The Blue Room
A blue-tinted photo of Peyroux
Studio album by
Madeleine Peyroux
ReleasedMarch 5, 2013 (2013-03-05)[1]
Studio
GenreVocal jazz
Length43:01
LanguageEnglish
LabelDecca/EmArcy
ProducerLarry Klein
Madeleine Peyroux chronology
Standing on the Rooftop
(2011) 		The Blue Room
(2013) 		Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: Best of Madeleine Peyroux
(2014)

The Blue Room is a 2013 studio album by American jazz musician Madeleine Peyroux. It has received positive reviews by critics.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that Peyroux has "the perfect collaborators" on this album, making "a brave experiment, but one that pays off handsomely".[2] In American Songwriter, Hal Horowitz rated this release 3 out of 5 stars, favorably comparing Peyroux's vocals to Billie Holiday, stating that "it’s doubtful there will be a better make-out album released this year" but critiquing that "the effect shifts from sophisticated to just short of snooze inducing as the disc wears on and what starts out as tasty ends up as more of the same when the vibe stays locked in its classy, stylish, chill out groove".[3] In The Independent, Andy Gill praised several tracks, particularly the Ray Charles covers, which "are engaging".[4]

Sam Shepherd of musicOMH rated The Blue Room 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated that "there are a few misses... and it is sometimes a little too languid, but generally Peyroux’s homage to a masterful musician finds the right tones".[5] At PopMatters, Steve Horowitz scored this release a 7 out of 10, praising how producer Larry Klein "keeps everything velvety soft, but the mix of old and new keeps... The Blue Room sounding fresh" but continues that Peyroux's "effort does not break new ground" although "the music itself is quite gorgeous" and results in "excellent results".[1] Slant Magazine's Ted Scheinman stated that "the trancey singularity of pace won’t please everyone" but "the album bears no trace of a dud" and he rated The Blue Room 4 out of 5 stars.[6] In The Washington Post, Jeff Wisser stated that this release "crackles with energy and musical tension, and stands as Peyroux’s most accomplished, mature work to date".[7]

Track listing

  1. "Take These Chains from Me" (Hy Heath and Fred Rose) – 3:13
  2. "Bye Bye Love" (Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant) – 3:28
  3. "Changing All Those Changes" (Buddy Holly) – 3:10
  4. "Born to Lose" (Frankie Brown) – 4:28
  5. "Guilty" (Randy Newman) – 3:51
  6. "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:37
  7. "I Can’t Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:18
  8. "Gentle on My Mind" (John Hartford) – 6:42
  9. "You Don’t Know Me" (Eddy Arnold and Cindy Walker) – 4:02
  10. "Desperados Under the Eaves" (Warren Zevon) – 4:19

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Chart performance

The Blue Room reached 28 on the French charts according to Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.[8]

Charts

Chart performance for The Blue Room
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 67
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 65
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 78
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 50
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 82
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 43
US Billboard 200[20] 62

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Horowitz, Steve (March 4, 2013). "Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom (n.d.). "The Blue Room – Madeleine Peyroux". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Horowitz, Hal (March 13, 2013). "Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room". Reviews > Album Reviews. American Songwriter. ISSN 0896-8993. OCLC 17342741. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Gill, Andy (April 4, 2013). "Album review: Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room (Decca)". Culture > Arts > Features. The Independent. ISSN 1741-9743. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Shepherd, Sam (April 8, 2013). "Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room". Album Reviews. musicOMH. ISSN 2516-6220. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Scheinman, Ted (March 2, 2013). "Review: Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room". Music. Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Wisser, Jeff (May 21, 2013). "Madeleine Peyroux album review". Music. The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  8. ^ "Madeleine Peyroux discography" (in French). Hung Medien. n.d. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  15. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  17. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – The Blue Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  20. ^ "Madeleine Peyroux Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

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