Blue Planet [IMPORT]

Donna Lewis

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000009D18
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,776 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Welsh warbler Donna Lewis is a curious animal indeed. Given her proficiency with synth keyboards and her unabashed love for flowery textures, she appears to be wandering into faux-Kate Bush territory, her thoughts floating in the stars. But Lewis has a quirk that always brings her back down to earth: she's a sucker for a good hook. Remember her singsong 1996 hit "I Love You Always Forever"? This "thinking man's pop" schematic is echoed several times over on her sophomore album. "Harvest Moon" functions on such a childishly simple level, it almost feels like a nursery rhyme. "Falling," its rhythms bounding like Jell-O, plugs into a sunshiny '60s optimism that feels honest, not arch. And the minimal piano-set-to-metronome-beat "I Could Be the One" is kept aloft by Lewis's charmingly breathy vocals. She occasionally overreaches, as on the quasi-industrial "Beauty and Wonder" (try as she might, this lady just can't sound threatening) and the funned-up "Love Him." But Lewis has her ABBA/Kate niche all staked out and finely feathered, so it's easy to forgive her for a couple of indiscretions. --Tom Lanham

Product Description
The pop vocalist's sophomore album, originally issued in 1998, it features 11 tracks including 'I Could Be The One', 'Love Him' & 'Falling'. Atlantic.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She COULD BE a THUNDER IN THE CLOUD, August 6, 2000

By	KEEPitREAL (LA) - See all my reviews

I bought this CD on a whim...and THANK GOD...it is a GREAT..and I mean GREAT cd to send you off into bliss. Her angelic whispers and thumping back beats are luscious. They keep you coming back for more. Highlights include WILL LOVE GROW...an upbeat swishy song...LOVE HIM (BEST SONG) which is the most overlooked song I've ever heard...I COULD BE THE ONE is a great bouncy sing a long...the unforgettable HARVEST MOON...sends you on a starry night with the clouds floating above the nightingales..I URGE you to purchase this. I played this CD in it's entirety on a road trip for 5 friends..and they ALL purchased it...you really must get this one!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DONNA STRIKES BACK BIGTIME!, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

I can definitely understand if you have doubts about getting "Blue Planet" . If you are like me, then I can help. I had her first album and I was not sure if this new album sounded great. The song titles make it sound dull and slow. The truth is, it is very upbeat and dancey. Very much unlike her pop-sounding but not too poppy last album. So, don't be fooled by the song titles. The opening song, "Will Love Grow", sort of comes close to the opener of her last album. Then you get a catchy beat to the first new single "I Could Be The One". If you think that's it for the fast stuff, you're wrong. "Love Him" comes up next in the track list and is probably the fastest song she's done. Skip down to "Beauty and Wonder" for a feel of her last album song "Love and Affection". So I don't have to go on forever, trust me when I say you won't be dissappointed. If you are a Donna Lewis fan, a fast and upbeat kinda person, and enjoy Donna Lewis lyrics, then this album is 100% for you. Any questions, just e-mail me! Also keep in mind that if you do want some ballads, you do in fact get them also.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still radiant after the test of time, July 6, 2002

By	"rhothgar" (Ossining, NY United States) - See all my reviews

In 1999 I wrote the review attached below. I have only written two Amazon reviews in my life so that itself speaks to the power of this CD. Virtually all of the songs on this CD mesmerize and bring one to a new place. Some instantly and some after worming their way in over time. Deeply romantic and introspective, magical, subtle, strong, pioneering, deceptively simple. I came across the music video in a lonely hotel room in Panang Malaysia while there alone on business. I heard the song "I can be the one" on the tv behind me, swung around gripped by it's magnetic power, and have had a new space carved in my romantic soul ever since.

Following written in 1999.
I had never heard of Donna Lewis until I saw her music video of "I can be the one". I was writing on the laptop, the tv on in
the background in a hotel room in S.E. Asia. She came on, and I was stopped in my tracks. I was mesmerized, and have yet
to fully recover. Later, I got the Blue Planet Album, and found most of it only Ok. Some of it grows on you. "I can be the
one" stayed fresh through many many playings however. It speaks at a visceral level. It beckons to some primal need.
Inspired.