Customer Reviews

Lotus

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To fully appreciate this small powerhouse of a singer, one has to see her live. I've had the fortune of seeing her twice. It is simple to understand the motivation of this complex singer: clear, pure, crystalline passion for her music. Her latest CD shows us how she is not afraid of experimenting with new themes on her older songs. Result: they're enriched and we're enlightened. My wish is to see her touring with the North American female singers of her genre (Sarah,Mellissa,Paula, etc)giving her some exposure outside of Italy; exposure to share her music only, as she has no interest whatsoever in the financial benefits. She has continued to call the shots and stick to her ideals. You feel that in the music. I would like to complain, however, that this CD is way overpriced on Amazon if you consider you can purchase it in Italy for about 20.00 euro ($24.00)in Italy. Any reader is welcome to write me with any questions regarding a reasonably priced !!!ORIGINAL!!! CD

If you truly enjoy music, get this CD..get all her CD's.

I strongly recommend this album, her music is the kind that anyone can listen to, she has a fantastic voice and her lyrics are amazing, shes has definantly shown how extremely talanted she is through her previous albums and she has done it again with LOTUS, it's a shame there aren't more singers like her, she is something special.

LOTUS consists of 16 songs, seven which have been re-created from her previous albums, six new and original tracks, one of them being her latest release 'Broken', and three songs which have been previously sung by other artists.

TRACK LIST
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01. Hallelujah ( Previously sung by Leonard Cohen )
02. Rock your soul
03. Broken
04. Femme Fatale ( Previously sung by Velvet Underground )
05. Sleeping in your hand
06. Labyrinth
07. Beautiful Night
08. Almeno tu null 'universo ( Previously sung by Mia Maitini )
09. Electricity
10. The Marriage
11. Yashal
12. Stranger
13. Luce
14. Gift
15. Interlude
16. A Prayer

Once again, this is an extremely good album, I give it 5 stars and I hope you will all listen to it.

Maybe this is the best album recorded by Elisa. It is produced by herself and contains both old songs and new songs, and some tracks previously sung by other artists as well. Lotus is an acoustic album and offers warm sounds and peace, so you've got to look for this atmosphere. If you already know the version of Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, you must listen to the one by Elisa too: I guess it has the same force (and I didn't think someone else could sing Hallelujah as good as Jeff). You can also find a new version of Labyrinth, one of the first songs by Elisa and I have to say that I prefer this version that is completely different and more optimistic. Every new song has something to say that comes from Elisa's heart. My favourite ones are "A prayer" and "Interlude" but I do like "Electricity", "Beautiful night", "Yashal" and "Broken" as well.

I'm from Italy, I know Elisa since 1997.
This album is truly fantastic, with acoustic atmosphere, recorded with many analogic instrument(in italy is available also in vynil).
The international prize are crazy (40$!).
But the album is very raccomanded.
She has not voice, she have an musical instrument in her mouth.
The best of her you can only listen on stage, where she make change on armonic and melodic line.
One of the best artist in Italy.
Roberto Colferai

P.s. she sing in english and very rarely in italian, only two songs

This is a MUST have for cd collector, music lover, hi-fi hobbyist I guess. This cd has a brilliant recording quality, which is probably one of the best of mine collections. And the singer's talent is obvious, that I can assure most of you, once you listened Elisa's cds, you'd feel comfortable and tranquil. Seriously, musician like Elisa deserves more applause. there's no doubt in my mind that this Italian musician has achieved something brilliant, beautiful, or I'd like to call it extraordinary.

Amazing discovering i made with Elisa Toffoli, Lotus offers the best pop music made in Italy with several influences such as Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley, soul, rock, folk a variety of styles, Elisa songwritting is mostly in inglish but you can find a few lyrics in her mother tongue and it sounds beautifull, cuts like "broken", "rock your soul", "electricity" and "almeno tu nell universo" make of Lotus perhaps one of the most classic albums of Elisa
HM

Lotus is an excellent cd to introduce one to Elisa. The songs are very melodic, Elisa's voice is smooth and silky, and the lyrics actually say something. If you like Sarah McLachlan and Dido, Elisa will be right at home in your music collection.

I bought this for a friend... he really loved it... She is a really good singer, too bad she is not popular here...

I popped this CD into my computer, expecting Elisa's lovely music to pour from my speakers. Instead, I was pelted with error messages and distorted noise. What I hadn't been told until I looked at a tiny icon on the back of the CD and ran a few google searches is that it had been gimped by DRM. This CD cannot be ripped or indeed played by a computer, only a CD player. I don't use or own one of those, nor does anyone who lives in this century. Don't get me wrong, I love the music. The CD itself is worthless though. Don't buy it.

IF YOU INTEND TO PLAY THESE SONGS ON A COMPUTER OR MP3 PLAYER, GET THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. It costs half as much and it actually WORKS.

The import price is crazy $40!!!!!!
but it is a very good album...