Product details
- Label Verve Records
- Artist Anita O'Day
- Format 1LP
- Country Japan
- Released Date 1984
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Time For 2 by Anita O'Day.
Anita O'Day was one of the great interpreters of the American songbook, a singer whose phrasing could swing hard one moment and turn intimate the next. "Time For 2" catches her doing exactly that, moving through a program that runs from tender ballads to playful, brassy struts without ever losing the cool, conversational ease that made her voice so instantly recognizable.
Side A opens with "Thanks For The Memory," a song built for a singer who understands the weight of a lyric, and O'Day leans into it with the kind of unhurried confidence that rewards close listening. From there the set stretches out through "It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream" and the buoyant "Just In Time," before slipping into the smoky glow of "Under A Blanket Of Blue." The tempo picks up again with "That's Your Red Wagon," and the side closes on "Peel Me A Grape," a sly, knowing number that lets O'Day's wit come right to the surface.
Flip the record over and the mood keeps shifting in all the right ways. "An Occasional Man" and the wistful "The Party's Over" show her ballad instincts at full stretch, while "I Believe In You" carries a bright, forward momentum. Then comes "Mr. Sandman," reimagined here in her own unmistakable style, a familiar tune given fresh life through her sense of swing and timing.
The closing stretch is a quietly satisfying pairing. "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" is one of those aching, patient ballads that suits her perfectly, and the album signs off with "I'm Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues," a title that captures the wry, self aware spirit running through the whole record. It is a fitting last word from a singer who could make even the blues sound like good company.
What makes this album such a rewarding listen is the balance of it. There is no coasting, no filler; every track earns its place, and the sequencing carries you through changes of tempo and temperature with real craft. O'Day treats each song as its own small story, and across twelve of them she builds a portrait of a vocalist who trusted the material and trusted her own instincts in equal measure.
For collectors building a serious vocal jazz shelf, "Time For 2" is an essential piece of the Anita O'Day story. It rewards the kind of attentive, front to back listening that vinyl invites, and it holds up beautifully across repeated plays. Drop the needle on side A and let one of jazz's finest interpreters take it from there.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Thanks For The Memory
A2. It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream
A3. Just In Time
A4. Under A Blanket Of Blue
A5. That's Your Red Wagon
A6. Peel Me A Grape
B1. An Occasional Man
B2. The Party's Over
B3. I Believe In You
B4. Mr. Sandman
B5. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
B6. I'm Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues
Artist: Anita O'Day
Supporting Artists: Cal Tjader
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Verve Records
Catalog Number: UMJ 3287
Release Year: 1984
Country: Japan
Condition: Sealed (New)
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