08-11-2011, 17:28
![[Image: 51CWbvlw3YL._SL500_AA300_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CWbvlw3YL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
The Lady's penultimate release, from 1958.
Not for the casual fan. Billie's voice by this time had been ravaged by alcohol, fags, & heroin (not necessarily in that order...), and was a shadow of its' best, but it's still Billie.
String arrangements of generally downbeat songs, and this was actually her favourite of all her recordings.
Within 18 months she was gone.
AllMusic 4+/5 stars.
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
Unknown
Unknown