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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: Zoe Records
Salesrank: 64791
Released: October 5, 2004 |
| Our Price: $10.91 |
| Used Price: $0.90 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Everything I've Got in My Pocket Track Listing:
1. Everything I've Got in My Pocket
2. Invisible Girl
3. Fast as You Can
4. Wire
5. Home
6. Deeper Water
7. So Well
8. Hungry Heart
9. Down
10. Yellow Heart
11. Ruby Adeline
Editorial Review:
The delete bins of history are littered with the recording attempts of actors who fancy themselves as singers. In the case of Minnie Driver, music actually came first. She began singing in London's jazz clubs as a teenager, eventually joining a band that landed a deal with Island Records. She was in the midst of negotiating a solo deal with EMI when the hit film Circle of Friends came along and changed her life. But she always longed to return to music, and with the release of Everything I've Got in My Pocket, Driver has made the album she's been dreaming of making since her teenage years. Backed by a group that includes members of the Wallflowers and Pete Yorn's band, the album deftly blends Driver's sultry, bittersweet vocals with sparse, atmospheric pop and a hint of contemporary folk. With ten original songs and an unforgettable cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart," Driver's debut marks the arrival of an accomplished singer-songwriter.
Description of Everything I've Got in My Pocket:
British actress Minnie Driver's debut album is a more than credible affair--and a far cry from the usual travesty that unfolds with thespians who pine to be rock stars--outdistancing efforts by brethren like Don Johnson, Russell Crowe, and more recently Juliette Lewis. But then Driver was well on her way to becoming a recording artist as a member of the Puffs, Rock and Brown, but was sidetracked when she scored the starring role in 1995's Circle of Friends. If this CD is any indication, she should have rethought her priorities. Driver's voice is a wistful and stylish hybrid of a rather morose and breathy Kathleen Edwards and a more austere Sheryl Crow, raiding her own rather colorful autobiography for material, giving fans a chance to pick apart her rather melancholy lyrics to decipher which one of her famous beaus--like Matt Damon, Harrison Ford, Josh Brolin, or John Cusack--inspired them. Driver convinced members of the Wallflowers and Pete Yorn (whose brother is her agent) to play join her in the studio, giving her music a deft authentic gloss that might not have surfaced had she just used nameless studio pros. As a result Driver's music is languid and sensual dream pop, verging on alt country, but never making it over that rickety wooden fence. --Jaan Uhelszki
Everything I've Got in My Pocket Reviews:
great cd from an aspiring actress 
2008-02-23 - very laid back, smooth sounding album. Its got a bit of everything for everyone, vocal jazz to a bit of light pop. Very sultry voice.
Good CD, soft around the edges
2007-12-15 - Minnie Driver put together a CD here that very nicely showcases her beautiful voice. It is certainly not edgy, angst filled pop, which is fine - there is plenty of that around if you want it. This CD is great for a laid back evening, but it is a lot more than background music. Driver does have a very strong vocal presence, and she avoids the common mistake of trying to do too much all at once. Her songs are lush and fluid, not too complex, very satisfying and yet the lyrics are not as simple as the music would imply. Of course there are the songs about love (found and lost), longing and even that Springsteen cover. Yes, I agree with a previous reviewer that the cover is the weak point on the CD, but that should say something positive for Driver's originals. My favorite songs are the title track, "Deeper Water" and "Yellow Eyes". Is this an essential CD? No. Is it forgettable? Again, no. It sits on my ipod with about 1/3 as many plays as my most played CDs, but it is quite a welcome sound when it plays. I think Driver did very well with her first offering, and I'm hopeful to see if she branches out a little from here into more demanding music. She does have real talent, and this is a CD worth having.
Beautiful Voice
2007-09-09 - Minnie has a beautiful voice and the songs she has written are beautiful too. I was never really a fan of this style of music but since I am a fan of Minnie's I gave it a try. The girl can sing. Unfortunately the songs, however beautiful, are somewhat dull and undistinguishable from the rest(except "Everything I've Got In My Pocket" and "Invisible Girl") and it took quite a while before I warmed up to them. Now they are very soothing to me. It is also unfortunate that the best song "Complicated Man" is only on the import version. I'm loving the sound of her voice in that and hope to hear more of that sound in the future. Very suiting. I wish the rest of the album was in that style. If I was rating on voice alone I would have gave 5 stars.
Very mellow soothing sexy CD
2007-05-31 - Minnie Driver, what can you say...
Very good actress, believable in romance, funny in comedy, spellbinding in her current project " The Riches", is here a self examining songwriter, and once again a very good one. As a bonus (or due to not enough original tracks to fill out a CD) there is a heart wrenching version of Sprinsteen's "Hungry Heart" that is also quite memorable.
Her voice is a sexy, soft, raspy and breathy, no power balads here, and no iratating vocal runs. It gives it a refreshingly honest feel, like it is meant for just you.
If you are looking for something fairly fresh and mellow, (performed by a grown up beautiful woman) you will not be dissapointed with this buy!
Everything I've got in my pocket
2007-05-16 - A pretty good CD. I really enjoy the title song as well as a few others, but I was not impressed with some songs including the bruce springsteen remake. I would recommend it for the listener trying to find a voice that is enchanting and different than what is currently available in music today
