Customer Reviews

Earthbound

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

After reading all of the reviews for this album, iam totally shocked. First of all, i think people are expecting an electronic zero 7 sound. Thats what you are not going to get, thank god. Sophie has made a charming organic smooth album. Mostly acoustic guitar with that gorgeous voice is all she needs. Robin guthrie from the cocteau twins adds his atmosperic guitar edge on 4 cuts, which are worth buying the album alone! Sophies biggest mistake on her debut was not letting robin produce the whole thing. His etheriel sound compliments her voice just perfect. But, make no mistake, the rest of the album is worth the buy.

i actually prefer this to the zero 7 albums. i give it 5 stars not because it blows me away but because i can listen to it all the way through. this is PERFECT winter music. 'stop me' and 'start me' would have to be my favorites. i love the dreamy guitars - i think robin guthrie had something to do with it? at any rate, it's a beautiful album and i'd recommend it to almost anyone.

Sophie is as good if not better on her own than she was with Zero 7; and she was excellent on those cd's.

i don't understand the other reviewers, this is a great album, it's a sohpie barker album, very different & fresh. i recommend it when you're taking a bath after a long work day.
i'm waiting for the new zero 7 album (coming out soon) but this is a great way of waiting it.. not the best of the year but honestly.. very pleasent.

the minimalism is here, simplicity after all. enjoy it.

I'm sorry, but most of the other reviewers obviously don't know what real, interesting music is...'Earthbound'. This album is interesting as it is fresh, and PROFESSIONAL reviewers also comment on how amazing this album is.

My advice to those critics slamming this album is don't try and review good music...you're no good at it.

This album is fantastic and a real godsend in the days of trash. Each track is individual and possess the qualities of perfect music. If you're looking for Zero 7, this may not be what you're looking for. But if you want to hear proper music that is actually interesting, I suggest this small investment.

Zero 7 are my favourite artists of all time, so I decided to start listening to the individual artists, such as Sophie Barker, Sia Furler and Tina Dico. Sophie was the one who sang 'In Time' and 'Destiny' among others. These are two of my favourite songs by Zero 7.
However, I am extremely disappointed by Sophie's solo CD. It's not the same style or sound, it has no songs that I would pick out as a really good piece of music, and her voice doesn't sound nearly half as impressive as it did in the Zero 7 songs.
Overall I regret buying this CD and would tell people to forget Sophie and stick to Tina Dico and Sia - both their individual albums are good, and show that they work well both alone and in a group.
Earthbound is a good title only because that's what the music is like, very earthy and almost like she's been living in the woods all her life trying to be like a fairy or something.
Yeah... I just don't like it.

This really is a disappointment. I am a HUGE Zero 7 fan ... and their featured vocalists, however this just didn't cut it. Sophie has a wonderful voice and is a wonderful vocalist but I do not recommend adding this CD as part of your collection.