Track Listing

1. Dragonflies
2. Silent Bells
3. New York City
4. Dandelion
5. Love Is The Way
6. Sweet Mountain Of Love
7. Never Going Back Again (Queen Of Scots)
8. Over It Now
9. Fallen Twice
10. It's Magic
11. Roses
12. My Shining Star
13. I Won't Stand In Your Way

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1271 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .16 pounds

Customer Reviews

Let Eddi Show You The Way
Once in a while, an album comes along which is a real joy to listen to from beginning to end, and Eddi Reader's latest album, "Love Is The Way", is one of those special recordings. A laid back, beautifully recorded and performed acoustic-based collection, all brought together by Eddi's gorgeous voice, "Love Is The Way" is the perfect soundtrack to any lazy day, an album to listen to when you need a bit of stress relief or perhaps even spending a little romantic time with a loved one. With a handful of songs from the always excellent long-time collaborator Boo Hewerdine (who also played guitar on all but one of the tracks) and John Douglas (who mainly plays ukelele on this album) plus a few co-writes from Eddi herself, this quality collection of songs will please any folk/rock loving ear immensely.

Quite honestly, as this is such as consistently enjoyable release, it is difficult to pick favourites. The Boo Hewerdine-written "Dragonflies" is a delightful album opener, a gentle folk-waltz which sets the scene for the rest of the material wonderfully. "New York City", written by John Douglas, is an exceptionally beautiful song and Eddi's vocals are just heavenly. The gently jaunty gem "Over It Now" (a Hewerdine/Reader collaboration) is another highlight of this album, as is the Jack Maher-penned "Fallen Twice", which is a slightly country-tinted waltz, featuring some dreamy accordion, violin and ukelele - it's so lovely, it'll probably have you reaching to play it again right after it's finished. I could go on and list the other tracks, enthusing about each and every one of them - and I really could - but I won't.

This is a rare, timeless and beautiful album and one which I'm sure will feature heavily on my play list for many months to come. Eddi, who also self-produced this release, has judged the material perfectly and never allows her voice to overly dominate the music, instead opting for the understated and intimate approach. Something tells me that when summer finally comes around, then listening to this album outdoors with the sunshine on my face and a gentle breeze on my skin will be one of life's simple pleasures. An album to be treasured and one of the best of Reader's career.

Best yet?!
Personally I have loved all of Eddi Reader's work, right from the early days. Her best songs by miles are the one where she works with Boo Hewerdine (with him either as songwriter or musician). This album therefore is up with her (many) classics and I just can't wait to see her in concert again. I have listened to this album over and over again today (probably half a dozen times at least) and I am soooo impressed with every single song. If I had to choose my favourites it would be Roses and New York City, but there are no weak songs or fillers. There are many styles/genres from folk/acoustic to jazzy and I cannot rate this highly enough. Anyone familiar with her work should buy this CD straight away - you will not be disappointed!

Leaves you feeling warm like you've just watched Amelie
Quality and quantity, a relaxing accomplished album with for me a summertime feel of chilling outside a cafe in France (probably the accordion music that did that to me). Uplifting, well written songs beautifully performed by the artist and musicians. I do have favourites, but they change from time to time, and the album starts and ends strongly which is important. The middle bit is pretty good too.
Worth taking a chance on.