Anastacia [Import]

Anastacia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 15, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Epic Europe
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0001IPBUK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,248 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Seasons Change

2. Left Outside Alone

3. Time

4. Sick and Tired

5. Heavy on My Heart

6. I Do

7. Welcome to My Truth

8. Pretty Little Dum Dum

9. Sexy Single

10. Rearview

11. Where Do I Belong

12. Maybe Today

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Check out Who you been missing!, April 2, 2005

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Kim Snyder "Owner/ Overallbeauty.com" (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anastacia (Audio CD)

I heard Sick and Tired which is on this CD, I thought she was singing just what I was feeling that day--I had to have this CD! Her music is uplifting,finds your heart and then grabs you from behind and makes you dance! On this CD is Heavy on my Heart and you can feel the emotion she is feeling while singing and agree with every word. I was amazed at her voice, its range and out and out sassiness. She is not your usual pop artist and beats most hands down! I don't think she is well known in the States, I might be wrong on that fact no matter, I had never enjoyed more of what could only be called orginal sound. I'm not up on the latest pop artists but man I can't wait for a new CD to come out! Check out other 2 that I know of, Freak of Nature and Not that Kind of Girl<--both I recommend as well. Now go more your body to the beat!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANASTACIA REACHES NEW HEIGHTS...THIS IS ART!!!, May 13, 2004

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Larry Davis (NYC/Long Island, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anastacia (Audio CD)

OK, here we go, I've loved Anastacia from the getgo, when I heard "I'm Outta Love" back in 2000, and I've been blown away by THAT VOICE!! When she first started out, people were saying she was like a weaker Taylor Dayne, but I've always disagreed, saying she is edgier and more unique, and I've stuck by that view. I like the way Anastacia is evolving, from an R+B/dance/pop diva...through to a Europop/soul singer/songwriter with a bit of rock...NOW emphasizing the ROCK, while retaining her soulful vocal approach and strong songwriting, dropping the commercial dance/R+B trappings...

PLUS, Anastacia is brave, bare, and daring in her lyrics here, digging deep and exposing her struggles with having breast cancer...transforming what would normally be an edgy rock/pop set into pure art. Lyrically, she has more in common with Annie Lennox and Alanis Morissette than your typical R+B divas. Anastacia exudes pure strength here, and for that, she gets full respect from me.

Now, musically, on this self-titled set, Ms Newkirk has REALLY found her own sound and true calling...she calls it "sprock", an amalgam of soul, pop and rock, and I agree. I would call it that, sort of, because it emphasized the ROCK portion, and yeppers, she DOES rock, in a HEAVY way, with noisy, jagged riffs and ballsy performances, but she doesn't sacrifice pop hooks or excellent songwriting chops...she actually IMPROVES on her way with hooks here!! As a matter of fact, my first reaction on set opener "Seasons Change"?? LISA DALBELLO!!! "Anastacia" is like a better, more tuneful version of Lisa Dalbello's last album, 1996's "Whore", from the arrangements, vocal approach, strength, and lyrical touches here and there, like on "Pretty Little Dum Dum", the opening resembling "Deep Dark Hole" and lyrical reference to the number 11, where Lisa has a song on "Whore" called "Eleven". Strange, interesting and coincidental, and I LOVE it!!

Since this album totally ROCKS, and it has killer collaborations with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Glen Ballard, John Shanks, Sonny from POD, Dallas Austin, and her usual posse of Ric Wake and Richie Jones (no sign of Sam Watters + Louis Biancanello ANYWHERE on this album, good or bad depending on your taste), I am DYING to see Anastacia TOUR behind this album, I NEED to see her live, now that she emphasizes her "inner rock chick"!!!

Oh, on the "Left Outside Alone" single (AWESOME song, one of the best singles of the year, as is the album), the B-side "Get Ready" kicks [back]too, it's a killer funk rocker that is really raw and bluesy, incredible!! Another fave is "Welcome To My Truth"...amazing writing...as is all 12 songs, period...

Oh, and this limited edition has a nice slipcase, sexy poster (I emphasize the artiste Anstacia is, but really, she is also a beautiful woman, drop dead gorgeous!!), and a great DVD which enables you to get inside the album, the way it was recorded, her 2002 European tour, and inside Anastacia's head, to see what makes her tick as an artist, and it shows her battle with breast cancer which is both heartbreaking and inspiring.

Essential...period...the defense rests...nothing more I can say to emphasize how much you need to hear this disc and buy this limited package...

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable Album amazing artist, January 21, 2006

By 

Joel M. Andre (Sedona, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anastacia (Audio CD)

Unless you have been hanging around Europe for a while now you may not recognize the name Anastacia, although she began in the US with the Phenominal hit I'm Outta Love she has sadly been shunned by American Airwaves. So packing it up she headed to Europe only to became a HUGE international star.

This classic album showcases Anastacia's strong gritty voice full of raw emotion and power.

Well its figuring out whats going on in the mind of a lover such as in the track Left Outside Alone An upbeat what the heck is wrong with you track.

Living it up as a sexy single, a fun upbeat song which will get you up and movin.

Or the heartbreaking Heavy on My Heart you realize the passion and the range of this artist. The imagery in this song is fantasic and the breathy vocals are haunting.

Or by far the best song to hit the music industry, Maybe Today, if you need a heart breaker, this is the song for you!

If Britney Spears is your idea of talent, this album won't interest you, if you are an Alanis or Jewel fan, pick this puppy up!