Re: Has Kate already peaked?

[Richard BREITNER <ritchieb@worldnet.net>]

Emmy May Lombaerts wrote:
> 
>         Hmm, I never thought "Lionheart" was bad... It did sound rather
> rushed, and not really finished, but I don't think it's bad by any means.
>> As a matter of fact, it seems a little bit "conventional" after
>> Kate's first effort. It's often like that when a new artist bursts
>> out with an instant hit single like Kate did with "wuthering heights"
>> But I agree with you Emmy, it's not a bad album at all. 
>        Then, "The Red Shoes"... It took me ages to get into "The Sensual
> World". I thought the Trio Bulgarka ruined a lot of it, although I'm sure a
> lot of you guys would disagree with me on that, 
>> Hmm ...  Sorry I do (though I like you Emmy ;-) )
>> I think the Trio Bulgarka is quite in the autumn mood of this record
>> It sounds like a "brown album" to me. You could almost smell rain,
>> wet earth and feel the wind jumping out your stereo. But I'm partial,
>> TSW is one of my favorite album. "This woman's work" is a diamond.

>     Unlike  "The Red Shoes", however, which I liked immediately. 
>> Yes, "Moments of pleasure" and "Top of the city" are IMHO among 
>>Kate's best songs (her voice, Gode, her voice !)
>> However, what may lead some people to think that TRS is	
>> weaker is that some sounds are coming right from TSW: the trio 
>> Bulgarka is there, so is Nigel Kennedy's haunting violin. And with
>> that, you got total newcomers: Clapton, Beck, Prince. Though I love
>> and respect the three of them, I do not rate their contribution as
>> *really* integrated to Kate's sound and universe (especially Prince,
>> but I already posted about WSILY? )
>> So, what you get in the end is a *less* homogeneous record, with 
>> brilliant songs, but maybe not as tightly linked than in her other
>> efforts. Maybe the painful circumstances (Kate's mother death) may
>> account for that ...

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