Wild Orchid

Wild Orchid | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WYJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Track Listing 1. At Night I Pray 2. Supernatural 3. I Won't Play the Fool 4. Talk to Me 5. River, The 6. You Don't Own Me 7. My Tambourine 8. Follow Me 9. He's Alright 10. Love Will Wait 11. Life

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy This Album!!, July 21, 2002

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Mia (fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Orchid (Audio CD)

I own 81 cd's and this truly is my favorite. All the songs are amazing. Theres a mix of upbeat dance tunes, mid-tempo songs to sway to, and ballads. So this cd could make anybody happy. Any fan of R&B or pop could appreciate this work of art. Each song has soemthing to offer for every taste. If you wanna get your groove on on the dance floor, My Tambourine is right for you. If you want something thats not quite slow or fast, then you'll like River and one of my faves...You Don't Own Me. If you're into slow mushy songs, you'll be stuck on my personal favorite, I Won't Play The Fool Anymore.
I had the cassette tape for this album several years back and I lost it. It was so good that I had to buy it again. You really should give this cd a try. You won't regret it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great singing, good songs, June 13, 2003

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a man from the east coast (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Orchid (Audio CD)

I would certainly recommend this album. Good songs, great singing. "Follow me" is gorgeous, and "My Tamborine" is seductive, playfully demanding, and delightfully feminine.

These ladies should have gotten a lot more attention then they did, yet big-time success always seemed to elude them. Why did they consistently stay below pop radio's radar? They were drop-dead gorgeous, very talented and seemed to be quite warm and approachable. Why then the resistence of pop radio? Most likely because the composition style of their songs harken back to the early seventies, without the analog bare-bones production qualities that gave that era's music its distinctive sound. These ladies wrote songs that could have easily fit into the pre-disco phase of pop music, which might not have had the appeal in the mid-nineties as it did way back when.

"Wild Orchid" does sound very slightly overproduced, but the ladies can sing so well as to more than compensate for their slick production values. While all the songs are quite well-written, I believe that radio during the early to mid-nineties was looking for the grunge thing, not the attractive pop sensibilities that Wild Orchid had in abundance. If they had arrived on the scene twenty years earlier they would have been huge; even if they had come out ten years after they did, they could have given Britney and Christina a run for their money. They just weren't "at the right place at the right time", and in show business, that's a killer.

Another reason why this group wasn't bigger might have been the decision to present themselves as a trio, rather than bringing Stacy Ferguson out front (a la Diana Ross and the Supremes). If you listen to some of Wild Orchid's music after Stacy's departure, it's more restrained and a bit less inspired. Miss Ferguson was the member most able to shine on her own. Perhaps if the group had capitalized on Stacy's incredible pipes and notable beauty, they would have hit bigger. Understandably, the ladies are friends and probably didn't want to encourage jealousy or ego-trips. Apparently they choose their friendship over doing what was necessary for success. That's rare these days, and quite admirable.

It's a good record, boyant and lively, even inspiring at times. As Mark Knopfler once said, "It was right, it was just that the time was wrong."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First-Rate Group, November 7, 2000

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C. Dixon "wrinksis" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Orchid (Audio CD)

Wild Orchid is an exceptional group with amazing talent. From the gospel-tinged "At Night I Pray" to more reflective pieces like "The River" and "Life" and funky/sexy numbers like "My Tambourine" and "He's Alright", Stacy, Stefanie and Renee never disappoint with their voices, passion or charisma. My personal favorites are probably the power ballads like "I Won't Play the Fool" and "Follow Me", which showcase their tremendous harmonies and vocal ability. Wild Orchid's debut is both powerful and empowering for the listener.

I would recommend both this album and their follow-up, Oxygen, to music lovers without hesitation, and I look forward to their upcoming album (....)