More reviews of "Got You On My Mind’

Hello! Thanks to a newsy e mail mail from a nifty record shop in
Shawnee, Kansas I was made aware of GOT YOU ON MY MIND.
What an absolute breath of fresh air! Madeleine came to Portland, OR
twice last year. My friends & I enjoyed her immensely! Imagine how
tickled we would have been had William Galison been able to appear with
her! This is one marvelous record.
As I 1st time visitor to this forum I must say I'm disappointed in the
rather mean spirited comments from members of the staff at Rounder
Records. To you folks I say, GOT YOU ON MY MIND is one terrific
recording! You do a diservice to your artist with those negative remarks.
The month of August finds lots of birthdays for me to celebrate. My lucky
friends will each get a copy of this most enjoyable set!
Madeleine & William, Bravo, you!!

Edited by ramesse

Here's a nice quote from PlayNetwork, who supply the in-house
music for Starbucks and many other retail stores around the
world. Starbucks is playing SIX songs from "Got You On My
Mind" in all of the Starbucks stores worldwide. I was told that it
was extremely rare to have six songs from one CD played in-
store, and that only Sinatra, Ray Charles and a few others
share that distiction.

Unfortunately, GYOMM is not sold at Starbucks, but the good
news is that it helps sell "Careless Love" (from which only four
songs are played.)


"Hi William! My name is Jeff Heiman and I am the Sr. Director of
Licensing & Label Relations for PlayNetwork, Inc. We work with
Starbucks on the music they use on their overhead program for
their stores around the world. They have fallen in love with your
CD with Madeleine Peyroux...I think that your CD will get a lot
of interest. It's so lovely.

I wanted to officially let you know that the songs that will be
used in the Starbucks stores are:

J'ai Deux Amours (GYOMM version)
Flambee Montalbanese
Got You On My Mind
Jealous Guy
The Way You Look Tonight
Playin'

Congratulations on producing such a beautiful record. "

Jeff Heiman, Sr. Director of Licensing, Playnetwork
Licensing & Label Relations for PlayNetwork, Inc.

I thoroughly enjoyed Got You On My Mind which I originally purchased as a Madeleine Peyroux fan. After listening I am now a William Galison fan as well!  A beautifully produced CD with a terriffic offering of songs!  If you haven't heard it yet do yourself a favor and do so soon!  Bravo William and Madeleine!!   ~Mark Stadler

Here are quotes from various reviews of "Got You On My Mind".
I hope you find them enlightening. I'd love to hear some
reviews from Madeleine's fans. I'm sure Madeleine would too.

Thanks,


William Galison


"Got You On My Mind" offers a Madeleine Peyroux in a much
more pure, unadulterated setting than she's been heard in
before. Together with superb multi-instrumentalist William
Gallison, Peyroux swings hard, and steps beyond the Billie
Holiday shadow that can so overwhelm her music."

Jason Koransky- Editor in Chief- Downbeat


“Peyroux is already back, this time teamed up with an
extraordinary hyphenate: singer-songwriter-producer-
percussionist-harmonica player William Galison, on the
multishaded Got You On my Mind (Waking Up). OK, so Got
You on My Mind was recorded a full year before Love, but still:
Peyroux and Galison are a match made in musical heaven,
especially when they intertwine voices on the languorously
sexy, co-written “Playin’” and a hymnlike “Heaven help Us All”.

-Christopher Louden- JazzTimes


“Galison and Peyroux are perfect musical accomplices,
Galison’s exquisite harmonica work and guitar accompaniment
perfectly complementing the elegant voice of Madeleine
Peyroux. [Madeleine’s] work on this CD … is among the
most natural performances and quite possibly the best
recorded example of her vocal talents.”

-Marshall Bowden- Jazzitude.com


“Two of Peyroux’s vocals, “J’ai Deux Amours” and “Heaven
to Me” also appear on Careless Love, with different
arrangements and without Galison, of course. What this
earlier recording offers, in addition to the smoky voice and
driving rhythm guitar of Peyroux, is the unique and often
breath-taking harmonica and swinging guitar solos of
Galison…. And while “Heaven to Me” was one of my favorites
of Peyroux’s set in Minneapolis last fall, the wonderful
addition of the harmonica here makes heaven seem a little
closer.”

Andrea Canter- Jazzpolice.com


“On Got You on My Mind, Peyroux utilizes her gorgeous voice
to reinterpret several classics that were produced and arranged
by William Galison. … In short, Got You On My Mind is a
romantic collaboration between two immensely-talented artists
who will hopefully join forces again in the future. “

-Musicbox.com



“No matter what Peyroux does from this point on, she'll be
hard-pressed to come up with anything more engaging or
charming than her effort with Galison, Got You on My Mind.
This hip, yet retro-sounding 11-song CD is an eclectic
collection of songs made famous by everyone from Josephine
Baker to the Beatles to Stevie Wonder -- as well as three
originals co-penned by Galison and Peyroux. ……While
Peyroux is a known commodity, it is Galison who is the
revelation, playing no less than seven instruments throughout
the record and proving himself to be a more-than-capable
singer in his own right.”

Nicole Pensiero- Popmatters.com


“The trippy, cinematic journey that is William Galison and
Madeleine Peyroux's new album, Got You On My Mind, opens
with the bright, swinging glee of “Back In Your Own Backyard.”
It sways through the happily plaintive “J'ai Deux Amours,”
swaggers through a Charlie Chaplin-in-Technicolor ”Rag For
Madi,” and continues on this diversely scenic escapade for
eleven deeply touching tracks.”
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