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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely Irresistable, July 20, 2001
Cathy Dennis entered the music scene more than a decade ago as vocalist for the dance outfit DMOB. After two dance-oriented projects, she seemingly disappeared from sight. This compilation is essential for any Dennis fan, containing music from those two albums, as well as her detour into retro-styled pop with AM I THE KIND OF GIRL?, which wasn't released here in the states. Among the highlights, her hits 'Just Another Dream', 'You Lied To Me', and 'Touch Me(All Night Long)', as well as her best ballad performance, 'Too Many Walls'. The other ballads are fairly disposable and not very memorable, and among the great songs on her aforementioned third album, check out 'When Dreams Turn To Dust', and the cleverly biting 'The Date'. A good reminder of why Dennis, at her best, was pretty addictive.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great compilation of Cathy Music!, February 20, 2005
Finally got this one after a lot of debating whether or not it would be worth it. Well, I'm not sorry I bought it! As a matter of fact, the compilation is a lot better than expected on account of the different version of "Touch me (all night long) and the slightly dancier sounding "Move to This".
When I first heard of Cathy Dennis back in the 1990, my immediate reaction was "Who is that?" I couldn't believe her voice...and couldn't wait to see the face that went with the voice. As soon as i heard "Touch me...", I was sold!
Hmmmmm...it seems they knew exactly what they were doing when they put on the UK single version of "Touch Me (all night long)" on this compilation. I think it's the perfect way to start a "Greatest Hits" cd. My sensitive ears caught this different version right away. LOL
The first time I played this CD compilation, "Irresistable", I fell in love with Cathy all over again. Too bad she's not recording anymore. :( I must add...the first time i heard "Touch me..." was in Montreal city on a late summer evening, blaring out of a dance club in the gay district.
And i admit I was hooked on her right away! Unfortunately, I ended up buying "Move to this" at a very high price in the high "double-digits". But it was worth it, because I supported an underrated and underappreciated pop star.
And it's a shame because she really deserved to be more famous, as mentioned in a recent review on here.
Yes...she did it all and she did it perfectly! I honestly admit that the songs on the 2nd half of "Irresistable" aren't as great as her earlier material, but she still had the voice, as cute as ever!
I love it when an artist writes her/his own music and can make it big in the music industry. Where are all the female artists like Cathy?
This disc is definitely the cream of the crop, because I listened to the "Am I the Kind of girl" cd and i didn't care for it as a whole. But they did add the best songs from there, onto here!
I hope she records again someday because she has collaborated with great artists since "Irresistable" came out. Look at Celine Dion...she wrote the song "Reveal" for Celine's "One Heart" album. And that song is the best one on the cd!
Since Cathy's Debut with "Move to this", I've never tired of the album. It was always something I'd put on the stereo, close my eyes and drift away to her voice. "Too many walls" has always been a favorite "Singalong" song. Very easy to follow and feel good to.
Same with "You lied to me", from "Into the skyline". Darn...what a great album that happened to be too! I find "Into the skyline" to be a more quiet album, except for "Everybody get up" which should've been on "Irresistable". Awww, too bad! LOL
Tracklist:
01- Touch Me (all night long)
02- My Beating Heart
03- Just Another Dream
04- Too Many Walls
05- Everybody Move
06- You Lied to Me
07- Irresistable
08- Being With You
09- Falling
10- Change Will Come
11- West End Pad
12- Am I the Kinda Girl?
13- When Dreams Turn to Dust
14- The Date
15- Fickle
16- That is Why You Love Me
17- Waterloo Sunset
18- Tell Me
Well...that's it for my review. Hope it's helpful!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect title, February 5, 2005
Ah, Cathy Dennis, we hardly knew ya...
And it's a shame because she really deserved to be more famous. She did it all: wrote 'em, sang 'em, produced 'em. And this disc is the cream of the crop.
Six songs are from her irresistible (sorry!) debut 'Move To This', five from the OK 'Into the Skyline', and seven from one of the great lost pop albums of the 90s 'Am I the Kinda Girl'.
Cathy's songs are dance and pop gems. They stay in your head long after you're done listening... which makes sense because this is the same woman who wrote Kylie Minogue's worldwide monster hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (she also wrote Britney's "Toxic").
Cathy's debut, 'Move to This', is dance happy, kicking off with the one-two punch of the brilliant "Just Another Dream" and "Touch Me". She also slows things down with the seductive "Tell Me" and the reflective "Too Many Walls". Overall a solid first album.
Her second, 'Into the Skyline' has always seemed to me to be cold. I think this may have had to do with her teaming up with Shep Pettibone to produce. There's a distance to these songs, but "Irresistible" really connects.
And then... ah, her third, and sadly, last album, 'Am I the Kinda Girl'. This was such an unexpected departure from her two previous dance albums: it was straight up POP. The title track has one of the great guitar riffs EVER, as Ms. Dennis plays her gender bending games. And it contains one of my favorite lines, "Am I the kinda screw that your toolbox lacks?" Mercy! Other standouts are the charging "That is Why You Love Me", and her gorgeous cover of the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" (Ray Davies even co-wrote a song with Cathy, "The Date", which is on this collection).
These days Cathy is more behind the scenes writing and producing... AND she's also been listed as one of the Top 5 richest women in England (probably from writing the themes to "Pop Idol" and its American conterpart called... well, you know...).
I hope she records again someday, but in the meantime, pick up this disc! You'll find it... irresistible.
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