LOUISE DEARMAN – It’s Time – CD review

LOUISE DEARMAN
It’s Time
Silva Screen

Hottish on the heels of “Here Comes The Sun”, this sees Louise Dearman veering away from the pop tunes like ‘Squander’ by Skunk Anansie, the Sara Bareilles song, ‘Gravity’ and Des’ree’s ‘Kissing You’, and heading back to the world of jazz and hands.

She’s not messing about either, as she takes on some big songs from the world of musical theatre and, generally, comes out a winner. She kicks things off with a great version of ‘Home’ from “The Wiz”, then it’s off into ‘What I Did for Love’ (From “A Chorus Line”) and, bang, right into ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from “Les Miserables”. She’s taking no prisoners.

Then it’s a fabulous version of ‘People’ from “Funny Girl”. I can’t stand the song ‘Send In The Clowns’, and this did nothing to temper my views but she makes up for it with ‘Astonishing’ (From “Little Women”), a song I was unfamiliar with, but one that had the repeat button being hit. Things sag slightly towards the end with ‘Falling Slowly’ a dreadful song from the dreadful “Once”, a real low point. Not even Shayne Ward who duets on it, could save such a terrible tune.

However, the closing double act of ‘Tell Me On A Sunday’ and ‘Over The Rainbow’ serve as an excellent reminder of how good a singer she is. So many of these songs already have definitive versions, which makes it hard to shake off the version you hear in your head, but Ms Dearman is talented enough to pull them off.

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