MARTIKA [Import, Original recording]

Martika | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording
• Label: CBS Records, Austria
• ASIN: B000MB0MPU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,143 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

First Austrian import pressing, issued in 1988, on CBS Records, # CBS 463355-2. TRACKS: 1.If You're Tarzan, I'm Jane-4:21 2.Cross My Heart-3:52 3.More Than You Know-4:10 4.Toy Soldiers-4:52 5.You Got Me Into This-4:11 6.I Feel The Earth Move-4:13 7.Water-4:40 8.It's Not What You're Doing-4:13 9.See If I Care-3:42 10.Alibis-3:51.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Martika's the best!, December 29, 1999

By 

J. Martin "ffej26" (Woodside, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martika (Audio CD)

I have had this CD four 10 years and I still play it all the time. She has such a unique voice and "Toy Soldiers" is in my opinion the best song ever recorded. It is so amazing and different than anything I have ever heard and her vocals are so brilliant."I Feel the Earth Move" rocks and "More Than You Know" is so fun and catchy you have to sing a long. Martika will never be forgotten and everyone who loved 80's pop needs to own this CD!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten diva..., September 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Martika (Audio CD)

Maritka is by far one of the most underappreciated pop singers of the last 10 years. Her velvety voice and killer looks grabbed the attention of many pop fans with her first release. This album is pure pop fun, though her sophmore effort "Martika's Kitchen" is by far the superior album, songs like "If You're Tarzan I'm Jane", "See If I Care" and "More Than You Know" exempliphy pop music, while the dance version of "I Feel The Earth Move" will get you moving. More sophisticated tracks like "Water", "Toy Soldiers" and "Alibis" proved that Martika was and is a talent that we must look out for. And we will do so next year when she releases her 3rd LP for RCA.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "TOY SOLDIERS" IS A GREAT SONG!, January 17, 2002

By 

J. Johnson "capricornrising1" (CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martika (Audio CD)

You know what,I never even knew Martika existed.Until(don't laugh) I was watching VH1's "Where Are They Now?" and this young unknown girl came onto my screen.I was then informed that that
unknown girl had a #1 hit in 1989 with a song called "Toy Soldiers".Huh? I wondered,"who is that? I never heard of her!"

And it's a shame I didn't.Because Martika shoud've been a bigger star.

I recently listened to "Toy Soldiers" and fell in love with it.
What a great song! A haunting ballad about a friend's drug use
that really soars.That's what a good pop ballad should be,I think.That song is a certified gem,folks!

Me being a nostolgic of the late '80s and the early '90s,I was
promted to buy this unknown diva's 1988 debut.I'm happy to say that that was a good choice on my part."Water" and the Carole
King cover "I Feel The Earth Move" are great,but not as great as "Toy Soldiers",though.

Well,nearly 13 years after "Toy Soldiers" hit #1,I'm wondering if Martika(who was in her late teens when "Toy" became a hit) is contoplating a new recording carrer.She was a way better songwriter than her peers at the time.