cannot rip to put on zen - My husband purchased this cd for me for Christmas. It s been in my cart for an age, but is so expensive from Amazon that I d held off on purchasing. So imagine my surprise when I popped it in the computer this afternoon to put the songs on my zen and discovered this particular disk is copy controlled. I can listen on my computer (quite imperfectly) or in my car cd player, but I can t listen to these songs while I exercise despite the fact that we paid upwards of $25 for what is billed as a CD, but really isn t. It s tempting to return it to amazon with a nasty note, but the music is quite good. I ll search out a friend with a Mac instead :-)
The quiet legend continues - A brilliant follow on from Playing My Game . Lene Marlin once again shows that she has invented a style of pop music that is impossible to be rivaled.This album will equally appeal to fans of her previous work. Personally, her original was slightly superior than this, but then this is already brilliant.Highlights include most of the songs, but personally Whatever It Takes and Disguise are the standouts.May she release a 3rd album soon...and continue this legend.
You cant avoid feel touched by Lene - Is so big the amount of inspiration , melancholy and beauty this Nordic singer/songwritter provides to every one of her creations that you gonna feel overwhelmed by this amazing sounds, both her voice and the music are plenty of incredible colors, mostly grey atmospheres are evident but in a precious way, cuts such as faces , another day, my love (good one), you werent there seems to perfectly picture in your mind the frozen air of Norway and some sort of pretty sadness that is enjoyable for the listener , simple instrumentation but melodic and poetic lyrics are the main components for Lenes musicgreat albumHM
ocassional diamond - This album is worth the price just for the song My love.Its constructed simply,Lenes voice carrying the song,you cannot miss the emotion,shut your eyes and feel what it is like to be humaan and alive.If this song is worth 5 stars the rest of the album is 4.9! Others have said this before me,but the rubbish being released by the record companies today almost made me give up buying music,this album has restored my faith,this is honest music.
perfect little melancholy pop songs - Pure, melodic, non-juvenile pop is a dying art. Pop doesn t have to be Britney and Justin. It used to be Dusty and the Carpenters and, for the better part of their career the Beatles. Among the few who carry the banner today is Norske girl Lene Marlin.Put aside the jokes about someone from Norway being named Marlin: This young lady writes perfect little melancholy pop songs. Some will win you over immediately like Sorry and some will take a while like Faces, but they will all get there. Anyone who reaches this level at such a young age has the potential to become something special.Potential aside, she s already quite good. This album has absolutely no filler (Her debut , Playing My Game, had a little) and the lyrics are more refined and poignant to the point that they remind me of songwriters like Carole King or Roberta Plack.In short- if you like pop, melody or soft words, you will like this album. If you like artists like Krezip or Crowded House or David Gray or the Jayhawks you will like this album. If you have a heart or a pair of ears you will like this album.