Counting Down the Days [Import]

Natalie Imbruglia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B0007YH6AG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Starting Today

2. Shiver

3. Satisfied

4. Counting Down the Days

5. I Won't Be Lost

6. Slow Down

7. Sanctuary

8. Perfectly

9. On the Run

10. Come on Home

11. When You're Sleeping

12. Honeycomb Child

Editorial Reviews

12 Tracks - 1. Starting Today 2. Shiver 3. Satisfied 4. Counting Down The Days 5. I Won't Be Lost 6. Slow Down 7. Sanctuary 8. Perfectly 9. On The Run 10. Come On Home 11. When You're Sleeping 12. Honeycomb Child

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Counting down to this, July 12, 2005

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Apparently married life suits Natalie Imbruglia.

After getting married in 2003 to the Silverchair frontman, the Australian pop singer/actress seems much happier and more secure. The evidence: "Counting Down the Days," her third album. Apparently the child-voiced singer is no longer "Torn," as she was in her debut, but is now "Satisfied."

"Starting today/I'm not gonna waste another moment/Even if I had had the chance before/I would have blown it," she sings at the start of the album, over a simple, upbeat little pop tune that is half keyboard, half acoustic guitar. That note carries over to songs where she talks a lot about home, "falling apart together," and the loneliness of long-distance relationships.

Those songs give Imbruglia's music a more , not the sort of "I met a guy and I'm crazy about him" love songs. The exception is "Shiver," a catchy song obviously destined for singledom. "Cause I shiver/I just break up/When I'm near you/It all gets out of hand." Catchy, yet rather trite.

Not every song focuses on marital bliss, however. "Satisfied" exposes worries about the future: "This knot could come undone/no matter how we try to keep it tied," she sings over a deceptively perky pop backdrop. Well, I gotta admit, who likes an all-happy collection of love songs?

It must count for something that the producer for Blur and the Doves, Ben Hillier, did work on "Counting Down the Days." The pop songs here tend to stick to ordinary guitar riffs, many of them acoustic-based -- a nice change of pace from the majority of light pop. Additionally, they are given some bells, organs and electronic flourishes.

Imbruglia's voice hasn't changed too much -- she still has that girlish Kylie-Minogue kind of voice. Not much of a range, but not unpleasant to the ear. She's able to carry off most of the songs here, though the writing descends to unpleasantly gooey in places. "You talk so much sense/when you're sleeping"? Adoring-the-sleeping-lover songs are overdone enough, without a line like that.

Expect a happier -- yet slightly insecure -- Natalie Imbruglia in "Counting Down the Days." Has several writing weaknesses, but a pleasant enough listen.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good album from Natalie Imbruglia..., July 14, 2009

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Angela K. Scott-Cox "Artful Angel" (Numerous cities, states, countries...Deserted in Fayettehell NC/sad south) - See all my reviews
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I think this is the weakest of her three albums. I was not as impressed and felt she plays it more "safe" on this album. I would recommend her first album way before this one!

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as "Left of the Middle", October 4, 2010

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Gene Fellner "R.I.P. Sandy Denny" (from out in the redwood forest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Counting Down the Days (Audio CD)

Of course "Left of the Middle" was a hard act to follow, with songs like "One More Addiction" and "Leave Me Alone." Not to mention "Torn," which is a little lightweight and was played to death on the video stations, but it was still a great song. There's nothing close to that on this CD. If you like Natalie you'll appreciate having more of her music. But if you're like me, none of these songs will be playing in your head the way the ones on "Left of the Middle" still are. She has a couple of other CDs out, and I will be a dutiful fan and buy them. Hopefully they're better.