''Real Emotional Girl'' is the third solo album recorded by the Canadian singer

Patricia O'Callaghan Patricia Mary O'Callaghan (born October 2, 1970) is a classically trained Canadian singer. She is a soprano who has built an international reputation as a performer of contemporary opera, early 20th-century cabaret music and the songs of Leonard Co ...

. Co-released by the Marquis and Teldec/

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labels in March 2001, it features the classically trained

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’s interpretations of several well-known popular songs, including

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’s "Real Emotional Girl". But rather than standard cover versions these are original, highly personalised "

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"-style performances – most notably so of the Dylan and Newman songs – that suggest how these songs might have sounded had they been recorded before the advent of pop music itself (such as, say, in 1920s’ Paris or

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). Among the other tracks are O’Callaghan's highly acclaimed version of

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" and four other of his songs, including " I'm Your Man". ''Real Emotional Girl'' was O'Callaghan's first album to be distributed in the United States and to be co-released by a major label. It received the rare accolade of a rating of four-and-a-half stars from the

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website. The AllMusic reviewer J. T. Griffith wrote that O'Callaghan's interpretations "are often inspired". Christopher Loudon wrote in

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magazine that "O'Callaghan sings with a gut-level truthfulness that ranks her among the most genuine artists on the contemporary cabaret scene".

Track listing

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) (2:28) #"A Singer Must Die" (Leonard Cohen) (3:28) #"Creepin'" (

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Personnel

Musicians

*Patricia O'Callaghan – vocals *Scott Alexander – bass *Gini Ball – violin *Dinah Beamish – cello *Phil Dwyer – soprano sax *Simon Edwards – bass *Mark Fewer – violin *David Heatherington – cello *Howard Hughes – acoustic guitar, piano *Kathleen Kajioka – viola *Andy Morris – percussion, vibraphone *Claire Orsler – viola *Rob Piltch – guitar *Chris Sharpe – bassoon *Barry Shiffman – violin *Anne Stephenson – violin *Mike Sweeney – bassoon *Tom Szczesniak – accordion *Claudio Vena – viola

Recording personnel

*Richard Fortin – producer *Howard Hughes – producer *Dirk Lange – associate producer *John "Beetle" Bailey – engineer *Dave Pine – engineer *George Seara – engineer

References

External links

Patricia O'Callaghan official website
2001 albums Patricia O'Callaghan albums {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub