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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 /TiVo
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Afrodiziac, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Taj Wyzgowski, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Alomar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Levin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robbie Kondor, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Sinclair, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Forcione, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Taj Wyzgowski, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
David Palmer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ashley Slater, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - David Sinclair, Cello, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angie Giles, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Taj Wyzgowski, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Taj Wyzgowski, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John O'Kane, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Alomar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The New West Horns, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Levin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robbie Kondor, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Clark, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angie Giles, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Langley, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardim, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cozzi, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angie Giles, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Padgham, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Mitchell, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Padley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Alomar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The New West Horns, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Snitzer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Levin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robbie Kondor, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Clark, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Fordham, Composer, Producer, Additional Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Bernstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angie Giles, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1988 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1988 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:15
- Main artists: Julia Fordham
- Composer: Julia Fordham
- Label: Circa
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1988 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1988 Virgin Records Limited
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