The 2014 career-spanning anthology
Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux
, showcases tracks from throughout the Georgia-born, Paris-based vocalist's career. Starting with her 1996 debut album,
Dreamland
, and running through her 2013 studio effort
The Blue Room
,
Keep Me in Your Heart for a While
reveals
Peyroux
's transformation from a bluesy,
Billie Holiday
-influenced vocal ingenue to a mature and sophisticated interpreter of popular song, both new and old. Here we get such tracks as "La Vie en Rose," "Smile," "Between the Bars," "Dance Me to the End of Love," and more. Also included is
's previously unreleased recording of
Warren Zevon
's "Keep Me in Your Heart," from the film
Union Square
. ~ Matt Collar