Customer Reviews

Tony Hadley

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Right up there with the talents of George Michael and Freddie Mercury, TOny Hadley is one of the finest voices to come out of the 80's pop world. This CD is a permanent fixture in the player. Tony needs some real promotion and management, but the talent will not fail

I thought this album was pretty good. He does remakes of old songs but he does a very good job. This CD is definitely worth the money and his vocals are better than ever. He has a great voice and it shines throughout the CD. By the way, he also does some trance music with Milk Inc. and Marc Et Claude -- which are also really awesome tunes.Songs are well done and music are GREAT! For sure, Tony has the best male vocals to date. I hope his next CD will be all Vocal Trance, which he really shows his talents. No one has better vocals then Tony himself! I'm looking forward to his next debut and hoping he does more great music. In fact, he should do a remake of True--trance style--this would be a big hit!

Hadley's version of these songs are excellent and very different than the originals. However, this is what I enjoyed. His singing is great. A fantastic surprise.

Tony Hadley the singer from the 80s pop sensation Spandau Ballet shines on this solo effort with "Save A Prayer" a remake of the Duran Duran classic, which actually outshines the original. Tony Hadley co-wrote several songs on this CD, including "She" a lovely ballad about his daughter, and "Wonderful Life", and also a great remake of the Tears for Fears song "Woman In Chains.", however the downside of this song is there are too many covers including "Free Falling" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Shes Gone" a tired 70s tune from Hall and Oates, and "Have You Seen Her". Tony definitely has a talent in songwriting, he should just put that effort entirely on one CD, and forget the covers of rehashed songs past their prime.

This CD has a couple of highlights of his own written songs, but too much of the CD is of old remakes like Hall & Oates "Shes Gone", Tears for Fears "Woman In Chains", Duran Durans "Save A Prayer" and Tom Pettys "Free Fallin'". If I wanted to listen to these songs I would of bought the originals. Tony has a wonderful voice and needs to showcase it, but here it is lost with a poorly produced, and structured album. This is a loser. Sorry, Tony.

Hadley should just give it up. His voice is great but he needs a producer, songwriter, and arranger to get him back on top. Singing old rehashed songs that nobody cares about isn't going to cut it.

I love Hadleys voice and his previous endeavors with Spandau Ballet, but this CD sucks major. With rehasing old songs from old past that do not need to be remade...The only songs worth listening to are the ones he wrote "She", "Wonderful Life", and the Duran Duran's "Save A Prayer" is actually the only remake that beats the original, otherwise this CD fails miserably. Sorry Hadley but you need a better Promotions Director, Agent, and Producer to get you back on track.

Tony Hadley the lead singer for the 80s pop group Spandau Ballet, comes out with his 2nd solo effort.

The fall down of this album is he does too many covers....Hall & Oates "Shes Gone", Duran Duran "Save A Prayer" (which is actually better than the original)....and the list goes on.

However on Hadleys written efforts i.e. "She" shows that Hadley has writing talent and that he should continue with new material not somebody elses.

But like I said earlier because of Hadley's beautiful vocals, he gives "Save A Prayer" a new life and really outshines the original.

However the CD loses on too many covers, which are from the 70s and 80s, that are basically forgotten songs anyway.....so sorry Tony I have to give this a fair to midland rating.....please next time write all new material or work with previous Spandau Ballet songwriter Gary Kemp.

Better luck next time.

This album is awful to say the least, with poor production values except for "Save A Prayer" a cover of Duran Durans song, the rest of the album miserably fails with tooooo many covers of just old songs that don't need to be covered. If you want to hear Hadleys exquisite voice, buy a Spandau Ballet album, forget this mess.

Tony Hadley lead singer for the 80s pop sensation Spandau Ballet has a wonderful voice, but this album is fair at best, for only a couple of songs. His cover of "Save A Prayer" from Duran Duran beats the original, but the album goes down hill with almost all covers of old tired songs like Hall & Oates "Shes Gone", Bryan Ferrys "Slave to Love" and Tom Pettys "Free Fallin'", where Hadley really falls. He wrote a couple of his own songs "She", and "Wonderful Life" which are the strong points. Hadley stick to song writing, and don't do old covers...especially Tears for Fears "Woman In Chains".......your voice fits your writing style not others.