Madeleine Peyroux’s landmark album Careless Love gets deluxe reissue
“Peyroux herself is in top, mature form on Careless Love,” Kahn writes in the liner notes, “an apotheosis of that hushed, one-to-one affect she inherited from the likes of Billie Holiday, a stylistic bequest. By 2004, her way of conveying confessional expression was truly her own. She had developed an updated rhythmic pliability and an emotional depth that could explore the complexities lying beneath the surface of the songs.”
Peyroux is currently on tour celebrating the deluxe release. It’s the first time she has played the album front to back. Dates run through the end of November and continue in 2022 with shows across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the U.K. and Ireland.
“You can hear how much fun we’re having, and the people sound really happy,” Peyroux tells uDiscoverMusic about the newly released live set in Spain. “I think I was pretty nervous, playing in such a prestigious festival in one of these daunting, historic-looking places that was so large. At the time, a venue holding 2,000 was a lot for me. I can’t tell you how grateful I am that we found this recording. For me, it represents the way I understood these songs at that time, how I was making music when I made Careless Love. It’s been more than 15 years since that record came out, and I don’t think I’ve done a single concert that didn’t include at least two or three songs from it, and sometimes more. I think I’ve sung Dance Me to the End of Love at every show. It’s part of me now.”
Here’s the track listing:
Disc 1
- Dance Me to the End of Love
- Don’t Wait Too Long
- Don’t Cry Baby
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
- Between the Bars
- No More
- Lonesome Road
- J’ai Deux Amours
- Weary Blues
- I’ll Look Around
- Careless Love
- This Is Heaven to Me
Disc 2
- Dance Me to the End of Love (Live)
- Don’t Cry Baby (Live)
- Don’t Wait Too Long (Live)
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Live)
- Between the Bars (Live)
- J’ai Deux Amours (Live)
- Walking After Midnight (Live)
- No More (Live)
- Lonesome Road (Live)
- I Hear Music (Live)
- I’ll Look Around (Live)
- Careless Love (Live)
- Destination Moon (Live)
- This is Heaven to Me (Live)
The digital version of Careless Love‘s deluxe edition is available now, while physical copies ship Sept. 17 via Craft Recordings.