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Amanda Marshall ~ Tuesday's Child

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I stumbled across this cd quite by accident. There she was, this waiflike creature with wild hair. Looked intriguing, vaguely familiar, and I was compelled to buy it. I was floored. I had no idea Amanda Marshall was so talented (such a mighty voice!). I'd heard a song or two by her before, and then remembered I'll Believe In You from Touched By An Angel.

It's rare that I find an entire album to enjoy on continuous play. Every song on Tuesday's Child is a new twist on the theme of intense feeling in all its forms, whether it be the anguish of missed opportunity (Too Little, Too Late) a lover's indifference (Why Don't You Love Me?) or the gratitude of finding your other half (If I Didn't Have You). When she's ecstatic, I find myself happily singing along, and when she's dejected, the tears stream for her.

Amanda vividly articulates what (most) everyone has felt, rhyming in never faltering meter, and gives us this intricate gift, entwining her seductive voice around the music. Track 13, Out of Bounds, is particularly haunting, and one can almost feel the darkness swirling around the ankles, pulling, tugging. Find a deserted stretch of interstate, play this one at full force, with the top down, at about 110 or so.

"Standing on the edge of time, Playing out a reckless pantomime, And every day's another wrong to rectify.

I dream about a stranger's touch, And voices in my head I cannot hush, And every night's a hunger I can't satisfy...

It's the secret that I keep, It's the ache that makes me weep, And I know I'm in too deep, I'm gonna drown..."

This is a perfect CD. Every track is great. Amanda has such a beautiful voice which has improved greatly since her first album. I strongly recommend this to anyone.

This artist, & particularly this album, are the reasons I DON'T LISTEN TO THE RADIO anymore! This should have been the #1 album of 1999, & won the Grammy for Album of the Year, but no one in The States got to hear it!(Also the reason I pay no attention to the Grammys anymore)
This is one of the best albums EVER recorded - by ANYONE! Her voice is seductive yet powerful, with a growl like no one I've heard before. Her highlites are in all the right places, but her soulful delivery blows right past any air of formulaic pop to a hard-rock edge reminiscent of Sass Jordan or even an early Doro Pesch! Her poetry is intelligent & full of imagery, harkening back to the best of fellow-Canadian Joni Mitchell while rocking hard when the srory dictates. "The Best of Me" is as rockin' as anything you'll ever hear; "Too Little, Too Late" is one of those ballad-that-becomes-a-rocker masterpieces that every lame-oid on the radio wishes they could sing; "Give Up Giving In" should have been on every lite-rock station in America, & should have won a Grammy for Song of the Year! But the best song is the closer, "Out of Bounds", which is, in my opinion, THE BEST SONG IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC - BAR NONE!!!
On my personal list of Top 10 Albums of All Time, this is SECOND only to Airplane's "Crown of Creation". 'Nuff said!

From the opening chords of "Believe in you" to the closing vocals of "Out of Bounds" this is an example of the perfect album. With mixes from folk (Love Lift Me) to rock (Shades of Gray) to alternative (Too little too late) to bare truth (Out of Bounds) to love (Why don't you love me, If I didn't Have You) to slow ballads (Beautiful Goodbye, Wishful Thinking, Give up Giving in) to plain fun (Ride, Right here all Along, Best of Me, Believe in You). Everything is perfect, and it is 100 times better than "Amanda Marshall", her debut.

I heard 'If I didn't have you' while stuck at a set of traffic lights on the way back from work - and the once was enough to have me go out and buy the album - I have now had the CD for coming onto a week, and it is been a permanent resident in my CD-ROM drive, easing the stress of those long evenings designing websites! Amanda's voice is just amazing, and it brings something unique to every track.

On the strength of this and a number of reviews I have now gone and ordered her first album - and I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

Simply Sublime!

This album is great! I liked her first album but fell in love with this one. Her lyrics are soulful and from the heart I highly reccomend it!

Amanda Marshall is one of my favorite solo artists. As soon as this CD came out, I went out and bought it, which I never do. I usually wait until it's been out a while and can hear enough word of mouth or singles to decide if I want it. But Marshall is different. She has such an amazing voice, and her music is so passionate, heartfelt, and intense, and her first album was so terrific, that I knew this one would be as well. Even better, she writers or cowrites some of her songs. And the lyrics for all are amazing.

The scary thing is that this album is actually even better than the first. There's a wonderful range of songs about universal themes; love, loss, regret. The music is gorgeous, and there's a wide range, from uptempo to slow and soothing, so the listener never gets bored. Even better, Marshall knows how to mix it up in a way that doesn't make the album seem disjointed. Everything flows nicely. A couple numbers are a tad over the top (I'm thinkig specifically of If I Didn't Have You), but it somehow works.

I would love to be able to say what the best tracks are on this CD, but they're all so good that it's hard to pick. Certainly Believe In Me is a beautiful song. I also especially love Too Little Too Late, Best of Me, and Shades of Grey (which is absolutely haunting).

It's hard to classify Marshall's music. It's somewhere between pop/rock and Adult Contemporary. I see her as essentially a cross between a Sarah McLachlan or a Jann Arden (she's actually a little more up tempo than these two) and Melissa Etheridge with a few less guitars. It's music that is more for listening than dancing, overall.

This CD is one I think should be in any serious music fan's collection. I know it's one of my top 10 all time favorites.

TUESDAY'S CHILD is Amanda Marshall's second album, her follow up to the multiplatinum debut AMANDA MARSHALL from 1995. Once again, she has turned over a good album with solid material. Witness the first single "Believe In You", a nice inspiring song that gets to you. Or the second single "Love Lift Me", a fun upbeat song, showing Marshall's different personalities.

Other great songs include "Right Here All Along", "Out Of Bounds", "If I Didn't Have You", "Ride", "Give Up Giving In" and more. Now I can't wait for her new album EVERYBODY HAS A STORY, which is out November 13th. Overall this is an excellent album with quality written all over it. She has a voice, she writes good songs, she is a wonderful Canadian singer, if you haven't heard from her before give her a listen!

Wonderful follow up to her debut album! I have been anxiously awaiting this CD (even bought the "Touched by an Angel" soundtrack to get "I Believe in You") and was not disappointed! And you won't be either! Well worth the money!

"Tuesday's Child" has the songs on it that some (USA) Americans might find familiar, but not know why. Two of the albums most inspirational cuts have been featured on Soundtracks. "I believe in you" was featured on "Touched by an Angel". It is one of the most touching songs of loyalty and faith in friendship that I know of. Similarly, "Ride" was featured on a movie that I loved "The Replacements" and again it is a song that moves me very much "When the world that you've created leaves you feelin' tired and jaded, under appreciated, I'll be your ride"

But there are other wonderful songs that you might not have heard.
Heartbreaking songs of loss ("Why don't you love me?", "Givin' up Givin' In", "Too little too late"), Romantic ("Love lift me"," Right Here All Along"), and even diversity ("Shades of gray").

So here's the deal if you like singer songwriter music, here is a great album from a great talent.