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- Release Date: May 20, 2008
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Burgundy
- UPC: 886972299228
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112031347
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Average Customer Review:
(3 customer reviews)
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Donna Summer (Artist)
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Review
Vibe (p.61) - "Summer's vocals are effortless, energetic, passionate. The disco ball might be unplugged, but Summer still shines."
Title Note
Preeminent pop diva Donna Summer returned with CRAYONS in 2008, 17 years after her last studio album, and some 30 years after her tenure as the reigning queen of disco. Always a flexible, powerhouse vocalist, Summer sounds as good as ever on CRAYONS, offering up her patented combination of smooth sultriness and gospel punch.
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Donna Summer (Artist)
Most Recent Customer Reviews  Too long waiting and she deserves a big applause!!!!, August 2, 2008
By Roberto from Chile
Too long waiting and she deserves a big applause!!!! August 1, 2008
by
Roberto from Chile
I have been a fan of Donna for such a long time that
hear her voice singing new
songs is an absolute pleasure. At the beginning she
was not of my favourites but
later her voice was always there to lift me
up...we all know how important music
is for those who surf through these
sites....I am always looking for
treasures.... Crayons is not a masterpiece,
there two or three very weak songs
but we have to consider she is almost
60...her voice is as powerful as always.
I feel the company did not spend much
money on her album...maybe a track
produced by Timbaland (not of my likes.. but
he knows the hooks) would have
helped very much.
The exposure on American
Idol was huge and perfect but I
do believe "Stamp your feet" was not as strong
as we expected(anyway debuting at Nr. 17 on Billboard chart was perfect), but
other tracks like "crayons", "drivin down Brazil", "fame" and "the queen is
back" are very good. When will we see her
videos on DVD? (not the one with 5)
I mean those of endless summer collection. A voice like hers deserves to be
recognized. 60 years and still doing that is amazing!!!! Try it.... you will not
be disappointed.
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By petman, Boston MA
Donna Summer has always felt conflicted about her being typecast (as a talented
vocalist of mere "dance music"), about her fame, and about some of her fans.
After a seventeen year hiatus, Donna heralds her royal return! In a noble
effort to recapture some of her past glory, Dance-Floor Donna sings (with
obvious references to her earlier Disco Diva days): "So many years ago on the
radio, she crept into ya soul and loved to love ya all...The Queen is Back!"
Well, partly.
One gets the strong impression that DS has resented her being
pigeonholed by fans and the music industry with the "Queen of Disco" moniker,
and has persistently tried to peck out of this disco/dance cage with forays into
other, more "respectable" musical categories. Yet, despite her tenacity, she has
never really attained the popular and financial heights she once knew whenever
straying too far from these familiar genres. She crows, "Fame made a fool out of
everyone...Its all about who they think you are," and "Let me introduce myself.
Im a woman that youve never seen. You might know me from somewhere else as
someone that Ive never been."
Her Majesty seemingly wants to reclaim her
crown while at the same time implying shed like to abdicate her throne! Our
Queen, perhaps, but a reluctant, conflicted Queen.
Despite repeated efforts
to expand her musical repertoire in the past, these have mostly been fair to
failing commercial diversions. (Donnapologists may disagree.) While promising
"the Queen is Back!" on *Crayons*, she nevertheless tries the
everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach again---with mixed results. The album
starts off with great fanfare, full of the energy, freshness and passion we have
missed, as she tries on varied contemporary dance music styles. However, more
than halfway into the album, the excitement peters out, plummeting into generic,
lackluster, indistinguishable filler of dance numbers, pop tunes and ballads,
unworthy of our Grande Dame. While listening to her convincing impersonation of
Tina Turner in Track 9 may be a hoot, her "stretch marks" throughout the CD are
most embarrassingly revealed here.
So, does she feel unfairly bound to
restrict her God-given talent mainly to fan-friendly dance fluff? Rumors also
persist about her love/hate/love relationship with a sizable portion of her fan
base after finding religion: gay men. The story goes she loves the sinners,
hates the sin, loves the sinners money. After 17 years of mounting bills, is
this CD just Donnas most recent attempt of holding her nose at her fans while
going in for another financial dip at the same well? Heaven Knows.
(The
Royal) "We" are glad the Queen is back. Unfortunately, her tiara has lost much
of its former regal glitter.
Donna Works Her Magic, May 21, 2008
By fb9878
After 17 years, Donna Summer has made it well worth the wait! She has put
together a deliberate set of songs that span many different musical genres. This
is why I have loved Donna so much. She really is an actress who sings. She can
apply her voice into any direction she pleases. There are songs here for
everyone. But I think the most important aspect for the album is that no matter
what genre it is, the songs are superior. She had a hand in cowriting all of the
songs. And in all of that, she did not abandon her dance roots. The songs here
are mostly danceable. The most haunting song to me though is Be Myself Again.
Donna is at her most vulnerable and its beautiful. Other favorites are the new
single, Stamp Your Feet, the #1 Dance Hit, Im A Fire, Fame(The Game), Slide Over
Backwards, Queen is Back, Mr Music, bonus track, Its Only Love, and the title
track, Crayons with Ziggy Marley. Wow, Donna, with all this creativity back in
full force, please dont make us wait another 17 years for the next CD! Music is
not the same without you!!
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