Heather Nova - Oyster
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Artist: Heather NovaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-08-15
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Walk This World
- Heal
- Island
- Throwing Fire At The Sun
- Maybe An Angel
- Sugar
- Truth And Bone
- Blue Black
- Walking Higher
- Light Years
- Verona
- Doubled Up
Free Music Notes for Oyster
Free Music Review: Sensual, Determined, and Haunting
Hit: 5 Stars
Oyster is a gem if you're looking for something raw and feminine that isn't rock. Her voice is high and yearning, but enticing rather than annoying. The songs vary from extremely catchy and radio-worthy (Walk This World) to haunting and ephemeral (Island); all of them have something that grabs you.
Good lyrics are very important to me, and Heather Nova excels at them. The album pulses with dark artistry. Throwing Fire at the Sun is especially intriguing: "I think of Venus sinking down into the sea, and what it is to be alone and have nothing...Remember stealing oranges and how they bled? And you're the one who showed me how to touch myself." I always find myself captivated by her words.
Oyster is haunting and vibrant. It outshines Heather's other five albums, so if this is your intro to Heather Nova you are in for a bit of a letdown. All of her other albums have great songs on them (well, except for Glow Stars, where nothing stands out), but they're sprinkled between some forgettable and some just plain awful songs. Redbird may be the best bet for most. Shop around; maybe you'd be better off picking up a few songs like "Gloomy Sunday" and "This Body", and then throwing Poe into your CD player.
I am really sorry if you hear the songs "Glow Stars", "I'm the Girl", or "If I Saw You In A Movie". I'm sure she didn't mean to do it.
Oyster Poster
The hooky, upbeat "Walk This World" sounds like a major hit, but it's merely the most accessible side of a feverish, poetic artist who'll be compared more to Sarah McLachlan and Sinead O'Connor than to Sheryl Crowe. Lush melodies abound, but some tracks ("Island," "Sugar") have an intensity worthy of Patti Smith, and there's emotional blood on tracks like "Blue Black." Other highlights on this edgy, affecting debut are "Maybe an Angel" and "Throwing Fire at the Sun." --Jeff BatemanAlternative Rock Music CDs
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