Post by Alex61 on Jun 28, 2020 19:02:54 GMT
Sadenia "Eddi" Reader
Vocal Range: C♯3 – G6
Significant High Notes:
G6 ("Clare" live Japan 1989)
F♯6 ("Blue Moon of Kentucky" live Japan 1989, "Watching the Party" live Japan 1989)
F6 ("Walkin' After Midnight" live Japan 1989)
E♭6 ("The Exception", "Fear is the Enemy of Love" live Live in Japan)
D6 ("The Moon Is Mine", "Town Without Pity", "Walkin' After Midnight", "Whispers")
C♯6 ("Dolphins", "The Moon Is Mine/Get Happy" live Live in Japan)
C6 ("East of Us", "Town Without Pity")
B5 ("Charlie Is My Darling", "Comin' Through the Rye/Dram Behind the Curtain", "Perfect" live Jools' Annual Hootenanny, "What You Do With What You've Got")
B♭5 ("The Calton Weaver or Nancy Whisky")
A5 ("Clare", "Dolphins", "East of Us", "I Know Why the Willow Weeps" live Live in Japan, "Lazy Heart")
G♯5 ("The Exception")
G5 ("The Calton Weaver or Nancy Whisky", "East of Us", "Find My Love", "Glasgow Star", "Home to Heartache" live Live in Japan, "Never Going Back Again (Queen of Scots)", "Perfect", "The Shepherd's Song", "You Send Me")
F♯5 ("The Afton", "The Blacksmith", "Honeychild", "Howling in Ojai", "Midnight in Paris 1979", "Patience of Angels", "Rebel Angel", "Red Face Big Sky", "Safe As Houses")
F5 ("All or Nothing", "Darkhouse", "La Vie En Rose" live Jools' Annual Hootenanny, "Scarecrow", "Vagabond", "Wings on My Heels")
E5 ("Argyll", "Charlie Is My Darling", "Edinah", "Go Wisely", "Howling in Ojai", "Jock O'Hazeldean", "The Moon Is Mine", "Peacetime", "Rebel Angel", "Siren", "Wonderful Lie", "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon", "You Send Me")
E♭5 ("Barcelona Window", "Blue Moon of Kentucky" live Japan 1989, "Cajun Band", "Clare", "Dolphins", "The Exception", "Falling Backwards", "Honeychild", "Medicine", "No Reply Dot Com", "Shall I Be Mother", "Sugar on the Pill", "The Wanting Kind")
D5 ("Back the Dogs (Dancing Down Rock)", "Bell, Book and Candle", "The Blacksmith", "Broken By a Breeze" live Live in Japan, "California", "Dear John", "East of Us", "Find My Love", "Footsteps Fall", "I Loved a Lad", "Jamie Come Try Me", "Joke (I'm Laughing)", "Love Is the Way", "Lucky Penny", "The Moon Is Mine", "The Moon Is Mine/Get Happy" live Live in Japan, "On a Whim", "Pay No Mind", "Perfect", "Prayer Wheel", "Psychic Reader", "Red Face Big Sky", "Saturday Night", "Scarecrow", "Sugar on the Pill", "That's Fair", "Vagabond", "The Waltz Continues" live Live in Japan, "What You Do With What You've Got", "When I Watch You Sleeping", "Whispers")
C♯5 ("Ae Fond Kiss", "April Blues", "Barcelona Window", "Butterfly Jar", "Cavalier", "East of Us", "Fairground Attraction", "Fear is the Enemy of Love" live Live in Japan, "Goodbye to Songtown" live Live in Japan, "Lazy Heart", "Mythology", "No Reply Dot Com", "Of A' the Airts", "Over it Now", "Patience of Angels", "Peacetime", "Postcard", "Prayer Wheel", "The Right Place", "Roses", "Saturday Night", "Semi Precious", "Shall I Be Mother", "Walkin' After Midnight", "The Wanting Kind", "Wonderful", "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon")
C5 ("All or Nothing", "Allelujah", "Back the Dogs (Dancing Down Rock)", "The Blacksmith", "The Calton Weaver or Nancy Whisky", "Charlie Is My Darling", "Comedy Waltz", "Dainty Davie", "Darkhouse", "Dolphins", "Don't Be a Stranger" live Live in Japan, "Dragonflies", "Eden", "The Exception", "Fallen Twice", "Galileo (Someone Like You)", "Glasgow Star", "Hello in There", "Hummingbird", "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", "It's a Beautiful Night", "Jock O'Hazeldean", "Joke (I'm Laughing)", "Kiteflyer’s Hill", "Light Is in the Horizon Yet", "Maiden's Lament (An Charraig Donn)", "Medicine", "Meg o' the Glen", "Muddy Water", "Never Going Back Again (Queen of Scots)", "Nobody Lives Without Love", "Pangur Bán and the Primrose Lass", "Pay No Mind", "Rebel Angel", "Should I Pray?", "Siren", "Station Street", "Trying Times", "The Waltz Continues" live Live in Japan, "Wings on My Heels", "Winter Rose", "Wolves", "Wonderful Lie", "You Send Me")
B4 ("Across the Universe", "Adam", "The Afton", "April Blues", "Auld House", "Aye Waukin-O", "Bell, Book and Candle", "Blue Moon of Kentucky" live Japan 1989, "Butterfly Jar", "California", "Candyfloss", "Cavalier", "Charlie Is My Darling", "Comin' Through the Rye/Dram Behind the Curtain", "Dear John", "Don't Be a Stranger" live Live in Japan, "Falling Backwards", "Fear is the Enemy of Love" live Live in Japan, "Find My Love", "Follow My Tears", "Fools Rush In", "The Game of Love", "Go Wisely", "Goodbye to Songtown" live Live in Japan, "Green Grow the Rashes O", "Home to Heartache" live Live in Japan, "Honeychild", "I Know Why the Willow Weeps" live Live in Japan, "I Won't Stand in Your Way", "It's Magic", "Leezie Lindsay", "Love Is the Way", "Maid o' the Loch", "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose", "My Old Friend the Blues", "Saturday Night", "My Shining Star", "Mythology", "Patience of Angels", "Peacetime", "Perfect", "Please Don’t Ask Me to Dance", "Red Face Big Sky", "Roses", "Semi Precious", "A Sailor's Farewell to the Sea", "Simple Soul", "A Smile in a Whisper", "Station Street", "That's Fair", "Walkin' After Midnight", "What You Do With What You've Got", "Whispers", "Winter It Is Past", "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Across the Universe", "Adam", "The Afton", "All or Nothing", "Argyll", "Auld Lang Syne", "Aye Waukin-O", "Bell, Book and Candle", "The Blacksmith", "Blue Moon of Kentucky" live Japan 1989, "Broken By a Breeze" live Live in Japan, "Cavalier", "Cinderella's Downfall", "Comin' Through the Rye/Dram Behind the Curtain", "Dear John", "Dolphins", "Fishing", "Footsteps Fall", "Goodbye to Songtown" live Live in Japan, "Green Grow the Rashes O", "Here Come the Weak", "Home to Heartache" live Live in Japan, "How Great Thou Art" live Songs of Praise, "I Know Why the Willow Weeps" live Live in Japan, "I Won't Stand in Your Way", "Jamie Come Try Me", "Joke (I'm Laughing)", "La Vie En Rose" live Jools' Annual Hootenanny, "Lazy Heart", "Light Is in the Horizon Yet", "Love Is the Way", "Macushla (My Darling)", "Maiden's Lament (An Charraig Donn)", "A Man's a Man for a' That", "Meg o' the Glen", "The Moon Is Mine", "Moon on the Rain", "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose", "My Shining Star", "Patience of Angels", "Peacetime", "Perfect", "Prayer Wheel", "Rebel Angel", "Red Face Big Sky", "The Right Place", "Roses", "Safe As Houses", "Saturday Night", "Silent Bells", "A Smile in a Whisper", "Starlight", "Sweet Mountain of Love", "There's a Hole in the Desert Dear Darling", "Trying Times", "Watching the Party", "What You Do With What You've Got", "When I Watch You Sleeping", "Whispers", "Willie Stewart/Molly Rankin", "Wild Mountainside", "Winter Rose", "Wolves", "Wonderful Lie", "You Send Me")
G♯3 ("Adam", "April Blues", "Barcelona Window", "Blues Run the Game", "Build High, Build Wide (In Contempt)", "California", "Clear", "Dragonflies", "Eden", "The Exception", "Fools Rush In", "I Loved a Lad", "John Anderson My Jo", "Midnight in Paris 1979", "No Reply Dot Com", "Pay No Mind", "Prisons", "Prodigal Daughter", "The Right Place", "Semi Precious", "Siren", "The Wanting Kind")
G3 ("Across the Universe", "All or Nothing", "Allelujah", "Argyll", "Baby's Boat", "Baron's Heir and Sadenia's Air", "Beneath the Lights of Home", "Buain ná Rainich (Fairy Love Song)", "Cajun Band", "The Calton Weaver or Nancy Whisky", "Charlie Is My Darling", "Comedy Waltz", "Darkhouse", "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "Don't Be a Stranger" live Live in Japan, "Dragonflies", "Edinah", "Fallen Twice", "Falling Backwards", "Find My Love", "The First of a Million Kisses" live Live in Japan, "Fishing", "Galileo (Someone Like You)", "Glasgow Star", "Hello in There", "Here Comes the Bells", "Home to Heartache" live Live in Japan, "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", "I Thought It Was You", "I'll Never Be the Same", "I'll String Along With You", "If You Got a Minute, Baby", "Kiteflyer’s Hill", "Jock O'Hazeldean", "Leezie Lindsay", "The Loch Tay Boat Song", "Love Is Pleasing", "Maid o' the Loch", "Maiden's Lament (An Charraig Donn)", "Mary and the Soldier", "Meg o' the Glen", "The Moon Is Mine", "The Moon Is Mine/Get Happy" live Live in Japan, "Moon on the Rain", "Muddy Water", "My Old Friend the Blues", "Never Going Back Again (Queen of Scots)", "Nobody Lives Without Love", "Old Song", "Pay No Mind", "Psychic Reader", "Rebel Angel", "Red Face Big Sky", "Shall I Be Mother", "The Shepherd's Song", "Should I Pray?", "Simple Soul", "Small Soul Sailing", "A Smile in a Whisper", "Station Street", "The Swimming Song", "That's Fair", "Town Without Pity", "Trying Times", "Walkin' After Midnight", "The Waltz Continues" live Live in Japan, "Wasting Time", "Wonderful Lie")
F♯3 ("Auld House", "Bell, Book and Candle", "Beneath the Lights of Home", "The Blacksmith", "Broken By a Breeze" live Live in Japan, "Brose and Butter", "Butterfly Jar", "Candyfloss", "Cinderella's Downfall", "Dandelion", "Edinah", "Follow My Tears", "The Game of Love", "The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon", "Green Grow the Rashes O", "I Won't Stand in Your Way", "In Ma Ain Country", "It's Magic", "Jamie Come Try Me", "The Loch Tay Boat Song", "Mary Skeffington", "Medicine", "My Old Friend the Blues", "My Shining Star", "Mythology", "Old Song", "Over it Now", "Postcard", "Pray the Devil Back to Hell", "Prisons", "Prodigal Daughter", "A Sailor's Farewell to the Sea", "Starlight", "Wasting Time", "What You Do With What You've Got", "When I Watch You Sleeping", "The Wind Knows My Name", "Wonderful", "Ye Jacobites")
F3 ("Baby's Boat", "Buain ná Rainich (Fairy Love Song)", "Dainty Davie", "Darkhouse", "The Exception", "Falling Backwards", "Galileo (Someone Like You)", "Hummingbird", "I Felt a Soul Move Through Me", "I'll Never Be the Same", "I'll String Along With You", "If You Got a Minute, Baby", "Joke (I'm Laughing)", "La Vie En Rose" live Jools' Annual Hootenanny, "Lucky Penny", "Married to the Sea", "My Favourite Dress", "Mystery Train", "No Reply Dot Com", "Nobody Lives Without Love", "On a Whim", "Pray the Devil Back to Hell", "Scarecrow", "The Shepherd's Song", "Snowflakes in the Sun", "There's a Hole in the Desert Dear Darling", "Town Without Pity", "Wolves", "Wonderful Lie")
E3 ("Adam", "Auld House", "Ay Fond Kiss", "Brose and Butter", "Build High, Build Wide (In Contempt)", "California", "Candyfloss", "Cavalier", "Charlie Is My Darling", "Clear", "Eden", "Follow My Tears", "Fools Rush In", "Galileo (Someone Like You)", "Go Wisely", "Goodbye to Songtown" live Live in Japan, "I Loved a Lad", "It's Magic", "A Man's a Man for a' That", "Midnight in Paris 1979", "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose", "Never Going Back Again (Queen of Scots)", "Of A' the Airts", "Peacetime", "Safe As Houses", "Siren", "Small Soul Sailing", "Willie Stewart/Molly Rankin", "The Wind Knows My Name")
E♭3 ("John Anderson My Jo", "Prodigal Daughter", "Wonderful")
D3 ("California", "Dainty Davie", "Dandelion", "Go Wisely", "Green Grow the Rashes O", "I Loved a Lad", "A Sailor's Farewell to the Sea", "Simple Soul")
C♯3 ("Midnight in Paris 1979", "Of A' the Airts", "Wonderful")
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• Blue marks high falsetto or whistle register notes.
• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader draws influence from an eclectic assortment of performers. Her career beginning in Fairground Attraction in the '80s, Eddi's distinct voice and warm on-stage persona became popular after the release of hit single "Perfect". This allowed her to break off on her own hugely successful solo career in which she further explored her own voice and began songwriting.
Eddi's voice could quite accurately be described as "incredibly Scottish", with her accent coming through strongly in her live performances. An agile soprano in her earlier work, Eddi's vocal approach was a rather quirky one, oftentimes showing her influences from jazz music by frequently flipping into her gorgeous, delicate head voice. Though her voice has deteriorated very little over her career, her once less confident lower register strengthened dramatically over time, hitting comfortable third octave notes in her most recent albums.
{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
This is the song that first got me interested in her, courtesy of Breakfast in D-sharp.
A lovely live performance from her early career. Really shows off her energy.
Something late career showcasing her lower register.
This is the song that first got me interested in her, courtesy of Breakfast in D-sharp.
A lovely live performance from her early career. Really shows off her energy.
Something late career showcasing her lower register.
{Questionable Notes}
F♯6 ("The Exception"[1], "Perfect" live Live in Japan[1])
F6 ("Fear is the Enemy of Love" live Live in Japan[1])
E6 ("Cajun Band"[1])
D6 ("The Waltz Continues" live Live in Japan[1])
C♯6 ("Meg o' the Glen"[1][2])
C6 ("Glasgow Star"[1])
B5 ("The Swimming Song"[1])
G5 ("Pangur Bán and the Primrose Lass"[3])
C3 ("Medicine"[3])
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1. Questionable intent.
2. Questionable brevity.
3. Questionable identity.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
F♯6 ("The Exception"[1], "Perfect" live Live in Japan[1])
F6 ("Fear is the Enemy of Love" live Live in Japan[1])
E6 ("Cajun Band"[1])
D6 ("The Waltz Continues" live Live in Japan[1])
C♯6 ("Meg o' the Glen"[1][2])
C6 ("Glasgow Star"[1])
B5 ("The Swimming Song"[1])
G5 ("Pangur Bán and the Primrose Lass"[3])
C3 ("Medicine"[3])
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1. Questionable intent.
2. Questionable brevity.
3. Questionable identity.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Mirmama (1992): F♯3 – C♯6
Eddi Reader (1994): F3 – E♭6
Candyfloss and Medicine (1996): D3 – A5[1]
Angels & Electricity (1998): D3 – F5
Simple Soul (2001): D3 – E♭5
Driftwood (2001): E3 – G4[2]
Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (2003): E♭3 – B5
Peacetime (2007): F3 – B♭5
Love is the Way (2009): E3 – G5
Vagabond (2014): C♯3 – F♯5
Cavalier (2018): C♯3 – E5
Light Is in the Horizon (2022): E3 – E5
Fairground Attraction:
The First of a Million Kisses (1988): E3 – D6
Ay Fond Kiss (1990): E3 – D6
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1. The UK release of the album ranges from D3 – D6.
2. Only tracks 6 and 9 available.
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Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61
Alex61
Solo:
Mirmama (1992): F♯3 – C♯6
Eddi Reader (1994): F3 – E♭6
Candyfloss and Medicine (1996): D3 – A5[1]
Angels & Electricity (1998): D3 – F5
Simple Soul (2001): D3 – E♭5
Driftwood (2001): E3 – G4[2]
Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (2003): E♭3 – B5
Peacetime (2007): F3 – B♭5
Love is the Way (2009): E3 – G5
Vagabond (2014): C♯3 – F♯5
Cavalier (2018): C♯3 – E5
Light Is in the Horizon (2022): E3 – E5
Fairground Attraction:
The First of a Million Kisses (1988): E3 – D6
Ay Fond Kiss (1990): E3 – D6
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1. The UK release of the album ranges from D3 – D6.
2. Only tracks 6 and 9 available.
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Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61
