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Standing on the Rooftop
Jazz · 2011 · 12 tracks · 47m

Standing on the Rooftop

Smoky vocal jazz drifting into Americana and avant-folk. A dry, intimate recording that feels like a private concert in a dimly lit New York loft.

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It's like a midnight walk through Brooklyn with a jazz singer who's been listening to a lot of Tom Waits.

A sophisticated, nocturnal meditation that balances urban loneliness with a warm, rootsy intimacy.

Standing on the Rooftop · vs · Madeleine Peyroux
Dusk+3.4σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 47m
01
Martha My Dear
2:32
02
The Kind You Can't Afford
3:59
03
The Things I've Seen Today
3:45
04
Fickle Dove
3:28
05
Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love
3:22
06
Standing on the Rooftop
5:46
07
I Threw It All Away
3:14
08
Love in Vain
3:39
09
Don't Pick a Fight With a Poet
4:28
10
Meet Me in Rio
3:51
11
Ophelia
5:12
12
The Way of All Things
4:02
Moments Worth Waiting For
The skeletal, bluesy reimagining of Robert Johnson's 'Love in Vain' that strips the song to its haunting core.
The title track's slow-burn build where the atmosphere thickens into a dense, cinematic urban soundscape.
The unexpected playful bounce of 'The Kind You Can't Afford' providing a rhythmic counterpoint to the album's moodier stretches.
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