Sunshine at Midnight

Sunshine Anderson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music World
• ASIN: B000LC5B5Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,398 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars, January 26, 2007

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W. E. Phillips (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunshine at Midnight (Audio CD)

I remember when Sunshine Anderson first came out way back. It was about six years ago. She came into the industry as Macy Gray's protege, who at the time was at the height of her success. She released "Heard It All Before" and a very nice debut, but for some reson it went unnoticed.

So now that it's six years later, I was surprised when I saw her video on my favorite music blog. I couldn't believe it. I was reluctant to buy this. First, because it is on Beyonce's dad's Music World Music label, which really never releasing anything of quality except for his daughter's work. Secondly, the cover looks quite generic, leading me to believe that this album would be low budget and lame. I saw it at the music store and decided to give it a try because I needed something new to listen to. (Plus, it has a song produced by Raphael Saadiq, so there's gotta be at least one good song.)

"Something I Wanna Give You," the first single, is like "Heard It All Before" part two. It is a nice cut, though. On "Trust," Sunshine feels betrayed that her friend snitched on her. She also realizes that her "Whole Life" is gone because of her man... and now he's being unfaithful! The subject matter for the first half of the album is quite contrary to her first name, and these songs are where she is at her best. For the second half of the album, she mainly sticks to mid-tempos, which are alright. The Raphael Saadiq produced "Wear The Crown" is a nice one.

The production is good, and her voice is better than ever... but the lyrics. Most of the time, they do not help or hurt her. But on "Force of Nature," Anderson confesses to her strange infatuation. "Excuse me, y'all, but I love his dirty drawers." (Is that supposed to be sexy?!)

Overall, this is a nice, enjoyable album that's a little above average. I would recommend buying it if you're thinking about it. Maybe buy it used, too. But it's nothing to rush to the stores for.

(By the way, the album has 12 tracks, not only 10 like Amazon says.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Supporting a Great Voice!!, March 22, 2007

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Korinne Mcfadden "mcfaddenk" (Rahway, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunshine at Midnight (Audio CD)

This will not make it to my "favorites" category. But Sunshine is a powerhouse of a voice. She needs a better writer (and promoter by the way) behind her, beside her, to work with her. I suggest R. Kelly (as a writer) right off the bat. This just wasn't a great body of work to me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3-1/2 stars -- Here's why the sun doesn't shine at midnight..., October 3, 2007

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunshine at Midnight (Audio CD)

Sunshine Anderson came out of nowhere back in 2001 and hit it big with "Heard It All Before". Despite that, it seemed that no one picked up her album Your Woman except my brother and me, and we found that the album had a whole bunch of other good selections. After that it seemed like she dropped off the face of the Earth, but what really happened was that her label (Soulife) folded, and apparently other record companies didn't know what to do with her because her voice was so different (the same thing happened to Anthony Hamilton, as he was also on that label). But Sunshine finally got picked up by Music World and released her sophomore album, Sunshine At Midnight.

Now, Sunshine ain't no Aretha when she sings, but the reason why I can't rate this album higher than three-and-a-half stars is, well, this is another case of what happens when there is too long a break between album releases: it seems as though the artist maybe forgot how to make high quality music. Mike City only handles production and songwriting credits on three songs this time around, and I'm thinking maybe he should have stuck around more. A few of the songs use rehashed ideas, like "Switch It Up," which talks about goin' out to the club after being done wrong by your man. And while the I'm-in-love-with-a-thug ode "Force of Nature" starts off fine, it becomes weird when she starts talking about likin' the guy's dirty drawers. "Trust" suffers from weird production, and "Problems" is full of just that.

There ARE still some good songs though, like "Wear the Crown", the aptly titled "Unbelievable", and the creative "Something I Wanna Give You". But even then there really aren't any songs as stellar as "Last Night" or "Where Have You Been" from Sunshine's first album. It's good that she was finally able to release a second album, but you should really borrow this first.

Anthony Rupert