Album Review: Pink Martini - Get Happy

26 September 2013 | 4:22 pm | Guido Farnell

A Pink Martini is all you really need to get happy

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3.5 stars

Another classy foray into the glamour and sophistication of lounge and easy-listening music. Supported by frou-frou-escent arrangements, China Forbes wraps her icy cool vocals around standards Quizás and Sway. Forbes steers the ship, but an unusual roster of guests almost steal the show. The late Phyllis Diller sings the old Charlie Chaplin song, Smile, and The Von Trapp Family Singers of Sound Of Music fame provide backing vocals for Rufus Wainwright. Get Happy and Happy Days come together in a stunningly beautiful and complex duet. A Pink Martini is all you really need to get happy.