★★★★★
Chantal Kreviazuk offers an ethereal mix of Ghost Stories on herfourth album, eschewing guitars completely until the 12th track in favor ofpiano-centered tunes with a flair of strings. The Canadian singer/songwriter and classically trained pianist wrote the bulk of the songs on a grand piano in the kitchen of her home studio and the album was produced byKreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace lead singer Raine Maida...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Slow and steady wins the race. Nobody is proving this theory more truly than Winnipeg's own Chantal Kreviazuk. On What If It All Means Something, her third disc, Chantal moves away from formulas that seemed like good ideas at the time, and simply moved on to just the good ideas. Although her titles and lyrics could be misconstrued as Judy Bloom-esque, the fact remains that her new album shows much personal growth, and left to her own, Kreviazuk's piano playing and melodies move mountains...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
On the opening track, Invincible, Chantal Kreviazuk will make heads turn by sounding like Lily Allen with her accelerated vocal delivery, but then the award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter settles down and moves into familiar territory. Kreviazuk titles her fifth studio album Plain Jane, which reflects her life as an anonymous "working mom" in L.A., where she lives with husband Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and three sons...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
In Under These Rocks and Stones, Canadian newcomer Chantal Kreviazuk comes across as an agreeable
mediator between the angst-laden beltings of Alanis Morissette and the
old-fashioned pop of Linda Ronstadt. She snarls like a smart
woman scorned on ''Boot'' and coos like a post-Nyro balladeer on
''Imaginary Friend.'' Somehow, it all hangs together, in a
friendly, just tough-enough package. B
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Four albums into her career, it's easy to forget that Chantal Kreviazuk is a solo artist.
This may seem like an odd statement, but Kreviazuk has been lingering in the pop world from behind the scenes, writing and producing dozens of hits for other artists (Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away"? Avril Lavigne's "He Wasn't"? Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl"? Yeahall involved with Chantal). She's a classically trained pianist, but was given a record deal as a vocalist, and somewhere along the way wound up...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Chantal Kreviazuk's Under These Rocks and Stones is an impressive debut that suggests she could become a singer-songwriter of some power. Although portions of the album sound as if her producers (or label) were pushing her toward Alanis territory, Kreviazuk is at her best when the music is stripped back and simple. Occasionally, the whole thing is a little too precious for its own good, but the moments that work illustrate that Kreviazuk is a promising songwriter and musician.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
On the follow-up to her smash debut Under These Rocks and Stones, Chantal Kreviazuk does an about-face from the Alanis-like alt-rock sound that made her single "God Made Me" so popular. Instead, simpler, more restrained ballads like "Blue" and "Until We Die" show off her classical piano training, as well as her earnest singing and lyrics...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27