Producer Pete Smith Release date 2004 | Label Universal Music LLC | |
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Gwyneth herbert bittersweet and blue
Bittersweet and Blue, the second album by British singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert, was released in 2004 on the Universal Classics and Jazz label. It comprised mainly jazz standards. Herbert's version of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart", taken from the album, was featured on the soundtrack of romantic comedy Leap Year, directed by Anand Tucker and starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. The album received a four-starred review in The Guardian.
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Reception
Linda Serck, reviewing Bittersweet and Blue for MusicOMH, described it as "a stunning album" from a "great jazz talent" who "embodies all the smoky jazz boozers she’s ever sung in and tacitly commands you to prick up your ears and listen".
John Fordham, in a four-starred review for The Guardian, praised Herbert's "precociously powerful chemistry of taste and meticulous care for every sound – from a whisper to an exhortation."
Personnel
Production
The album was produced and engineered by Pete Smith and was recorded and mixed at Townhouse Studios in west London between June and July 2004.
Design
The album sleeve, incorporating photographs by Uri Weber, was designed by Rummey Design.
Dedication
The album is dedicated to the memory of Tristan Hewins.
Songs
1Fever4:05
2(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night3:36
3The Very Thought of You4:14