In her unique interpretation of 10 Radiohead songs, Eliza Lumley has created a beautiful and surprising blend of the classical and the contemporary. The recordings jump effortlessly from the dreamy Cocteau Twins landscape of 'Let Down' to the angular challenge of the Ryuichi Sakamoto inspired 'How To Disappear Completely', from the subtle jazz of 'Black Star' to the sparse piano of 'Street Spirit' which invokes echoes of Michael Nyman.
The brave, minimalist approach reveals the angular humanism of Thom Yorke's achingly reductive world-view. It turns out that in the hands of Eliza Lumley's pure vocal sound, his lyrics become a fragile tragedy in the key of life that only the epiphany of this setting truly exposes.
'She Talks in Maths' is simple, often subtle and always beautiful: 'a serious and seriously compelling record.
Inger Marie Gundersen 6
Amanda Rogers 2
Jane Monheit 13
Silje Nergaard 18
Sophie Milman 6
Amanda Brecker 2
Brad Mehldau 40
Hilary Kole 6
Jude Johnstone 7
Rachael Yamagata 14
Radiohead 103
Sara Gazarek 5
Sarah Slean 6
Tierney Sutton 11
Beady Belle 9
Diana Krall 22
Elizabeth Shepherd 3
Fredrika Stahl 6
Lisa Ekdahl 12
Norah Jones 41
Rebekka Bakken 12
Renee Olstead 4
Stacey Kent 29
Cheryl Bentyne 12
Gretchen Lieberum 3
Holly Cole 16
Room Eleven 4
Susan Herndon 5