Lost in a Moment [Import]

Lene Marlin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0009RJPBO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Lucky Day [CD-ROM Track]

2. All I Can Say [CD-ROM Track]

3. How Would It Be [CD-ROM Track]

4. Hope You're Happy [CD-ROM Track]

5. What If [CD-ROM Track]

6. Leave My Mind [CD-ROM Track]

7. When You Were Around [CD-ROM Track]

8. Never to Know [CD-ROM Track]

9. Eyes Closed [CD-ROM Track]

10. It's True [CD-ROM Track]

11. Wish I Could [CD-ROM Track]

Editorial Reviews

2005 album from one of Norway's finest pop artists.This is her third and follow-up album to her previously released, 'Playing My Game' (1999) and 'Another Day' (2003). The later has has now approached 500.000 copies worldwide. The first single, 'You Weren't There', became a No. 1 hit in both Norway and Italy, and the song went on to become the most air-played song in the musical history of her native country. In December 2004, Lene held her first ever live concert tour across Norway, visiting six different cities from south to north. EMI. 2005

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music's hidden angel shines for a third time, January 15, 2006

By 

Steven Ooi (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in a Moment (Audio CD)

Lene Marlin is my favourite musician, period. In an English-language market dominated by the Americans and Brits, the best artist is really one for whom English is not her mother tongue. But she brings a gentle, soulful Norwegian touch to the English language, and the two cultures and vibes blend beautifully to produce something truly rich.

A couple of tracks on her third album, on first listen, may sound like humdrum commercial pop. But give it more time and you'll find that songs like "My Lucky Day" and "How Would It Be" possess an emotional honesty and depth that lift them above the ordinary. And they have grown on me; now they are very special songs too.

Most songs on the album are very good; but the best songs are an absolute masterclass. "Leave My Mind" is oceans deep and undulating in its elegant sadness and fluid rhythm. The guitar playing is excellent and unusual in its feel as well. The beat is fascinating as it features an occasional skip, and the way Lene wraps her voice and soul around the words "If I" in the chorus is luxuriant.

'If I...
had a choice I'd leave it all behind'

"All I Can Say" features a rich guitar sound that conjures a glorious sun that soon becomes accompanied by a few thoughtful clouds. It sees Lene at her most tender, albeit a more mature tenderness than before. She lingers on the notes in the chorus with that familiar theme of guilt for breaking someone's heart inadvertently -- but it is guilt awash with tenderness, unlike earlier guilt-laden songs like "Maybe I'll Go" and "Unforgivable Sinner".

"When You Were Around" is an unplugged-style song, just guitar and voice, a style in which Lene excels. Its sheer simplicity of melody and lyric stand out in the increasingly complicated music and world of today. You feel like you're in Lene's garage, and she's playing and singing on a lazy, rainy Saturday afternoon -- just for you.

"Hope You're Happy" is another of my favourites on the record. It is another walk on love's dark shores by Lene, and her lyrics are exquisitely simple, yet rich in meaning and feelng. Much ambivalence and irony lie in the words:

'I'm sorry that I could not be
As perfect as you wanted me
Just wondering, what's going on in your
mind
I sure hope you're fine
I hope your conscience is clear
Hope you're happy'

No one makes sadness more beautiful than Lene Marlin. It is redemptive music by an artist who has the rare courage to truly bare her soul and share her deepest hurts to contemplative people who love music, and love honesty.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The legend rolls on...quiet as can be, August 2, 2005

By 

Gosu "gg no re" (Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in a Moment (Audio CD)

Though being an avid Lene Marlin fan, I have only just discovered that she has released a 3rd album. My first impressions are that 'Lost In A Moment' is a significantly superior album to her 2nd compilation, but slightly inferior to her original work. Of course, 'Playing My Game' is one of my favourite albums of all time, so that is hard to better.

Once more, Lene Marlin follows a formula that has brought her the quiet success of the past. Probably one of the most under-rated singer/songwriters of our time.

This is an essential addition for any Lene Marlin fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If i say i love you..............what would you do?, July 22, 2005

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J. H. Infante (Guadalajara, Ja, Mex) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lost in a Moment (Audio CD)

Better than "playing my game", better than "Another day" Lene Marlin does again, a sublime collection of music and lyrics more oriented this time to soft pop rock than only sweet pop offered in his first album and that sort of folk pop offered in the second, Lost in a moment is more mature and of course every eventual production will be more mature then the last one, Lene marlin have that potential to make music for the rest of her life such as Tori Amos or Sarah Mchlaclan or Jonni Mitchel and that closed elite that were choosen for this occupation, we hope we live to see the day when this gorgeous and inspired blonde reaches her 20th or 30th production.

I recommend, "My lucky day", "what if", "all i can say" and of course, "how would it be"