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Laura Branigan

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Although not a avid fan of Ms. Branigan, I do have 5 of her albums. However, this album is by far her best. From "Never In A Million Years" to "The Best Was Yet To Come". If you like any of Ms. Branigan's music, you must have this album. Although most will remember her for "Gloria", this album is her true work of art!

After a few chart-topping albums, Laura's career started to decline by critics, but I still think her music was great. Her 1990 self-titled album is no disappointment. While the style of her music started to slighly change, the material seemed to mature. It doesn't have the same quality that Self Control does, but if you are a fan of Laura's you will find that it is still excellent. Unfortunately, none of the songs reached the top of the charts. My favorite tracks are: Moonlight on Water, Bad Attitude, Never in a Million Years, Turn the Beat Around, Unison, and No Promise, No Guarantee. I would definitely recommend this album.

This is Branigan at her best and features great vocals and good production. Uptempo songs include: "Moonlight On Water", "Bad Attitude" and "Turn The Beat Around" (which is far superior to Gloria Estefan's version). Wonderful ballad, "Never In A Million Years" is heartfelt. If you like Laura Branigan, buy this.

I could not find this CD anywhere but there . Thank you. I had it from the time it was put out years ago and lost it when someone broke into my car and stole it. Thanks for giving me back something I loved and thougth I would never find again.

Although there were no top ten hits on this CD, There are some great songs on it- Never in A Million Years, Moonlight on Water, The Best Was yet to Come and others.

After the more mellowed sounds of Touch, and with the transition period of 1989/1990, what was Laura Branigan to do? She found new producers, even self-produced some, found some new sounds, went back to her old style, and did some songs that was not worthy of her, given her talent.

"Moonlight On Water" finds her going back to the upbeat synth pop that made her a big name with her first four albums. The theme of leisure time spent with someone special being more important than a Mercedes or that big promotion is something done previously: "Instead of dreamin' 'bout all that money/we got much simpler things to do" she sings. One of the better songs here.

"Bad Attitude" is something Laura is not impressed with, preferring someone who's not a raw diamond. The chorus is a mixture of funky synths, accompanying R&B vocals and a fiery guitar. This is a newer kind of sound for Branigan.

In the keyboard ballad "Never In A Million Years" Laura's voice is still in peak form, the way she did the heartfelt cover of Alphaville's "Forever Young" on Hold Me or "Will You Still Love Me" on Self Control. Another highlight cut.

"Smoke Screen" is a mid-paced number about the defense mechanisms one uses to protect one's feelings after being burned. The synths, drum machine and backing vocals in the chorus makes this more a Taylor Dayne song, a la "I'll Be Your Shelter."

"Let Me In" sounds like something Janet Jackson or Paula Abdul would be better off doing. As for Laura, sorry, no sandwich from the picnic basket.

Given her great cover songs from the past, one would expect her to make Vicki Sue Robinson's disco standard "Turn The Beat Around" a winner, but it's a bit uninspired, as the tempo's slowed down, so that's unexcusable. Gloria Estefan did a much better cover of this, more to the spirit of the original.

Her cover of "Unison" is remarkable for the same reason that Celine Dion not only also covered it that year, but took that as the title of her English-language debut. There isn't that much difference between the two versions, as it is an unremarkable mid-paced dance song.

"No Promise-No Guarantee" is better suited for Jennifer Rush--what that woman could do with this!--but Laura and her accompanying vocalists do an admirable enough job of a song averring to open one's heart and world despite no promises and no guarantees.

With the guitar and synth song, "Reverse Psychology" sounds like either an 80's movie song that failed to hit a soundtrack or something Jennifer Rush might have rejected.

OK, she had to get one of three cover songs bang on, and she does so with her heartfelt cover of Bryan Adams' "The Best Was Yet To Come", which has a synth instead of electric piano, but I hear the Laura Branigan I'm used to, as well as the Pasadena Boys Choir making this a more haunting version than Bryan's. "What's so good about goodbye, when the best was yet to come?" she asks. A great way to end the album.

Laura Branigan's self-titled debut finds her scrambling in all directions. Getting back to her old sound and doing the emotional ballads was a good moves, and her voice is still at its peak, but a bad choice of songs, instrumentations that aren't catchy, and a lack of oomph in a sagging midsection really hurt this album. A flawed yet worthy attempt to find a place in 1990.

Laura Branigan was one of the best overall singers in the world. I think that this album does a great job on displaying her magnificent voice. It was a great loss to all of us that the good Lord needed a new angel for his choir. Laura's voice was way ahead of her time.

Laura was a great gift to all of us. this album was great!!

This is an excellent CD for fans and collectors to buy,the songs are excellent quality of sound too

Im searching for some information of a song titled Tell Him. I do not know the original artist but discovered a few minutes ago that Laura sang it also. Its on youtube! As a huge fan of Lauras , if you have any information that could help me I would really appreciate it very much. I would like to get a copy of the song on cd and the name of the original artist to compare voice and sound. Of course nothing compares to Lauras powerful vocals but just want to hear and have a copy for myself. Please help? (Tell Him).