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The very same day Robbie Williams announced his departure from Britain's biggest boy band, the then 20-year-old Louise Nurding announced her departure from Britain's biggest girl band. Overshadowed by her more prominent Eternal group members, and then overshadowed by her more prominent fellow departee, few would have predicted a successful solo career. And while she's never reached the multi-platinum and stadium-sized success of Williams, she has quietly managed to balance being both a regular FHM pin-up and a regular chart occupant, scoring 11 hits in six years, all of which are included on Changing Faces. The initial signs, however, weren't too positive. Launching her career with a lighters-in-the-air ballad, "Light of My Life" was a brave decision, but without the powerhouse vocals of her former bandmate Easther Bennett, it was one that didn't quite pay off. And the failure of the Diane Warren-penned "In Walked Love" to reach the Top Ten suggested she might have been a little hasty in her exit. One song changed all that. Modeling itself on Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation era, the breathless vocals, funky R&B rhythms, and risqué video of "Naked" catapulted Louise into the Top Five for the first time. It was a trick she was to repeat again on the '80s-sounding "Undivided Love," and by the time of the sultry chill-out pop of "One Kiss from Heaven," she was one of Britain's biggest pop stars. Another Jackson inspired track, 1997 comeback single "Arms Around the World," which sounded suspiciously like the U.S. number one "Runaway," and a faithful cover of Average White Band's "Let's Go Round Again" continued the run of hits. But it was with her least successful album, Elbow Beach, that she released her strongest material. The sparkling dance-pop of "2-Faced" gave Louise the chance to show a bit of attitude, while "Beautiful Inside," a tirade against vanity, sampled Wu-Tang Clan to produce the most inventive song of her career. A celebration of her roots or a desperate attempt at padding, the inclusion of three Eternal tracks are nevertheless still welcome. "Oh Baby I," "Stay," and "Just a Step from Heaven" are all examples of perfect R&B-infused pop but Louise's only lead-vocal track, "Crazy," would have undoubtedly been a more relevant choice. Of the three new tracks included, the cover of "Stuck In the Middle" is bound to offend '70s music purists, but it's nowhere near the car-crash it could have been. However, the rather dated closer "Come and Get It" and the rather tacky rendition of Five Star's "The Slightest Touch" sounds like a step backwards from the feisty pop of her last studio album. Whether her inoffensive girl-next-door routine can compete with the Britneys and Christinas of this world remains to be seen, but anyone looking for a snapshot of late-'90s pop could do far worse than Changing Faces.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - John Holliday, Composer, Writer - Niven Garland, Engineer - Maxx, Mixer - Noel, Composer, Writer - Trevor Steel, Composer, Writer - Bump & Grind, Producer - Noel George, Composer, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Wayne Cohen, Composer - Sheppard Solomon, Composer - Eternal, Performance, MainArtist
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Simon Climie, Composer, Producer, Vocals - Andy Bradfield, Mixer, Engineer - Grant Mitchell, Keyboards, Programmer - Dee Lewis, Vocals - Chyna Gordon, Vocals
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Joe Egan, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Martin Bushell, Guitar - Gerry Rafferty, Composer - Graham Plato, Producer, Guitar, Instruments - James Loughrey, Engineer - Julie Morrison, Vocals
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nigel Lowis, Producer, Produced by - Steve Jervier, Mixer, Production, Remixer - Bobby Khozouri, Composer - Mark Stevens, Composer - Ren Swan, Engineer - Pete Craigie, Mixer, Engineer, Engineer & Mixer - Eternal, MainArtist - Nigel Lowis for First Avenue Management, Producer, Produced by - Wales, Mixer, Production, Remixer - P Jervier, Mixer, Production, Remixer - Pete Craigie for Z Management, Mixer, Engineer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Gorrie, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Lowis, Production, Remixer - Nick Ingman, Conductor, Arranger - Dave Clews, Programmer - Johnny Douglas, Producer - Niven Garland, Engineer & Mixer - Paul Black, Engineer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Simon Climie, Composer, Producer, Writer - Denis Ingoldsby, Composer, Writer - Andy Bradfield, Mixer, Engineer - Oliver Smallman, Composer, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Limited
Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Louise Nurding, Composer - Julie Morrison, Composer, Vocals, Writer - Cathi Ogden, Vocals - Matt Elliss, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Matthew Elliss, Composer, Writer - Louise Redknapp, Composer, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Jay, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Marvin Morrow, Composer - Jon Dixon, Producer - Martyn Norris, Producer - Graham Wilcocks, Producer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Louise, MainArtist - Simon Climie, Composer, Producer - Denis Ingoldsby, Composer - Andy Bradfield, Mixer, Engineer - Lorraine Francis, Engineer - Oliver Smallman, Composer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Simon Climie, Producer - Diane Warren, Composer, Writer - Andy Bradfield, Engineer - Niven Garland, Engineer - Maxx, Mixer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clifford Smith, Composer - Cory Woods, Composer - Dennis Coles, Composer - Russell Jones, Composer - Lamont Hawkins, Composer - Jason Hunter, Composer - Gary Grice, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Robert Diggs, Composer - Louise Nurding, Composer - Julie Morrison, Composer, Vocals - Cathi Ogden, Composer, Vocals - Matt Elliss, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tommy Faragher, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Produced by - Paul Pesco, Guitar, Sitar, Guitarra - Lotti Golden, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Produced by - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion - Eternal, MainArtist - David Sussman, Mixer, Engineer & Mixer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Limited
Louise, MainArtist - John Holliday, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Richard Lowe, Mixer, Engineer & Mixer - Niven Garland, Engineer - Maxx, Mixer - Trevor Steel, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Louise Nurding, Composer, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nina Ossoff, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - London Session Orchestra, Strings - John Beal, Engineer - Lance Ellington, Vocals - Nick Ingman, Conductor, Arranger - Ren Swan, Mixer - Miriam Stockley, Vocals - Dave Graham, Engineer - Jeff Franzel, Composer - Cathi Ogden, Vocals - Natalie Jordan, Vocals - Terry Silverlight, Composer - Nigel Low, Producer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nicky Shaw, Composer - Louise, Vocals, MainArtist - Simon Climie, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Pro Tools, Protools - Andy Bradfield, Mixer - Tracey Ackerman, Vocals - Toby Baker, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
The very same day Robbie Williams announced his departure from Britain's biggest boy band, the then 20-year-old Louise Nurding announced her departure from Britain's biggest girl band. Overshadowed by her more prominent Eternal group members, and then overshadowed by her more prominent fellow departee, few would have predicted a successful solo career. And while she's never reached the multi-platinum and stadium-sized success of Williams, she has quietly managed to balance being both a regular FHM pin-up and a regular chart occupant, scoring 11 hits in six years, all of which are included on Changing Faces. The initial signs, however, weren't too positive. Launching her career with a lighters-in-the-air ballad, "Light of My Life" was a brave decision, but without the powerhouse vocals of her former bandmate Easther Bennett, it was one that didn't quite pay off. And the failure of the Diane Warren-penned "In Walked Love" to reach the Top Ten suggested she might have been a little hasty in her exit. One song changed all that. Modeling itself on Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation era, the breathless vocals, funky R&B rhythms, and risqué video of "Naked" catapulted Louise into the Top Five for the first time. It was a trick she was to repeat again on the '80s-sounding "Undivided Love," and by the time of the sultry chill-out pop of "One Kiss from Heaven," she was one of Britain's biggest pop stars. Another Jackson inspired track, 1997 comeback single "Arms Around the World," which sounded suspiciously like the U.S. number one "Runaway," and a faithful cover of Average White Band's "Let's Go Round Again" continued the run of hits. But it was with her least successful album, Elbow Beach, that she released her strongest material. The sparkling dance-pop of "2-Faced" gave Louise the chance to show a bit of attitude, while "Beautiful Inside," a tirade against vanity, sampled Wu-Tang Clan to produce the most inventive song of her career. A celebration of her roots or a desperate attempt at padding, the inclusion of three Eternal tracks are nevertheless still welcome. "Oh Baby I," "Stay," and "Just a Step from Heaven" are all examples of perfect R&B-infused pop but Louise's only lead-vocal track, "Crazy," would have undoubtedly been a more relevant choice. Of the three new tracks included, the cover of "Stuck In the Middle" is bound to offend '70s music purists, but it's nowhere near the car-crash it could have been. However, the rather dated closer "Come and Get It" and the rather tacky rendition of Five Star's "The Slightest Touch" sounds like a step backwards from the feisty pop of her last studio album. Whether her inoffensive girl-next-door routine can compete with the Britneys and Christinas of this world remains to be seen, but anyone looking for a snapshot of late-'90s pop could do far worse than Changing Faces.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:02
- Main artists: Louise
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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