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Performer: GabrielleEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Music Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
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Free Music Review: She sings her soul out.
Hit: 4 Stars
Gabrielle was born Louise Bobb in Hackney, East London, 31 years ago. She had a lazy eyelid, and even after two operations she still wears dark glasses in public. These have the effect of making her look like a glam R&B star (which she is), but her reason for wearing them is so she can be herself, unhampered by crippling self-consciousness.
While her voice is a soaring instrument, it is technically limited. However, it is slinky and feline and, crucially, in the best pop-soul tradition, it has the ability to turn a cliche into a profound truth, to lift the listener into a mellow orbit.
She is Britain's queen of soul and has come a long way since 1993, when as a gawky singer-songwriter her debut single Dreams went from club classic to number one.
The platinum-selling first album earned her a best newcomer Brit award, and over the next few years there was a generous crop of top-10 hits.
She released Rise at the end of 1999. It elevated her into stratospheric success, producing three more top-10 hits and a collection of awards that include two Brits, a Grammy and a Mobo.
There's the autobiographical streak in her work, she she has had extraordinary and traumatic experiences and emotional tribulations which inspired her.
This is the reason why at heart she seems like an ordinary girl with a bit of real 'Lady Sings the Blues' life thrown in. And it's this combination that saved her. In the end, it's her humanity, the fact that she's not goddess-perfect, which makes her so endearing as a star. It seems right that it is her voice we hear singing "Out of Reach", her single, which was the theme tune to the film Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition).
"That's my appeal", she agrees. "You know, I never pretend to be anything but real - I don't live the celebrity lifestyle". And she really means it.
She has grown immeasurably in stylishness and confidence since her incredible rise to fame
As a result, "Always"'s success is down to the strength of the songs and there are some very good ones, although the lead single, "Why", based on Paul Weller's "Wild Wood", isn't one of them.
"I Remember", reminiscent of classic Marvin Gaye, is much stronger while the title track skips along at a fair old pace but never forgets to carry the tune with it.
"Always" is Gabrielle's fifth studio LP, and her first since 2004 , she is not prolific and is renowned for not releasing albums very often.
Like every album she's made since her 1993 debut, Find Your Way, it's completely "Gabrielle" : soulful and passionate, but with an ungraspable quality that doesn't really equate with British soul music.
For the album, Gabrielle returned to her roots and worked with Julian Gallager and The Boilerhouse Boys both of whom have been behind many of her early hits.
Once again, Gabrielle has written every track on the album.
From the seventies soul influenced title track to the Motown-meets-rock stomp of "Heartbreaker" and the classic ballad "Closure".
"Always is a distillation of the classic Gabrielle sound, combining the emotion of Motown with immaculate, pure pop melody.
Along with "Rise", this is Gabrielle's finest album to date.
Rise
Dreams Can Come True: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Dreams Can Come True: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Always Poster
International digipak edition pressing of the 2007 release from the British R&B singer/songwriter, her fifth studio album that is a remarkable return to form. She returns to her roots by teaming with producers who played pivotal roles early in her career: Julian Gallagher and The Boilerhouse Boys. The recurring theme of the album is about break-ups, but that is also offset with echoes of hope and redemption. The Boilerhouse Boys conceived the idea for the set, which references Paul Weller's Wild Wood. When Weller became aware of the sessions, the Rock icon decided to add his own voice and guitar to the backing tracks as well as to make a cameo appearance in the promotional video for the single 'Why'. Gabrielle is back and stronger than ever! UMTV.Pop Music CDs
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