01. That Man (3:51)
02. Just One Dance (4:01)
03. Riviera Life (3:29)
04. Back It Up (3:53)
05. The Other Woman (5:33)
06. Absolutely Me (2:46)           play
07. You Dont Love Me (3:54)
08. Dr. Wanna Do (3:02)            play
09. Stuck (4:33)
10. I Know That He's Mine (4:17)
11. A Night Like This (3:46)
12. The Lipstick on His Collar (3:38)

This album has spent longer at number one in the Dutch charts (27 non-consecutive weeks) than any other, and although that’s a bit like saying "Sneezy was the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs" it shouldn’t be taken lightly. Thriller only managed 26 weeks. It’s also the sort of album that could only have been taken seriously somewhere like Holland – big-band jazz and lounge, fronted by a vocalist channelling Jane Russell’s wardrobe. However, Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room Floor is so thoroughly joyous and cleverly thought out it’s almost impossible not to be seduced by it.

Emerald is a conservatory trained jazz vocalist and it’s her consummate mastery of this specific skill allows her to hold her own against a fiery swing band, while focussing on interpreting the songs not just hitting the notes. These dozen songs ease their way around swing, mambo, rumba and lounge, as big rich vocals weave the kind of witty, intriguing stories sure to draw you into a world of loves lost, found and betrayed. The orchestrations, too, understand the styles to such a degree they can be subverted with subtle modern twists to stop this being a museum piece: the spectacular Absolutely Me is what Cab Calloway would have done if he’d ever had a drum machine; The Other Woman features the funkiest xylophone you’ll ever hear, mixed with the sort of electric guitar that ought to have its own 60s TV theme.

But while the arrangements add an almost cinematic setting to the narratives, this is all about the vocals. Numbers like Just One Dance and You Don’t Love Me are Basie-type big band pushing Emerald to fabulous heights, while Back It Up shows off a croon so smoky it could extinguish most modern torches. New Orleans-style syncopation causes no problems either as bounces through the quirky Dr Wanna Do and even a couple of thinner songs are brought back to life by singing of this quality.

Really, it’s not rocket science – good songs sung well makes a great album. Ultimately it’s a bit like their approach to football, city centre traffic and recreational drugs, one more example of how the Dutch seem to know something we don’t. --- Lloyd Bradley, BBC Review

Holenderska wokalistka Caro Emerald jest zakochana w muzyce i filmach z lat 40-tych i 50-tych. Mimo to, jej muzyka brzmi świeżo i niezwykle nowocześnie. Dwanaście niezwykle chwytliwych utworów zostało wyprodukowanych przez producentów Davida Schreursa i Jana van Wieringena. Piosenki łączą w sobie tango, swingowe melodie, taneczny jazz, rytmy mambo, ale podane są w nowoczesny sposób. Chwytliwe piosenki i pomysłowa produkcja sprawiają, że Caro Emerald jest jedną z najciekawszych Artystek tego roku.

Po występie Caro z debiutanckim singlem "Back It Up" w lokalnej stacji telewizyjnej w Amsterdamie, widzowie zasypali stację mailami i telefonami z prośbą o powtórkę. Melodyjny utwór w wykonaniu uroczej wokalistki wywołał ogromne zamieszanie. Singiel niespodziewanie stał się olbrzymim przebojem w Holandii, gdzie przez wiele tygodni utrzymywał się na listach przebojów. Kolejny utwór z płyty - "A Night Like This" ugruntował sukces Caro plasując się na szczycie list sprzedaży. Utwór został wykorzystany w kampanii reklamowej Martini.

"Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room" to filmowy album. Oddaje to szata graficzna wydawnictwa. Piosenki podejmują uniwersalne tematy: miłość, lojalność, pożądanie, niewierność. To historia młodej kobiety żyjącej w latach 50-tych zilustrowana za pomocą muzyki i pełnych wyobraźni tekstów odnoszących się do kina tamtych lat.

Wydany w Holandii album "Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room" zadebiutował na pierwszym miejscu i zdobył status podwójnej platynowej płyty. Krążek ustanowił rekord w Holandii utrzymując się na szczycie przez 17 tygodni. --- merlin.pl

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CD1:
01 – Man, That’s Groovy
02 – Drum Boogie
03 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
04 – Green Eyes
05 – Sorta On The Border
06 – One Night In Brazil
07 – Pistol Packin’ Mama
08 – Teach Me Tonight Cha Cha
09 – Sway
10 – Kiss Me Honey Honey (Kiss Me)
11 – Why Don’t You Do Right
12 – I Love Paris
13 – Mambo N? 5 (Live)
14 – I Got The Sun In The Morning
15 – Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)
16 – Mambo De Paree
17 – Aurora

CD2:
01 – It’s Been A Long Long Time
02 – Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
03 – Sooner Or Later
04 – Your Feet’s Too Big
05 – Pennies From Heaven
06 – Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
07 – Viajera
08 – Martinique
09 – Heebie Jeebies
10 – The Breeze And I
11 – Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)
12 – My Heart Belongs To Daddy
13 – You’re A Character Dear
14 – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
15 – Adios
16 – You’re Gonna Loose Your Gal
17 – Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (b. 26 April 1981 in Amsterdam), best known by her stage name, Caro Emerald, is a Dutch jazz singer. She debuted on 6 July 2009 with her single "Back It Up". Her debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor set a new all-time chart record on 20 August 2010, spending its 30th week at number one on the Dutch album chart, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson's Thriller by one week.The album has become the biggest selling album of 2010 in the Netherlands, selling over 300,000 copies so far. In total more than a million copies have been sold so far. On 3 October 2010, Van der Leeuw was awarded the Dutch Music Prize "Edison Award" for Best Female Artist.

On 15 January 2011, she won the Popprijs 2010 for best Dutch pop act of 2010. Also in 2011, the album was released throughout Europe with great commercial success. Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor became a hit in the UK (1x platinum with sales exceeding 360.000, 8 weeks top 10 peaking at #4), Germany (1x platinum with sales exceeding 280.000, peaking at #5 and Platinum single for A Night Like This with sales exceeding 340.000), Poland (6x platinum), Italy (Gold Single for "Back it Up"), abd Austria (#1 with A Night Like This) In the UK, all 6 singles and even the entire album were A-listed by radio station BBC2. Over 1.000.000 albums have been sold worldwide (certified IFPI Platinum). Due to its exceptional success, the album was included in an episode of the Dutch version of Classic Albums in April 2012. In May 2012, Emerald was offered a contract record by Universal Music Group in the USA.

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1. Tahitian Skies
2. The Ghost Of You
3. Never Ever
4. Exotic Flu
5. Whatchugot
6. The Dark

Grandmono Records proudly presents Caro Emerald’s new ‘Emerald Island EP’ on March 24. The EP is especially produced for Caro’s biggest tour to date; ‘The Emerald Island Tour which will kick off in The UK on March 28 in Carlisle.

The EP is produced by David Schreurs and Jan van Wieringen and contains six new tracks. Among these tracks are the dubby song ‘Never Ever’, the new single ‘Whatchugot’ and two instrumental tracks. The songs are co-written by Vincent Degiorgio and Guy Chambers. Both the tour and the EP are inspired by Exotica, a musical genre from the 50/60’s which contains exotic sounds and instruments. ---caroemerald.com

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01. Miss Emerald: Intro (00:39)
02. One Day (04:33)
03. Coming Back As A Man (03:35)
04. Tangled Up (03:15)
05. Completely (02:29)
06. Black Valentine (05:04)
07. Pack Up The Louie (03:33)
08. I Belong To You (03:28)
09. The Maestro (02:37)
10. Liquid Lunch (04:00)
11. Excuse My French (03:53)
12. Paris (04:47)
13. My Two Cents (03:46)
14. The Wonderful In You (03:12)
15. Tell Me How Long (02:29)

They love Caro Emerald in Holland. They love her almost as much as they love trance DJs, bridges over canals, and tulips. Emerald’s debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor broke all kinds of records in Emerald’s native country, spending more time at Number 1 on the charts than a little album called Thriller by some bloke named Michael Jackson.

While she may not yet be a household name outside of the Netherlands right now, she’s garnered enough attention to sell out the Royal Albert Hall, become a staple fixture on Radio 2 and helped out Jools Holland on his Hootenanny. So it’s fair to say that The Shocking Miss Emerald pretty much deserves the soubriquet ‘eagerly-awaited’.

The secret to Emerald’s success is easy to identify from the very first notes of her second album. Like her closest comparison Imelda May, Emerald deals comfortably in a retro, nostalgic type of blues-tinged jazzy pop that’s been so successful for her contemporaries. Of course, she could be accused of playing it safe (it’s true that there are no real surprises to be found here) but there’s no denying that she does what she does very well indeed.

A dramatic orchestral flourish introduces the album before One Day pretty much summarises what Miss Emerald is all about – a sassy, brass-laden strut bearing more than a passing resemblance to Kirsty MacColl‘s In These Shoes. Tangled Up seems to be lined up to be Emerald’s big cross-over hit (bearing the name of a certain Guy Chambers on co-writing credits) and could well be a success – despite some lyrical clangers (“treating girls like a yo-yo is a no no of a monumental kind” anyone?) and some rather over-produced strings, it does have a certain kind of charm, and Ms Emerald splashes her personality all over the song whenever she opens her mouth.

At times, The Shocking Miss Emerald seems like a triumph of style over content – at 14 tracks, it’s rather too long (a trait in common with many albums these days, to be fair) and for every endearingly daft romp like Pack Up The Louie, there are moments of fluff like The Maestro which just serves to remind everyone that The Puppini Sisters were once inexplicably successful for a brief moment. Far better are the times when Emerald seems to emotionally connect with a song, such as Black Valentine, a beautifully yearning torch ballad, or the smouldering, classy rendition of Paris.

Stylishly retro and just on the right side of quirky, Caro Emerald fits well into the new breed of post-Amy Winehouse pop star, like Paloma Faith. While her music probably won’t appeal to everyone (and really, what music does?), there is a huge market for this modern spin on a classic sound. Although it may become too whimsical for some, there’s every chance that The Shocking Miss Emerald will see her repeat her staggering success at home on an international basis. --- John Murphy, musicomh.com

W trakcie podbijania Europy ze swoim pierwszym albumem “Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor”, w głowie Caro i jej muzyków – Davida, Vincenta i Jana, kiełkowały już pomysły na kolejną płytę. Europejska muzyka, sztuka i moda z lat 20-tych aż po lata 60-te minionego wieku stały się inspiracją tematów jakie przewijają się przez “The Shocking Miss Emerald”. Stąd najnowszy album jest mroczny i barwny równocześnie, romantyczny i intensywny. I niezwykle elegancki. Motywem przewodnim “The Shocking Miss Emerald” jest styl, który od zawsze odgrywał ważną role w życiu Caro Emerald. Stylowy jest nie tylko jej pseudonim artystyczny, nie tylko jej sposób śpiewania, ale sama Caro stała się prawdziwą ikoną stylu.

Album “The Shocking Miss Emerald” zapowiada singiel "Tangled Up". Utwór to wpadające w ucho hip-hop tango opowiadające przewrotną historię uwikłania w dwa związki równocześnie! “Tangled Up” został stworzony przez prawdziwy kompozytorski dream team w składzie - Vincent Degiogorgio, David Schreurs oraz znany ze współpracy z Robbiem Williamsem Guy Chambers.

Pochodząca z Holandii artystka zadebiutowała w 2010r. płytą „Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor”, z której pochodził wieki hit „A Night Like This”. Album od razu trafił na 1. miejsce listy sprzedaży w Holandii i w zaledwie 6 tygodni zdobył status platyny. Wkrótce potem płyta okazała się wielkim sukcesem w Europie, zdobywając status złota w Austrii i Szwajcarii oraz platyny w Wielkiej Brytanii i Niemczech, a także 6-krotnej platyny w Holandii i potrójnej platyny w Polsce! Artystka kilkukrotnie wystąpiła w naszym kraju. --- empik.com

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