BERNADETTE SEACREST AND HER YES MEN: No More Music By The Suckers

Bernadette Seacrest and her Yes Men

No More Music By The Suckers

© 2004 ThrillBomb! Records (783707024707)

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Smoky tangos, dark and turbulent waltzes, and sinister lullabies take their turns sparkling in the dim lounge light of this sordid, noir offering.

tracks

1 My Man
2 Tango
3 Cold In My Bed
4 Lullaby
5 Dream a Little Dream of Me
6 Her Tears Break My Heart
7 So Cruel
8 Ain't Misbehaving
9 Body and Soul
10 Sweet Salvation
11 Strange Fruit

notes

"At first one might think the greatest benefit of the lounge-y torch song revival is the idea of a smoky-voiced chanteuse sporting tattoos- mmm...classic beauty+punk sensibility=yummy. But Albuquerque's Bernadette Seacrest could be dressed in business casual for all we care. After all, she posses one of those rare voices that summons up romantic demons, lost loves and well-made cocktails. Her new CD, "No More Music By the Suckers", is a tapestry of slick noir ballads and sweet melodies. And you know what? Maybe the tatts are pretty cool too."
-The Santa Fe Reporter

"Seacrest, whose last gig was with the Albuquerque rockabilly outfit The Long Goners, has evolved into a tattooed chanteuse specializing in jazzy, torchy and extremely tunes with a band featuring a double bass, sax and trombone. While Seacrest's voice is the main draw here, don't forget The Yes Men, who create the dangerous atmosphere. Grimes' bass is a major component on most cuts. And sometimes the horn section sounds like they're engaging in a gang rumble."
-The Santa Fe New Mexican


"Her sultry, silky voice spreads across the room like a lush, warm blanket of velvet and ably pays homage to the composers and performers who made those songs so unforgettable in the first place."
~Albuquerque Journal


"You can practically smell the cigarrette smoke and taste the bootleg booze of a speakeasy club when you listen to the music of this retro swinging group. Lead singer Bernadette Seacrest has a sultry voice perfectly backed by a group of able jazz musicians."
~ music.download.com

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  • oh so nice
    author: kjr

    An excellent CD! I loved this CD so much I ordered the other one that you have available and two more copies of each for gifts. She is one amazing songstress! Hot, smooth, sultry. Nothin' not to like. The CDBaby service is top notch--funny and helpful all at the same time. I'm going to shop around their site some more, thanks to their service and speedy delivery.

  • author: Jack D Mckee 2nd

    one of the best cds I have ever brought, I love listening to everyday. thank you Miss Seacrest and CDBABY.

  • author: Vladislav

    This's some sea of sexapeal and perfect taste..... just listen 2 it))

  • a smooth glass of bourbon
    author: michelle

    take one part smoke-filled bar, two parts booze and one band playing sultry, sexy music and you get "no more music". this is good for a long road trip at night or just trapped inside your house on a stormy, rainy day or whenever you damn well feel like it. anyone who loves the songstresses of old will probably love this record as well. it's phenomenal. buy it! buy it! it goes out of stock all of the time. that's a sign that you should be on the waiting list.

  • Sweet!
    author: Linn

    I love this CD, it is perfect for a Friday afternoon with a glass of wine. :O) It turns my living room into a sweet and smoky jazz place... Thank you!!

  • Wonderfully Sultry
    author: Angela

    This is one of the few CDs that I can listen to from beginning to end without skipping over any songs! Every song is amazing in its own right and I cannot get enough of her smoky, sexy vocals. You will not be disappointed with this one!

  • Torchy goodness
    author: soteralu

    I host an early jazz and pop show on our local community radio station, and I am constantly on the lookout for new artists that have the feel and sound of the 1920's-1950's. This is a treasure trove of material.

  • in love
    author: michelle

    recipe for the perfect mood: this cd, a nice quiet evening, a good martini and a cigarette.

  • Words can't describe....
    author: Michael Baldwin

    This cd was exactly what I was looking for. I can't stop listening to it.

  • billie holiday to the kickass power of 10
    author: tracy

    This CD is dark chocolate, red wine, Blue Bottle Yemen coffee, some chili powder and a little banana all mixed in one. I played it at a party and everyone commented on it (in a good way, of course).

  • Vocals are fantastic. Great CD.
    author: www.GreatIndieMusic.com

    Bernadette Seacrest vocals are fantastic on this cd. A Jazz must have cd. Keep up the good work!

  • Absolutely awesome recording!
    author: Windancer

    Absolutely awesome recording! Could be the soundtrack of any noir movie. Bernardette Seacrest & Band at their best!

  • author: Windancer

    Absolutely awesome recording! Could be the soundtrack of any noir movie. Bernardette Seacrest & Band at their best!

  • Can't Go Wrong
    author: CD Baby Buyer

    A friend of mine, with whom I do not share musical taste (his being a little too edgy and hardcore for me most of the time), recommended this CD to me. Admittedly I was doubtful, but after listening to online snippets I bought it. There are few CDs that I can listen to over and over again in the same sitting but this is one. Seacrest's voice is just dreamy, creamy and the arrangements and instrumentation bring deliciousness to every song. Though I have various other "lounge" music, without doubt this one is the most unique and engaging.

  • Jazz done right
    author: Paul Hoffman

    Bernadette and her yes man nail every song like your favorite ball cap fits your head. I have played it for various taste in music and everyone loves it. Only a great CD can bridge the music divide that all can enjoy.

  • Perhaps the best CD I have encountered in a very long time!
    author: Poppy
  • What's all the fuss about?
    author: Julia Smith

    I usually like torch music, but this really could use a bit more originality and spark. I can see what she's trying to do here, but the vocals are sometimes a bit unrefined and the nasal quality of her tone is overdone. I must say, though, that the Yes Men are A-OK!

  • She is beautiful and an amazing singer.
    author: SJL

    This CD is great. All songs are great. They sounds great. etc, etc, etc.

  • Fantastic bass and vocals
    author: Daniel Blackerby

    I had heard a couple cuts of the CD on Download.com and tried to get a copy right then and there. I loved it. But it wasn't available till a couple months later. So I had to wait until it appeared on CD Baby. I have no regrets. It's a great CD. (And Bernadette is one sexy looking fox!)

  • Sexy,Sultry, Soulfull !
    author: J.C.

    Great Album!! Can't wait to see her preform live again.. Bernadette & Her Yes Men make me proud to be in Albuquerque.. Best Jazz band in the 505!

  • Absolutely Awesome CD!
    author: Leah
  • She's great but could be better.
    author: Richard Varnham

    She is an excellent singer with a really interesting voice. I wish though, she would accept that she is not Billy Holliday and would work on her own style. I am no music critic, but would advise her to keep away from strange friut! That said, I really like the album and play it lots.

  • Give her all the stars you can muster!
    author: Wagner F. Sacco

    Wow, this kitty purrs!!! This Tarantinesque baby is a blend of torch singing and a punk iconoclastic attitude. Instead of listening to a square like Diana Krall, buy this cd. You won't regret!

  • Oh, Sweet Bernadette
    author: Shawn Williams

    Miss Bernadette Seacrest is one of the hottest female jazz singers of all time. I like the way she sings to me into my heart. No More Music By The Suckers is her first album in the year 2004, Ms. Seacrest got the power and spirit of Jazz.

  • Bought the CD as a present for a friend.
    author: Joyce Slosson

    Although I bought the CD for a friend, I listened to it first. I really liked Bernadette's voice, but found the backup band too discordant for my tastes. I didn't think it was a good marriage between the band and the singer. But what do I know? Look at the rave reviews the CD received from others! I also thought the quality of the recording wasn't the best.

  • Finally! . . . New jazz doesn't have to be bad.
    author: erin

    What's a music fan to do? Diana Krall and Norah Jones are too square and mired in the traditions of Standards; punk and rockabilly get outgrown as people age and mature. At some point the virtues of the mosh-pit get supplanted by the urge to sit and have a martini. How to satisfy a maturing audience's taste for freshness and energy without the exaggerated excesses of headbanging and staggering pukers? Bernadette Seacrest brings a rock 'n roll sensibility to interpretations of the Standards repertoire and a batch of original new material that fits in that vein. The band has a toughness and bluesiness that is derived as much from the past 50 years of rock as from the jazz traditions. These tunes and performances will sit well and feel good to several generations of listeners from golden agers through baby boomers to Gen X ink culters. It's respectful and iconoclastic; genuine and honest. The music is accessible and holds up to repeated listening.

  • Oh Bernadette come be my pet
    author: Doc mongoose @bushuraloser.com

    Its like some freaken Frankenjazz experiment.They took the best parts of Peggy Lee,Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday.Then blended in 10 kilos of Katnip so she PURRRS extra purdy.Bernadette you are one DIRTY BITCHEN BABY.PAPA likes.....come to PAPA my pretty one

  • Fianally a contemporary sultry voice seems from out of the of great jazz age. S
    author: George Lawrence

    This CD is a welome releif to the standards. Very inovative and fresh sounding. Like the way the sounds all blend so sweetly and naturally. Need more of these.

  • author: CD Baby

    A sizzling, dangerously tempting blend of crafty, slithering, creeping Squirrel Nut Zippers-type swing wrapping in dark, spooky tango, sinister carnival jazz, sultry yet shifty female vocals, mischievous detective music and the everpresent deviant, naughty girl vibe, Bernadette Seacrest and Her Yes Men bring it all to the table for a knock-out album. With her tastefully boozed-up voice that weaves and curls like the implied cigarette smoke wafting through the heavy atmospheres she paints, you'll find yourself transported to the dark, dank back room of a rickety saloon on the menacing side of town. In a word, superb.

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