Clare Fader – The Elephant’s Baby is a smooth soothing jazz album perfect for a cabaret or a dance performance. The songs follow a dance routine based on how the instrumentation is programmed and arranged. Much of her album uses live big band jazz instrumentation and music from the Vaudeville era. That is where that Vaudeville sound comes from. However some of the songs have a slow tempo such as Queen and The Wine. A bit of electro swing is used on the album.

The song Queen is about a beauty queen who life is a drag even though she is a seductress that sleeps with many men. The song Queen is a slow paced slow tempo electro swing song with a jazzy soundscape and sophisticated instrumentation.

This beauty queen is sitting in a coffee shop sucking on a lemon drop waiting for her watch to stop while days are dragging on. She draws her own apocalypse between her blood-red ruby lips and holds it in her fingertips. She calls her life a drag. Her slip begins to show. Do you suppose she knows that her colorful clothing clashes? Do you suppose she knows that her cigarette’s dripping its ashes?

She’s all Claire longs to be. She’s lost amid the smoke filled air. Her life’s a game of solitaire staring though there’s nothing there in a smoke ring of thorns. But lady luck don’t linger long. Throw your ace before she’s gone. Before you reach your denouement. Your final curtain call.

She hums a tune that haunts her head. She wanders why she left her bed because tomorrow’s just a day to dread as pipe dreams fade away as she lights another cigarette. Is she ready to cash in on a life long debt yet and kiss this world goodbye?

Isle Of Summer is a fantasy based jazz song with a charming cast of characters such as the maiden with tornado curls who is quite mischievous and seductive.

Come and buy illusions on the isle of delusions. Place your faith and all your trust in the gods of wanderlust. Your paper money won’t get you far. Neither will your tin can car. Pack your tireless bag of tricks. Pawn your books and candle sticks. Come as you are in your tin can car. Leave with the money from your old jam jar.

Come if you dare to the lovely Isle of Summer. There’s a charming cast of characters. All castaways and scavengers are so faithful to their island queen who doles them out a daily dream. Her hands are adorned with gypsy jewels. Her golden words are adored by fools bearing gifts from dollar stores. She welcomes you upon her shores.

The maiden with tornado curls is more beautiful than other girls. She lives at the end of hairpin bend and knows how to blow your fears away with potions spun of alchemy. She calls you from her balcony. Her laughter lingers in your ear. Her smile is the sweetest souvenir. The maiden with tornado curls is a part of the charming cast of characters in this song along with the queen.

The Wine explained how Clare immersed herself in the sin of drinking alcoholic beverage which she has developed a dependency on. Her whole life has been a torrid affair because she’s had too many bottles of gin.

There are three hundred steps to Clare’s bed. Clare has had too many bottles of wine. Maybe she’ll sit here and rest for a while. And then she’ll be fine for her climb. Don’t blame the wine. Blame the man who sleeps in her bed.

Tonight Clare will sleep on the beach because she has had too many bottles of rum. Maybe she’ll sit here and rest for a while. And wait for the dawn of the sun to arrive.

Her whole life has been a torrid affair because she’s had too many bottles of gin. Marriage and babies were never for her. But neither is living in sin. She says to not blame the gin that has forsaken her. But instead to blame the man who sleeps in her bed.

What’s interesting about this electro swing song is that there are portions of the lyrics that are sung in the German language. That is quite rare and unique given how there are not many electro swing songs sung in the German language on an international scale.

These were the lyrics sung in the German language.

Es gibt dreihundert Stufen zu meinem Bett
Und ich hatte zu viele Flaschen Wein
Vielleicht sitze ich hier und ruhe mich eine Weile aus
Und dann geht es mir gut für meinen Aufstieg

Heute Nacht werde ich am Strand schlafen
Weil ich zu viele Flaschen Rum hatte
Vielleicht sitze ich hier und ruhe mich eine Weile aus
Und warte auf den Sonnenaufgang

Mein ganzes Leben war eine toride Angelegenheit
Weil ich zu viele Flaschen Gin hatte
Ehe und Babys waren nie für mich
Aber keiner lebt in Sünde

Here is an English translation from the German lyrics from a German to English translation.

Es gibt dreihundert Stufen zu meinem Bett
Und ich hatte zu viele Flaschen Wein
Vielleicht sitze ich hier und ruhe mich eine Weile aus
Und dann geht es mir gut für meinen Aufstieg

There are three hundred steps to my bed
And I’ve had too many bottles of wine
Maybe I’ll sit here and rest for a while
And then I’ll be fine for my climb

Heute Nacht werde ich am Strand schlafen
Weil ich zu viele Flaschen Rum hatte
Vielleicht sitze ich hier und ruhe mich eine Weile aus
Und warte auf den Sonnenaufgang

Tonight I will sleep on the beach
‘Cause I’ve had too many bottles of rum
Maybe I’ll sit here and rest for a while
And wait for the dawn of the sun

Mein ganzes Leben war eine toride Angelegenheit
Weil ich zu viele Flaschen Gin hatte
Ehe und Babys waren nie für mich
Aber keiner lebt in Sünde

My whole life’s been a torid affair
‘Cause I’ve had too many bottles of gin
Marriage and babies were never for me
But neither is living in sin

I rate this album 5/5*****!