Samantha Cole [IMPORT]

Samantha Cole

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B000005AZ1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #413,926 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1997 debut featuring songs written or produced by Nile Rodgers, Deborah Cox, David Foster, Dianne Warren & Richard Marx. Universal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars decent, but not distinct..., January 20, 2004

By	"at0mic0734" (Calgary, AB Canada) - See all my reviews

Samantha Cole's first (and as yet last) album was one of those countless albums specially engineered for the mainstream, but never had much to show for it.. eventually falling flat in the charts and banished to the annals of mainstream mediocrity. One only needs to look at the seven producers on board including super-producers Nile Rodgers and David Foster, Diane Warren, Jon-John (who had worked with Diana Ross around this time), Richard Marx, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Jimmy Harry (whew!)... Unfortunately, despite (or because of) all the producers on board, many of the songs end up sounding fairly generic and anonymous (even for MOR standards). Case in point: yet another pointless cover of "You Light Up My Life"..yuck.

In addition, much of the songs sound astonishingly dated when compared to other records released around this time, especially some of the more uptempo R&B numbers (esp. "Sweet Sweet Surrender"..which is quite painful, really). Some of the best tracks include the first single "Without You", the Richard Marx duet "Surrender To Me" and "I'm Right Here" all of which are produced by David Foster and/or Richard Marx. Although fairly typical in it's David Foster MOR schlock value, at least it's well-crafted and well performed MOR schlock, and easily the best of this bunch... Nile Rodgers, one of my favorite producers, contributes a couple of the more uptempo numbers, but still doesn't seem to live up to his usual standard on this record.. "What You Do To Me" comes close, but not quite. Although Cole has a fine voice, the early Whitney/Mariah AC/MOR approach on this album fails. Cole may have the vocal ability, but hardly the vocal presence of either, nor the distinctive material to get noticed.. good luck to her on a follow-up, if it's ever to come..

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quite disappointed, March 1, 2002

A Kid's Review

The songs on the cd are not memorable. She has very weak and poor singing skills. (You can hear some out of tune notes and cracking.) I was hoping for some expressive music (like Mariah Carey) but found dull music and not very much talent. Please don't buy this album, it's really not worth your money. I wish I hadn't listen to her album, I was quite disappointed.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars She has quite good vocals., July 14, 1998

By A Customer

Seriously, I must say that I'm not a massive fan of Samantha Cole, but after listening to "Without You", I changed my mind a little. She has quite good vocals and her expressions in her songs are quite good as well. The other tracks from this album are rather good as well, like "Shadow of Love" and "You Light Up My Life". Although she may sound a little like Mariah Carey, these two singers have different personalities altogether. It's worth a buy.