Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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Madeleine Peyroux

  • Dreamland [Atlantic, 1996] *
  • Careless Love [Rounder, 2005] Choice Cuts
  • Let's Walk [Just One/Thirty Tigers, 2024] ***

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Dreamland [Atlantic, 1996]
channeling Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Memphis Minnie, and Jill Corey through Queen Billie herself ("Walkin' After Midnight," "Was I?," "Always a Use") *

Careless Love [Rounder, 2005]
"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," "Dance Me to the End of Love" Choice Cuts

Let's Walk [Just One/Thirty Tigers, 2024]
At 50 and counting, onetime teenaged Parisian busker/chansonnier nails 10 adult four-minute pop songs she wrote herself, only one en français ("Find True Love," "Me and the Mosquito," "Take Care") ***