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Melanie Di Biasio's voice is infused with a dark, caramel warmth that is at its best when given time to ooze out slow and quiet. Occasionally clumsy lyric-writing and diction (De Biasio sings mostly her own English-language songs) is rendered irrelevant through timbre and lingering phrasing. Although a sprinkling of more melodic and sprightlier songs enliven the album, it's when the tempo crawls and forms are distended that the singer can generate her most powerfully absorbing atmospheres, as she does on the title track. Her high-pedigree lineage (Billie Holiday/Nina Simone/Erykah Badu) places the singer at the centre of the songs,
| 1 | Down | ♡ | 3:21 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Mohy / Pascal Paulus |
| 2 | A Stomach Is Burning | ♡ | 5:04 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Paulus |
| 3 | Never Gonna Make It | ♡ | 3:49 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Mohy / Pascal Paulus |
| 4 | My Man’s Gone Now | ♡ | 7:22 | Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward / George Gershwin |
| 5 | Blue | ♡ | 5:17 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Mohy |
| 6 | Let Me Love You | ♡ | 5:35 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Paulus |
| 7 | The Latest Light of Love | ♡ | 3:05 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Mohy |
| 8 | Convictions | ♡ | 6:56 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Paulus |
| 9 | One Time | ♡ | 4:29 | Melanie De Biasio / Pascal Mohy / Pascal Paulus |
| 10 | Les Hommes Endormis | ♡ | 4:29 | Louis Aldebert / Monique Aldebert |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_M\Melanie De Biasio\Melanie De Biasio - A Stomach Is Burning (2007) - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0001620896
Credits
Acoustic Bass — Axel Gilain Drums — Teun Verbruggen Guest — Steve Houben Saxophone — Steve Houben Flute — Steve Houben Mixed By — Daniel Léon Organ — Pascal Paulus, Pascal Paulus Clavinet — Pascal Paulus Piano — Pascal Mohy
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