London Express (Limited Edition Digipak)

Elan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2005)
• Original Release Date: July 24, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Silverlight Records
• ASIN: B000BGQUZ2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

LA TIMES

"She fits the mold but wants to break it"
Alicia Valdez Rodriguez LA TIMES

Product Description

"London Express" is the follow up to Elan's ground breaking debut album "Street Child", which featured guest appearances by Grammy Award Winning guitarist Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), David Immergluck (Counting Crows) and Grammy Award Winner & Beck producer Brian Paulson, just to name a few, where tracks like "Midnight", "Street Child" (featuring Slash) and "Hideaway" topped the charts and captivated the music world; The title reflects Elan's appreciation for British rock, whose appeal she sees as uniquely universal. "A lot of the music I've heard here in California doesn't have that timeless quality," she insists, "where the guitars come in and you remember that lick for the rest of your life.That's what you get from the best of the English bands, which is why I want everybody to feel like they're on that London Express, no matter where they're from or where they're going." Produced by her brother and long time collaborator Jan Carlo DeFan, and mixed by Grammy Award engineer Jeff "The Pirate" Poe ( Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Santana) London Express confirming her as the first Latinamerican singer-songwriter who writes and sings entirely in English. Assertiveness and a worldly wisdom emerge as important traits throughout London Express. Over a galloping beat, muscular droning guitar, and keening background vocals on "Be Free," she radiates the kind of strength that comes from living. On "Whatever It Takes" she promises, with awareness of her power as an independent woman, "I'll make you believe that you're here for me/I'll make you want to be every single inch of me." With experience, of course, comes a different kind of sadness, though for Elan heartbreak is about the pain she has caused in those who have been drawn to her: "All I recall is your face in the cold," she sings in "Nobody Knows," "and the tear in your eye cuts like a knife."

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as Street Child....YES!!, June 23, 2006

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James G. Koolis "Jim" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: London Express (Limited Edition Digipak) (Audio CD)

Didnt think that Elan could match Street Child but on listening to London Express, I can only say that it is a good and probably better than the first CD. That's not something that happens often. Great melodies, excellent hooks that linger in your heart long after the music has finished. If you havent heard Street Child, get it now, if you have, get London Express, you wont be dissapointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!, June 21, 2006

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Paul G. Koeneke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: London Express (Limited Edition Digipak) (Audio CD)

I don't think my words will ever do justice to such an amazing artist. She has a beautiful talent writing lyrics, and a voice to match such intensity. For the past year the music world has being quite boring and annoying. Here and there I found cute sounds, but thank god Elan made this second album and made me feel like there is true geniune raw talent. Every songs is beyong good, hard to pick my favorite or the best one. To me this is a gem, so hard to find, but once found doubt you'll let go. I don't want to fall into the comparisons. So, sorry if my review doesn't go into what or who she sounds like. There is no comparison, she rules!