I’d really love to hear this, since I paid good money for it. However, EMI and Blue Note wish to assume that just because I choose to listen to my CD’s at my computer workstation, that I am automatically intending to use something I bought from them illegally.

This disc does not have any warnings written on it as to what it will play on and what it will not play on. Neither does it have a “Compact Disc” logo on it. Wouldn’t it be rather ironic then, if the only player at my disposal to use this disc I paid for turned out to be…a compact disc player?

I wish the Bird And The Bee luck in their future endeavors. I am sorry they do not want me to enjoy their music.
Rating: 1 / 5

Great cover of the Bee Gee’s HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE; very soulful. All around good.
Rating: 4 / 5

Perhaps Inara was listening to her father’s band (Little Feet), but you sure wouldn’t know it listening to this. But while none of their originals or covers even hint at bar band boogie and furocity, it certainly portrays a beguiling shagadelic hipness favorably to the tried and true romantic ballads that the soporific 70′s Saps were cranking out in droves.

It is here where Inara George completely out does herself with a bewilderingly nailed version of an otherwise bland 70′s disco ballad How Deep is Your Love. It works on every level. It is a question every girl askd her man on their wedding night (provided they waited that long to consumate). Instead of squirming to the Bee Gees falsettos asking you how deep your love is, you are taken in by the tip toe through the air approach Imara’s waifish feminine voice delivers in the verses. She then presses the issue singing more longingly and assuringly in the chorus. The lyrics resonate like never before revealing the genuine feeling that was once lost in a wash of Stigwood production syrup way back when. While many may think there is no where else for them to go with what they’ve done so far they certainly hit the watershed with this one song. Let’s hope love will keep this next-gen Captain and Tenielle together. (just no muskrat love, ok).
Rating: 4 / 5

If Ivy is the indie Carpenters (Dominique Durand is a dead ringer for Karen Carpenter (see “Edge Of The Ocean”) then The Bird And The Bee is The Captain And Tennile – - down to Inara George’s coiffure and backup vocals, particularly on “The Polite Dance Song.” Heck, they even cover Bee Gees faithfully and without a trace of irony, just to prove how retro-cool they are. It might also mean that The Carpenters, The C&T and Bee Gees were decades ahead of their time(s). File under Extremely Listener Friendly. Edge of the Ocean
Rating: 5 / 5

I can’t get enough of this music! The bird and the bee have such an original and refreshing sound. Their music makes me happy.
Rating: 5 / 5