Melody Gardot - The Essential: The Very Best of Melody Gardot - Japan 2 UHQCD

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Melody Gardot

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Melody's path of weaving love. Melodie Gardeau, the "Miracle Singer," selected her own songs for this first best-of album. Includes two previously unreleased songs, including a rare performance with Charlie Haden. Melodie Gardeau is one of the three greatest American female singers of the 21st century, along with Norah Jones and Madeleine Peru. She has made an astonishing comeback from a life-or-death accident, and since her debut in 2008, she has charted at No. 1 in many countries. Her one-night-only concert in Japan in May 2024 was sold out quickly, and her popularity in Japan was also impressive. This long-awaited best-of album, the first of its kind for Melody, contains two CDs of songs carefully selected by Melody herself from her career spanning more than 15 years. The lineup of songs on this album, which includes such representative songs as "Between Night and Morning," "Baby I'm a Fool," and "Morning Sun," as well as rare tracks such as Edith Piaf's "Rose-Colored Life," which is being released on CD for the first time in Japan, is a must-listen and must-have for Melody fans and others alike. The highlight of the album is two previously unreleased tracks.Among them, "First Song," a Charlie Haden classic, is a rare recording of a session between Haden, the composer, and Melody at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Melody's delicate vocals and Hayden's sung bass line combine to make this a must-hear track. The liner notes are by Ashley Kahn, a Grammy Award-winning author/journalist famous for her books such as "The Truth About John Coltrane's 'Supreme Love. The domestic edition will be in UHQCD format and will include a liner notes translation, lyrics and bilingual translation.