Julia Fordham: Deluxe Edition

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:00:00
Critics were bothered by her cherry-picked appropriations of exotic musical elements (a casual nod to South Africa here, an incongruous incursion of Spanish guitar there) and the ultimately cold nature of what seemed on the surface to be lush and warm instrumental arrangements. More casual listeners probably had the hardest time getting past her voice, which was obviously pretty in a way and yet startlingly deep and dark-hued, and also her tendency to reach beyond her range, as on the unattractively screechy bridge of "Comfort of Strangers." But you get used to the voice within a few tracks and you start getting sucked into those jazzily complex and impeccably produced arrangements. If she fails to hit the high notes on "Few Too Many," it's easy to ignore that fact and pay attention to the music itself, which is lovely. Her chief limitation, though, is not her singing; it's her unsettling inability to sing a love song convincingly. "Invisible War" is supposed to be regretful, but it comes out sounding analytical; "My Lover's Keeper" is supposed to sound supplicating (or something), but it comes out sounding dispassionately puzzled. And as for "Woman of the 80's," please -- it's just a bit hard to take her seriously as an emotional casualty of feminism (nice chorus, though). Only on the nakedly sad and borderline metaphysical "Where Does the Time Go?" does she seem to let listeners into her actual feelings. Porcelain, her follow-up, was more engaging. ~ Rick Anderson
エディション : Remaster、Deluxe Edition

[DISC1]
1. HAPPY EVER AFTER
2. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS
3. FEW TOO MANY
4. INVISIBLE WAR
5. MY LOVER'S KEEPER
6. COCOONED
7. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
8. WOMAN OF THE 80'S
9. THE OTHER WOMAN
10. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
11. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
BONUS TRACKS - SINGLE VERSIONS AND NON-ALBUM B-SIDES
12. I WISH
13. WAITING FOR A MIRACLE*
14. MY MISTAKE
15. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (SINGLE VERSION)
16. WOMAN OF THE 80'S (RADIO VERSION)
BONUS TRACKS - REMIXES AND ALTERNATE VERSIONS
17. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? (RADIO EDIT)
18. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (EXTENDED VERSION)

[DISC2]
BONUS TRACKS - LIVE
1. THE OTHER WOMAN (Live)
2. COCOONED (Live)
3. MY MISTAKE (Live)
4. FEW TOO MANY (Live)
5. INVISIBLE WAR (Live)
6. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (Live)
7. MY LITTLE SECRET (Live)