I'm not sure this is a subject worth of its own, but really, I think I've never read anything more embarrassing than that...

Lately I've purchased the new record of one Canadian singer called Jill Barber. I liked the previous albums, Ron Sexsmith helped for some songs, and this new record isn't bad, rather pretty. But the introducing notes at the back of the CD (titled Chances - and the album cover throws a doubt on the good taste already):

Timeless.

The voice, once heard, always recognized. Like Edith Piaf, or Patsy Cline. Not that Jill Barber sounds like them, but she has the kind of voice they had. Unmistakable. Somehow so connected to the heart, that the song comes clear and true to the listener, unaffected, unsullied by fashion, untouched by commercial necessity. It is a voice that stops time.

And the songs. Great songs need an underlying truth, even wisdom. Jill's songs don't sound "written". They sound like standards, like they were always there, waiting for her voice to take full flight. Here is a rare talent, a fully realized artist. Her voice is sultry, heartfelt, humane and beautiful. I hear her, I think "classic".

Here is a bouquet of love songs, wrapped in ravishing arrangements, and sung with tenderness and grace. Taken with two fingers of strong spirits, they will soothe the tangled madness of the day, fill the heart, ease the mind, and remind us that life can be very beautiful.

Tom Gallant, 2008

My opinion is that such notes can ruin an artist's blossoming career.

All over the top, without any humor. And if it happens Jill Barber allowed this on the back of her CD -- and chances are she did -- I would urge her to be more humble!

I'm ready to forgive.