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We Are One | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kelly Sweet
Label: Razor & Tie
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $10.95
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 3413
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82963
UPC: 793018296328
EAN: 0793018296328
ASIN: B000MKXF9Q
Release Date: March 6, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | We Are One | | • | Raincoat | | • | Dream On | | • | Caresse Sur L'Ocean | | • | Crush | | • | Ready For Love | | • | Giorno Dopo Giorno | | • | I Will Be Waiting | | • | Now We Are Free | | • | How 'bout You | | • | Love Song | | • | Je T'Aime |
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Amazon.com
Kelly Sweet was never a contestant on a TV singing competition, and she isn't the product of the latest svengali producer. Which, in 2007, makes her something of a rare new pop star. Her approach to the genre is pretty unexpected, too: Temperamentally, the flame-haired chanteuse falls somewhere between Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan, which is to say she's all softness, warmth, and sincerity. Vocally, she's a ringer for Amy Lee of the rock band Evanescence, minus the goth fixation. And categorically, her closest fit within the wide world of pop is classical crossover. Consider her the female Josh Groban then, with the multilingual skills to match: In addition to a haunting and miraculously un-awful rendition of Aerosmith's "Dream On," she busts out a French track, "Je T'aime," that sends out summery flutters; a Sanskrit song from the film "Gladiator," "Now We Are Free," that impresses with its depth of feeling; and an Italian number, "Giorno Dopo Giorno," that ripples with tenderness and sentimentality. Sweet is a songbird with a wide wingspan; her debut mostly soars. --Tammy La Gorce
Album Description
Not your typical pop record in any way, shape or form, WE ARE ONE has a much more ambitious sensibility than those being heard on Top 40 radio today. With songs sung in English, Italian, French, and Sanskrit, and melodies that partake of both jazz and classical influences, WE ARE ONE conveys a sense of depth, intimacy and sophistication not often heard in today's pop landscape. The magnificent "Giorno Dopo Giorno" couples Sweet's soaring vocals with a thrilling string arrangement, bringing listeners the kind of intense joy that can usually only be experienced in the world's finest opera houses. "The song originally had English lyrics," says Sweet, "and it was called `Who Can I Believe In?' We felt that the melody was too European and didn't work with the lyrics, so we asked Marco Marinangelli, who writes Italian lyrics for Josh Groban, to translate the words into Italian. It came out beautifully." Sweet says she has always gravitated to the beautiful sounds of languages other than English. "I was classically trained beginning at the age of 11," she says, "and that's when I began to sing in other languages. It always came very easily to me." WE ARE ONE, then, is that rarest of musical experiences--a seamless emotional journey that deeply touches listeners of all ages with its beauty, grace, individuality, and courage. But perhaps to call Sweet courageous is overstating something that is really much simpler. "This music is not about me," she says. "It's about the soul in all of us. I am just happy to have a voice to convey these things to the world." And the world is certainly a better place because of it.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
The Voice of An Angel! November 5, 2008
Nicole Youkstetter (McCall, Idaho)
Absolutely love this purchase! I can't stop playing it. Kelly Sweet has the voice of an angel, and truly takes you to a higher place. I love the variety of songs and languages - true poetry in music!!!
Unusually beautiful and unpretentious in all respects, this sets a higher standard for classical-minded pop divas September 4, 2008
Andrew J. Klimek (South Plainfield, NJ)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First let me clarify I am not a fan of this class of music, but the fact that I own and play this disc makes it a 5-star album for this type of music! What really makes me listen to Kelly Sweet is her amazing voice. I will leave the vocal comparisons to the more familiar reviewers, but I have heard a bit of this classical-minded pop music and always shut it off because of the pretentious vocal technique. Kelly doesn't try to impress us, or even try to seduce us on the cover! Her voice and beauty seem exceptionally pure. Just when you think the next note might get a little harsh, she gracefully backs down to a softer tone. Very splendid indeed.
As for the songs, she doesn't really try to impress the radio audience with the best moment of the song being the intro. She actually lets the song build momentum and emotion. (Rather is characteristic of the electronic/post-rock music I generally play!) I see reviewer "Toady" bought the album for what s/he heard on the radio, and ended up not really liking the rest of the disc. I am not terribly surprised, as this is a more refined disc. The first three tracks are definitely the radio picks--starting with the slow, late-night, R&B-influenced "We are One" (a beautiful song!), followed by the carefree, midday-jazz "Raincoat," and finally a pleasing Aerosmith cover.
The french songs, though they show culture, are honestly my least favourite. The softly cinematic arrangements are quite typical, only her voice sets these apart from anyone else. The italian "Giorno Dopo Giorno" does a bit better and her vocal talent really shines on this one.
"Crush" is actually my other 5-star track along with the title track. She gives it time to build and it just has that great pure pop tone. "How 'bout You" is a similar track, reminding me a lot of Bliss (Import) (one of my other favorites for deeper, more positive pop music). Interestingly, her voice seems a little too potent for the airy style that many less gifted singers pull off! Anyhow it's a good track.
"Now We Are Free" really impressed me because it shows she is taking cues from probably the greatest and most unique female voice today, Lisa Gerrard. Her voice is used like an instrument in countless major films, as well as composing a few soundtracks herself. This one of course is from the end of "The Gladiator."
The remaining three tracks are of a more emotional sort of pop. Thoughtful lyrics, and as with the whole disc, beautiful singing with plenty of acoustic guitar and piano. I was also glad that the bass and drum instrumentation was R&B style for some songs, pop/rock style for others, and left out of others. Great mix.
Hope you enjoy this album!
BEAUTIFUL CD August 16, 2008
Pamela Mitchell (greenville, SC)
I love her voice it is so angelic, and different. the songs are very beautiful
 Good cd to relax to July 4, 2008
Jack D. Lowry
Kelly sweet is a soft gentle voice that helps you relax you. Manly good to listen to when your trying to fall asleep at night when you can't relax and fall asleep. I love her cover of dream on, manly people don't but I do. I also enjoy we are one, and her Italian and French songs. Buy this album if you like a soft gentle voice to relax to.
Beautiful Voice June 17, 2008
Phoenix Foodie (Phoenix, AZ USA)
There are certain songs on this CD that are wonderful. "We Are One," "Raincoat," "Dream On," and "Crush" are great. There are a couple that are so boring I have to skip them. Overall, I really like this CD and Ms Sweet's unique voice.
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