as jazz-rooted nor as showy as Chrisette, and she never goes in the red like Jazmine. After a couple spins of Perfectly Imperfect -- principally made with young bucks Andrew Pop Wansel and Warren Oak Felder, along with some assistance from Varner's father, Jimmy -- her individuality pokes through. There's the playful anguish expressed in Refill, a booming rattler with some twinkle and jittery fiddle, where Varner likens nerve-wracked flirting to acting tipsy: Feel like a conversational lush, and I don't know how much is too much. Few songs evoke emotional butterflies as brilliantly as I Don't Care, a production that swoons and stutters to augment Varner's love-struck bind: I'm not designed for this/If I could speak in code, I wouldn't be so bold/I can't control my lips, lips, lips. It's something of a paradox that, for all of Varner's creative certitude, an overwhelming majority of her lyrics are self-deprecating. While the romping Sound Proof Room has a lot of presence, the album is thick with apprehension, doubt, and distanced longing. There's so much of it that one fights the urge to tell the woman to take figurative and literal looks in the mirror. This doesn't detract from the material; in fact, Varner's feelings are conveyed in such imaginative and clever ways that the second half's strummy pop and folk detours go down smoothly. This is one of 2012's most pleasing and promising debuts. The wait for the follow-up, whatever the length, will be far too long. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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Carl Cox, Jr.(Flute),  Carl Cox, Jr.(Sax (Tenor)),  Dave Foreman(Guitar),  Dave Wood(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Emma Kummrow(Violin),  Gene Lake(Drums),  Gregory Teperman(Violin),  James Cage(Trumpet),  Jeff Byrd(Percussion),  Jimmy Varner(Bass),  Jimmy Varner(Keyboards),  Jimmy Varner(Piano),  Jonathan Maron(Bass),  Kenneth Crouch(Keyboards),  Nina Cottman(Violin),  Olga Konopelsky(Violin),  Queen Rose(Violin),  Stan Slotter(Trumpet),  Stephen Tirpak(Trombone),  Steve Mostyn(Bass),  Steve Mostyn(Guitar),  Yohimbe(Guitar),  Karen Anna Schubert(French Horn),  Kenneth Crouch(Fender Rhodes),  Kenneth Crouch(Strings),  Leonhard Bartussek(Cello),  Mark Ward(Cello),  Melanie Daniels(Vocals (Background)),  Mikelyn Roderick(Vocals (Background)),  Steve Mostyn(Omnichord),  Al Shuckburgh(Producer),  Andrew Wansel(Producer),  Chess Club(Producer),  Conley Abrams(Engineer),  Darhyl Camper(Producer),  Dexter Wansel(Producer),  Jeff Robinson(Producer),  Jimmy Varner(Producer),  Miki Tsutsumi(Engineer),  Peter Edge(Producer),  Stuart White(Engineer),  Suzette Williams(Producer),  Warren "Oak" Felder(Producer),  Al Shuckburgh(Composer),  Al Shuckburgh(Instrumentation),  Allan Fox(Composer),  Andrew Wansel(Composer),  Andrew Wansel(Instrumentation),  Chris Galland(Mixing Assistant),  Claydes Smith(Composer),  Darhyl Camper(Composer),  Darhyl Camper(Instrumentation),  Dennis Thomas(Composer),  Dexter Wansel(Composer),  Dexter Wansel(Horn Arrangements),  Dexter Wansel(String Arrangements),  Donna Johnson(Composer),  Donnie Meadows(Production Coordination),  Erik Madrid(Mixing Assistant),  George Brown(Composer),  Jermaine Cole(Composer),  Jimmy Varner(Composer),  Manny Marroquin(Mixing),  Marcel Hall(Composer),  Marlon Williams(Composer),  Miki Tsutsumi(Assistant Engineer),  Ramon Rivas(Assistant Engineer),  Robert "Spike" Mickens(Composer),  Robert Bell(Composer),  Robert Thomas(Musician),  Ronald Bell(Composer),  Tanisha Broadwater(Composer),  Tanisha Broadwater(Production Coordination),  Warren "Oak" Felder(Composer),  Warren "Oak" Felder(Instrumentation),  Andrew Wansel(Associate Producer),  Chuck Amos(Hair Stylist),  Erwin Gorostiza(Creative Director),  Frances Hathaway(Make-Up),  Jimmy Varner(Vocal Producer),  Warren "Oak" Felder(Associate Producer),  Wouri Vice(Stylist),  Dexter Wansel(Horn Conductor),  Dexter Wansel(String Conductor),  Suzette Williams(A&R)

Track List

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    01.
    Only Wanna Give It to You feat. J. Cole
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    02.
    Refill
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    03.
    Sound Proof Room
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    04.
    I Don’t Care
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    05.
    Not Tonight
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    06.
    Leaf
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    07.
    Oh What a Night
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    08.
    Stop the Clock
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    09.
    Welcome Home
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    10.
    Damn Good Friends
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    11.
    So Fly

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  • ★★★★★ 

    カオイココ  |  新潟県  |  不明  |  24/January/2013

    哀愁感のあるLeaf,クールなOh What A Nightがお気にいりです。Elleのキュートながらも気だるい感じの声が好きです♪ Refillはキャッチーでとってもキュート★

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    KAZZ  |  神奈川県  |  不明  |  01/January/2013

    新人R&B シンガー、Elle Varnerのデビュー作。By All MeansのJimmy Varner(当作でもVocal Productionと2曲Produceを担当)とMikelyn Roderickを両親に持ち、大学で音楽を学ぶ、という良血さ。Chrisette MicheleとMacy Grayをあわせたような声と唄い方で、さらに表情豊かで情念こめて唄いあげるVocalはかなり特徴的である。Oak & Popによるバンド主体でスロー中心のTrackは、生ギターやViolinを効果的に用いていて、結構心地よい。Upな曲もあり、いろいろ楽しめて、予想以上に良かったです。

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    kt  |  福岡県  |  不明  |  22/August/2012

    M1をラジヲで聴いて声が気に入ったので買いました。正直M1以外はあまり期待してなかったのですが、良い曲沢山入ってますね。バラードも多いので秋に活躍しそうです。

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