Helpless Heart

Maura O'Connell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 1989)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LJ6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,594 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Can't Stop the Girl

2. Helpless Heart

3. Summerfly

4. Trouble in the Fields

5. Cast a Long Shadow

6. Only a Fool

7. Just Like the Blues

8. Isn't It Always Love

9. Bed for the Night

10. Western Highway

11. You'll Never Know

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a voice that touches the soul...., January 29, 1999

By 

rocky-o ('peripheral view') - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helpless Heart (Audio CD)

maura o'connell...just saying the name makes me take a deep breath...her voice touches your soul,and on this cd,her very best,she captures your heart with songs like "only a fool" and the title track. but there's enough irish in her to kick up a little dust,as she still does with such grace,on tracks like "summerfly". this album would make a perfect gift for anybody or just treat yourself. this is one best kept secret that should be a secret no longer.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN'T STOP THE GIRL!!!!, February 22, 2004

By 

William R. Hancock (Travelers Rest, S.C. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Helpless Heart (Audio CD)

Look, lets just lay it on the line here. Maura O'Connell is NOT...as described in the notational Amazon blurb...just one of the greatest IRISH singers around. You can take that restrictive little adjective qualifier out of the description and junk it. Maura O'Connell is one of the greatest SINGERS around. PERIOD.
"The Voice" can do virtually anything. Any genre (though I haven't heard her try opera yet), any tempo, any time, any place.
And when you HEAR "The Voice" you know it instantly to be hers...just as you do with Judith Durham of the old Seekers.Maura is Maura, and as soon as she starts up you know you can just settle back and expect a TREAT. "Red" ALWAYS delivers.
I Don't plan to go overlong with this review (if you want more yak from me about how good she is, go read the "Walls & Windows" review). Don't need to. This album is flat out WONDERFUL. It may well be her best. It has all the wonderful instrumentation you expect on an O'Connell CD, and all the heart and sublime vocal nuances. The songs on this thing are just fabulous from start to finish and I hesitate to name any titles at all as being "special". They ALL are. If pushed, I would have to say my biggest love affair here is with "Cast A Long Shadow" (but that's just me), though EVERYTHING else runs "dead-close second"!
If you have never heard Maura O'Connell before (what cave are YOU fresh out of?), then saddle up with THIS album, pardner. Right here. Right now. "Helpless Heart" is a real gem. Be warned, though. Once exposed to "Irish Red" you WILL absolutely and unequivocally become an O'Connell junkie and crave her music like a fish craves water.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!!!! Me, I'm about to DIE to hear her do
"Danny Boy"!!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maura's Magic, June 17, 2000

By 

Stephen Conley - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helpless Heart (Audio CD)

Maura always seems to know exactly what songs to sing. It doesn't matter if it's a ballad or a fast rock track, her voice adapts to suit the mood. Maura's vocals are always inspiring, and this is my favorite of all of her albums. Especially notable are "Isn't It Always Love", "Trouble In The Fields", and a personal favorite: "Summerfly". Just one or two listens to any of these songs and you will find yourself humming at odd intervals. A must for anyone who enjoys sophisticated female singers or fans of folk, celtic, or americana. On this C.D. you will find songs to suit any occasion. A true gem.