- I think Peyroux is the most exciting vocalist...

by John Henry for Audiophile Audition

- Madeleine Peyroux confidently walks the line where jazz, country and blues collide

by Suzanne Lorge for All About Jazz

- Jazzy, smooth, and a little blue:...

by Heather Clisby for The Santa Barbara Independent

- Sultry. Meandering. Jazzy. Blues. Elegant

by Carolyn Robertson for inthenews.co.uk

- Half the Perfect World stays close to last year's Peyroux hit

by John Fordham for The Guardian

- Her smoke-and-honey vocals...

by Helen Brown for The Telegraph

- Happy news for fans of vocalist Madeleine Peyroux...

by Stewart Oksenhorn for The Vail Daily

- (LOOKING FOR) THE HEART of Saturday Night"...no one has ever sung it as Madeleine Peyroux does...

by Geoffrey Himes for The Washington Post

- Madeleine Peyroux's New CD: A Unison of Joy

by Pamela Espeland for Jazz Police

- ..."Half The Perfect World" symbolizes a singer whose reflective lyrics speak to a listener's spirit.

by Sari N. Kent for Celebritycafe.com

- Madeleine Peyroux's near-'Perfect' style

By Kelly Jane Torrance for The Washington Times

- ...her positively mesmerizing voice...

by John Metzger for The Music Box

- Arguably the best vocalist working today,...

by El Bicho for Blogcritics.org

- Madeleine Peyroux blurs the line between jazz and pop

by Steve Klinge for Philly.com

- Two singers take standards in very different directions

By James Reed for The Boston Globe

- Peyroux ... turned ['Half the Perfect World'} into a soft tropical breeze, a melancholy bossa nova with a sense of longing and desire

By Gina Vodegel for All About Jazz

- ...there's a dreamy, wistful quality to Peyroux's new album...

By Rob Lowman for Los Angeles Daily News

- Madeleine Peyroux takes standards... and nudges a listener into hearing hear new nuances

by Michael McCall for The ShowBuzz

- You can hear that old-soul obstinacy...

by Mikael Wood for Time Out Neew York

- Madeleine Peyroux, Half the Perfect World (* * * 1/2)
Peyroux's gentle, understated interpretations of love songs (by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Johnny Mercer and Joni Mitchell) and sophisticated arrangements resonate with emotion. On her own I'm All Right, she wryly notes after a messy breakup, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but tears don’t leave any scars." The wistful River with k.d. lang, the erotic Blue Alert and the moody title track are all delights.

by Steve Jones for USA Today

- Madeleine Peyroux's near-'Perfect' style

by Kelly Jane Torrance for The Washington Times

- Peyroux gives new voice to classics

by Michael McCall for the Associated Press (9/8/2006)