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BLUE LIKE THAT - Album Reviews:

"Melissa Errico is young enough to understand the pop value of understatement, and her debut album, Blue Like That, has a conversational ease that's seductive...smart and sexy. Melissa is a singer with talent, taste and imagination."- Geoffrey Himes,
Washington Post

"Melissa Errico is beautiful and has a beautiful voice: earthy at the bottom and effortlessly rising into an ethereal soprano, the album is a canny blend of songs and arrangements…Ms. Errico shapes her material with real artistry and inward emotion. Working in that well-known idiom of soft adult pop-rock-jazz…she has made a really gorgeous record, elegantly produced by Arif Mardin. Her music is pretty and contained, unashamedly popular but balanced and proportioned like classical music." - John Rockwell,
The New York Times

"Errico, the star of such Broadway revivals as 'My Fair Lady" and "High Society," Is young enough however to understand the pop value of an understatement and her debut solo album, has a conversational ease that's seductive. Legendary producer Arif Mardin frames Melissa between strings, woodwinds and a jazz combo. Like Art Garfunkel and Norah Jones, Errico wants to prove that "adult-contemporary" radio fare needn't be maudlin and overstated; it can be smart and subtle. She doesn't make too much of the whimsical notion that colors seem more intense when you are in love, but gives the image the offhand giddiness it deserves in Jeff Franzel's title tune "Blue Like That," Melissa Errico is a singer with talent, taste and imagination." - Geoffrey Himes,
Washington Post

"Blue Like That is an intimate exhalation of Jazz, modern-day standards, and heart-on-sleeve compositions by the likes of Randy Newman, Billy Joel and her old-soul brother Mike Errico."- Chuck Taylor,
Billboard

"Obviously this CD is a distinct musical departure from her Broadway and songbook home, but not, surprisingly, she makes the transition with ease….Let's hope "Blue Like That" starts a trend." -
Show Business Magazine

"You can tell Melissa Errico has found her true voice. She offers a diverse repertoire flavored with jazz, R&B, pop and soft-rock stylings.Consider the musical greats with whom Melissa Errico has worked- Randy Newman, Stephen Sondheim, Arif Mardin- or the influences on her style- Roberta Flack, Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones- and a classy, classic sound makes perfect sense. "-Marianne Meyer,
The Washington Post