"Pleasure" and "pain"-two words that describe the process of gathering participants for our sex panel. ... Once we assembled our seven fearless panelists-Andre Benjamin... Nona Hendryx... vibeologist Roy Ayers; Soopaman Luva Redman; Luke Campbell, ex-leader of 2 Live Crew and host of the TV prog ram Luke's Peep Show; saxophonist James Carter; and sultry vocalist Vanessa Daou..." VIBE

"The arrangements on her new album Make You Love are soft-core trip-hop while her sublime hooks and refrains will make the best songwriters sit up and take notice. But it's really in her softly seductive vocals and lyrics that Ms. Daou really shines. Her subliminal psycho-sexual innuendoes are not for the faint of heart but they take you where you want to go - to that turned-on state of musical nirvana. One listen and itÍs obvious Ms. Daou is a hopeless romantic in love with life."mwe3

"Since her 1994 debut, "Zipless" Vanessa Daou's songs have personified sensuality. That steamy first CD is almost a sexual companion to this new release; they're equally the epitome of late-night bedroom music. ... Daou's breathy, half-spoken vocals are soulful as always." Bay Windows