Sons & Lovers [Import]

Hazel O'Connor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 1986)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Line
• ASIN: B000026VHA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #669,827 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing effort, June 8, 2001

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This review is from: Sons & Lovers (Audio CD)

Though not a disaster by any means, Sons and Lovers is Hazel O'Connor's most underwhelming album. Following the international success of Breaking Glass, her impressive debut album, Sons and Lovers seems like a thoroughly rushed affair, and must have been a major disappointment to fans at the time. Though O'Connor wanted Tony Visconti to produce her again, her record label would not meet his fees, and instead saddled her with Nigel Gray. This result is a poorly-produced album of songs which range from astonishing (the singles "Time" and "D. Days") to barely passable ("Who Will Care?," "Glass Houses"). O'Connor's recording of "Danny Boy" hints at what would later become one of her specialties, Celtic-influenced rock, but other than that this album continues in much the same vein as Breaking Glass, without the je ne sais qois that made her debut so special. I would recommend this album wholeheartedly to Hazel O'Connor fans, but casual listeners should stick to either Breaking Glass or Cover Plus if they want to hear what O'Connor sounded like in the early '80s.