Land of the Living

Kristine W | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WWL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

KRISTINE W Land Of The Living (1997 US 11-track CD album including Feel What You Want and One More Try [Rollos Big Mix] picture sleeve)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an awesome debut, December 10, 1999

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"tahiyaki" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land of the Living (Audio CD)

I had the chance of seeing this wonderful artist in concert when this album was first released. She has such an incredible vocal range and an incredible stamina and persona. I got acquainted with her artistry upon the release of her single "Feel what You want" (which by the way has one the best videos of the decade) and waited eagerly for this album to come out. When it did I was beyond surprised, it was a zillion times better than what I expected. It is Jazzy; it is classy. It has some of the best lyrics that I have seen in any pop album in the past 10 years. And best of all it keeps you moving all along. It has been nearly five years since i bought this record and I still look for it when I'm in the mood for well written and produced music. Buy it ---you'll LOVE it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Put--A Classic, August 4, 2002

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Chris S. "cscotts" (atlanta, ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land of the Living (Audio CD)

Kristine Weitz's debut LAND OF THE LIVING not only secured her a string of huge club hits, but announced her as not only the finest vocalist to ever(yes, I said EVER) come out of the dance arena, but also one of the strongest vocalist of any popular genre to emerge in the last decade. Club denizens who loved such house anthems as 'Feel What You Want' and 'One More Try' got more where that came from here, expertly working not only house stompers('Let Me In','Don't Wanna Think')and electronic ballads('Love Song','Sweet Mercy Me') but throwing in a jazz-inspired club jam('Jazzin'). Vocally, she's simply in a league all by her lonesome--I enjoy Celine and Whitney(histrionics and all)as much as the next person, but this woman digs down DEEP for every single verse that she throws out--comparisons to such soul-drenched divas as Aretha or Chaka Khan would not be hypocritical or sacreligious here. This record, and the artist herself, is simply one of the finest things of any musical genre to come out of the nineties.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hardest Working Woman In Dance Business, August 2, 2005

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Harry R. Scharf "House music lover" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Land of the Living (Audio CD)

I bought this album in August 1996, on the strength of a review in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (which ordinarily doesn't review obscure, underground dance albums) which called Kristine W. the '90's Donna Summer. Well, that was good enough for me, and on a trip to Charleston, WV, I found the cassette version at, of all places, the mall record store there. I've since bought it twice on CD, the first one having been stolen, the second one autographed at her concert at St. Louis Gay Pride in '04.

The Post-Dispatch review didn't do the album justice, as I expected a disco-ey collection of music. Instead, this was idiosyncratic, true underground house music, thanks, I'm sure, to the production influence of Rollo & Rob D. In fact, her subsequent albums, while enjoyable and catchy, have gone in a more mainstream, pop-dance direction, and they just don't grab me like the first one did.

But there's That Voice. Listen to her sing the phrase "shoeshine blues" in Feel What You Want, and I dare you not to get a shiver down your spine. That Voice is what makes me a loyal fan; I would probably buy a CD of her singing German oom-pah music.

Live, Ms. Weitz is a multi-talented one-woman band. She sings to backing tracks but also plays percussion and saxophone and a couple of other instruments I've probably forgotten. A tightly choreographed routine is supported by back-up dancers, and she did not falter during the humid St. Louis summer heat, earning, for me, the title of The Hardest Working Woman In Show Business. (Note: LOVED the review of the guy who described in minute detail her outfit when she performed in '94 in Boystown - LOL)