Artist: Billie Holiday

A harrowing classic and Billie Holiday's personal favorite among her 1950s albums, Lady in Satin captures the singer 17 months before her death, her once-honeyed voice scarred and weakened by a punishing life, emphasized by the session's crisp sonics and the contrasting "satin" of Ray Ellis' sleek string arrangements. Yet it is that very contrast that describes the power of these performances. In revisiting its torchy standards, Holiday reduces them to their core of pain and longing, transforming "I'm a Fool to Want You", "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "You've Changed" into naked declarations as mesmerizing and unsettling as a horrific accident. Any post-rocker that presumes pop standards and string sections automatically translate to "easy listening" hasn't listened to this. This 1997 version adds previously unreleased takes and a beautiful 20-bit digital transfer to extract every shivering pang of Holiday's music. --Sam Sutherland
classic, 2009-12-16
This has to be my favourite Billie Holiday album, so much passion so much pain.
Hard to put into words the brilliance on offer here.
Good hearing Chanel using her exceptional voice on their recent christmas ads, hopefully this will propel her back into the spotlight and above the mire of todays 'music stars'

Artist: Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday CD, 2009-07-11
Excellent CD, but the descriptive leaflet, with Billie's holiday's picture on the outside, has a description inside of 'Camel's' 'Breathless'!

Artist: Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings, 2009-02-01
If you ever wanted to find out where Sinatra learned his phrasing - look no further. What a voice, and what blues singing. Brilliant.

Artist: Jane Horrocks, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe, Ethel Merman

A CD SO GOOD I BOUGHT IT TWICE !, 2000-12-06
IF YOU LIKE THE FILM YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THE CD, TORCH SONGS A PLENTY FROM THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. YOU CAN'T FAIL TO BE MOVED BY THE SUBLIME 'MAN THAT GOT AWAY', SURELY JUDY GARLAND AT HER VERY HEART WRENTCHING AND IF YOU LISTEN TO 'I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU' AND 'MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY' BACK TO BACK, CAN YOU TELL WHERE HORROCKS ENDS AND MONROE STARTS. THE FINISHING TOUCH HAS TO BE 'IT'S NOT UNUSUAL', NOT SO MUCH FOR THE SONG ITSELF BUT FOR MICHAEL CAINE'S SHOW STEALING SCENE IN THE MOVIE IN FACT THIS CD IS SO GREAT I'M NOW BUYING IT FOR A FRIEND AND WHAT BETTER RECOMMENDATION DO YOU NEED THAN SOMEONE SPENDING THEIR HARDEARNED BY BUYING IT FOR YOU !

Artist: Billie Holiday

singer of an era, 2009-04-27
Billie Holiday (era singer) that's what you hear all the time, Jazz,Soul,
Blues,and the era is always there,like no other singer she never leaves it,
no wonder the title "American Songbook" nicked by Rod Stewart some 70 yrs
later still works. If you decide to buy it, listen till it hurts, then switch off and go back to it a few days later, you'll soon know what I mean.ps thats how real fans were made,not," well everyone has to have the latest".

Artist: Billie Holiday

billie holiday.If you're a fan you'll buy it. If you're not then try it!, 2010-07-12
So many of Billie's greatest songs at an affordable price. If you like Billie Holiday you'll buy this!

Artist: Billie Holiday

Magic!, 2010-07-27
This 10 CD set from Columbia includes all Billie Holiday's recordings for the label plus some airshots. They include many of the finest jazz recordings ever made, with most of the greats of the era in support, including Billie's soulmate Lester Young. The sound quality is the best yet, and the only quibble is that the airshots are scattered in chronological order through the alternate studio takes, which follow the master takes. I think it would have been better to put the airshots all together. The package is sold at a bargain price. Snap it up, you won't regret it!

Artist: Billie Holiday

Lovely album, 2010-05-31
I really love this album, so many great tracks and a great place to start if you're looking for an introduction to Lady Day's music.