Moment [Import]

Lisa Stansfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ztt UK
• ASIN: B0002VBY20
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2004 album from the UK soul star includes the first single 'Treat Me Like A Woman' & a cover of the Prefab Sprout classic 'When Love Breaks Down' (including a new third verse written by Paddy McAloon). ZTT.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love The NEW Lisa -- Why Don't You?, January 20, 2005

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John T. Borek "Johny B." (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moment (Audio CD)

You know, I wasn't going to write this but some of you need to get a life and go with the flow! You need to listen to "The Moment" more than just once. This should bring her many new fans who don't particularly like R&B. After six albums of the same kind of music, I for one welcome a change from one of my very favorite artist. Give her a break! As an artist she needs to grow and try new things, and she's done it excellantly here with this new album. The voice is the same and come on now really, it still sounds dancable and soulful to me. I know everybody is entitled to their own opinion but don't knock a great album just because it's different from what you expect, grow a bit and give it a try. I just don't get it, you profess to LOVE LISA STANSFIELD, but obviously not enough to let her try new things. It's not that much of a departure. The new music is still Lisa and she sounds incredible, and I too would LOVE a Burt Bacharach covers album from her!!!!! Forge ahead Lisa and don't let them get to you!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a rare vintage - volatile and intoxicating, November 3, 2004

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T. Norton "still learning..." (key west) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moment (Audio CD)

Lisa is clearly gambling, though the risk is manageable, and bless her brave heart! With the recent release of THE MOMENT, as in the fine wines, the volatility is still too fresh, the vapors need to settle. I'd bet solidly on a memorable bouqet, but I'm not foolish enough to describe it just yet. The overall approach here is an adult contmporary "diva" album to showcase Lisa's performance and taste in material. Both of these facets, by the way, are in top form. The funny thing with this album is that it is very unconventional in it's conventional approach. When Lisa chose songs from outside writers, Dusty Springfield must have been her guardian angel, as this is the finest and most diverse taste we've seen in such a project for some time now. Highlights include "Say it to Me Now" (amazingly dissed by more than one "reviewer", this is an absolute gem!!), Lisa's self-penned title track (so much could be said, it is rich in metaphors and deceptively simple, a future classic!) which reads as a sort of maniphesto from a performer potentially at odds with her audience, but you'll find your own meaning, don't take mine at word! Two high-drama rock ballads are the surprise gems that will reward your purchase, and I'll let you discover them on your own! "If I Hadn't Got You" is a love letter to the fans (though not written by Lisa) that sees our girl wearing the catchy ditty with Armani style.
Weakest numbers? Unfortunately the self-written "He Touches Me" and "Love Without a Name" are cookie-cutter soul ballads that even Trevor's production can't seem to inspire. Here comes the big "However"-the two other self-penned efforts are amazingly rich and unique! My advice to Lisa would be to keep spending time in left field, it's working for her!
Over the years those fans lucky enough to follow Lisa have been treated to a musicality unprecedented in any Brit singer, male or female, since Dusty Springfield. This album is the latest icing on the cake of her career, and something tells me she's only on the soup course, here!! BUY IT and ENJOY!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trevor Horn + Lisa = STATE OF THE ART SOUL, February 18, 2006

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G. Mitchell "greggmitch" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moment (Audio CD)

WHY didn't this amazing album by Lisa get a US domestic CD release from Arista, the same American label that recently issued her greatest hits CD? Rather than re-hash, remix, and re-hash OLD material, why not "treat her like a woman" as Lisa croons and allow her to release some fine NEW material in the States?! Simple fact: She can't get played on US radio or MTV or VH1...too bad for us...as this is a great collection of songs, sung marvelously by our Lisa, especially solid songwriting from cohorts like RICHARD DARBYSHIRE (who also has a great voice American audiences have overlooked), including the should-have-been-smash IF I HADN'T GOT YOU - if you released this track with some remixes for the clubs or just the LP mix, this deserves to be a hit - one of the BEST songs Lisa has ever done - gives me goosebumps, what vocal phrasing! Lisa looks classic and sexy and very sophisticated on the sleeve, too. Hats off to TREVOR HORN and ZZT for giving Lisa another shot! Sure it's not early 90s club music, it's Lisa updated for...er...um...2004.