"In case you're wondering, a KR-51 is a vintage German motor scooter; Clare Manchon-Muldaur and her band, incl. husband/musical companion Olivier Manchon, spent some time in Berlin, writing and recording their third album. While Clare and her bandmates have always approached their pop music with an artful and baroque perspective, "KR-51" feels more European in its lush orchestrations and moody melodic structures, and Clare's vocals are at once more melodramatic and better controlled than on her previous recordings, as if Kate Bush gave up on English mysticism and discovered Europop with no loss in her emotional force. The trio is joined by a 23-piece orchestra and drummer James McAlister for these sessions, and KR-51 was conceived and executed on a grand scale; the songs are rooted in pop and the more playful byways of art rock, but the instrumental backdrops sound nearly operatic, or like the soundtrack to some grand but deeply personal cinematic epic about innocents adrift in Germany." (M. Deming, Allmusic)
"Clare Muldaur Manchon neemt de luisteraar mee naar grote hoogten, waar de lucht zo ijl is dat alleen de lichtste klanken er overleven. Daar hoor je stemmen die soepel zijn als een zingende zaag, schijnbaar ad libitum worden strijkkwartetten gevormd, die zacht ploppende geluiden voortbrengen. Clare is de dochter van Geoff Muldaur, groeide op op Martha's Vineyard voor de kust van Georgia, waar de Clintons op vakantie gaan, en studeerde jazz en compositie. Dit is haar wonderschone debuut. Van Dyke Parks en Sufjan Stevens hebben een handje geholpen." (Ariejan Korteweg, Volkskrant; waardering: 5 uit 5 sterren).
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