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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atlantic / Wea
Salesrank: 33156
Released: February 18, 2003 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Broadway, My Way Track Listing:
1. I Am What I Am (from "La Cage aux Folles")
2. Anthem (from "Chess")
3. On The Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
4. What Kind of Fool (from "Stop The World I Want to Get Off")
5. Some People (from "Gypsy")
6. I'll Be Seeing You (from "Right This Way")
7. Gold (from "Camille Claudel")
8. Don't Rain On My Parade (from "Funny Girl")
9. The Impossible Dream (from "Man of La Mancha")
10. A New Life (from "Jekyll & Hyde")
11. Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music")
12. Unusual Way (from "Nine")
13. Man of La Mancha (from "Man of La Mancha")
Editorial Review:
On the eagerly awaited Broadway My Way, Atlantic recording artist and acclaimed Broadway sensation Linda Eder performs classics including 'On the Street Where You Live' (from My Fair Lady), 'Edelweiss' (from The Sound of Music), 'Don't Rain On My Parade' (from Funny Girl) and 10 other great broadway songs performed in a whole new voice. 2003.
Description of Broadway, My Way:
The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2002's Gold will be relieved that her follow-up, Broadway My Way, is a return to the Great White Way. As if to prove that she isn't limited to either the songs of Frank Wildhorn or ballads, Eder tackles some well-known show tunes. The ballads tend to be overwrought, so it's best to look for the uptempo numbers. The singer's take on "Some People" is technically fine but so va-va-voom showbiz that it lacks the deranged edge that makes the song so compellingly dramatic. Things work a lot better on "I Am What I Am": while Eder doesn't take it to the top (or rather over the top), this is as close as she gets to Mermanizing a number. Elsewhere, "Don't Rain on My Parade" (immortalized by Streisand) and "Man of La Mancha" are appropriately brassy and triumphant, with Eder roaring her way through both songs. Fans of both Eder and Wildhorn should note that the singer reprises her Svengali's "Gold," the title track from her previous album, and an excerpt from his long-in-the-works Camille Claudel. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Broadway, My Way Reviews:
The Linda I Love! 
2009-04-21 - This album presents the best of Linda's Broadawy voice. When artists have big, beautiful voices, I love it when they actually USE them, and in this album, Linda does. She hits some of those extraordinarily high notes in songs like "Unusual Way" and "Man of la Mancha". She uses her big Broadway-style voice for most of the songs. I listened to this album with headphones, and boy oh boy, did it get loud at points. This artist can BELT IT OUT. Some of the songs (especially the better-known) are changed around a bit to fit Linda's style. "On the Street Where You Live" is slower with a jazzy/blues sort of feel. "Edelweiss" has a slow tempo, and Linda uses her breathy voice for part of it (but also hits some of those high notes).
I didn't recognize a lot of these songs, and I listen to a lot of Broadway. "On the Street Where You Live", "Some People", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "The Impossible Dream", and "Edelweiss" are some of the more well known songs. But even though I had never heard a lot of the songs, I enjoyed them immensely. Linda's absolutely beautiful, perfect, clear voice makes all of them worthwhile listening.
Overall, if you like Broadway, you will probably enjoy this album, which takes some well known Broadway songs and "re-does" them a bit, but still creates an enjoyable listen.
Linda Eder - Great Voice
2007-07-05 - This lady has one great voice. She can certainly sell a song. My only reservation about her is that she's a bit cocky. I think she could use some humility.
Not a voice.......an instrument
2007-02-17 - Unbelievable breath control, phrasing, and style. My 10 yr. old Granddaughter who heretofore has listened and loved the usual rap
and hip-hop, heard me playing this disc and begged me to buy her
one........and I did, and she plays it all the time, and to her
friends. Linda Eder exceeds the Streisand mystique by far.
the best female singer of the great american standards.
2006-07-24 - i am turning 60 years old this year. i went to my 1st.broadway
musical in 1960. over the years i have had the honor to see
almost all of the giants of american song, garland, streisand,
patti lupone, lena horne, betty buckley, barbaracook etc. in
"broadway, my way" linda eder cements her place as the best of the best. from an anthem like "i am what i am" to the lovely
"on the street where you live" captures you body and soul.
i loved this album, and don't ever miss a chance to see her live. JOHN POWER
The powerful and beautiful voice of Linda Elder
2006-02-23 - A great selection of songs. Tremendous amount of energy in Linda's voice. I just love it.
