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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
cannot forget it...., January 26, 2000
I got stina's first album after 6 months of frantic search and finaly found it as a swedish import... when this album was realeased, I ordered it about é months before.. and since then I just can't fail to listen to it once every week. Stina's music is here at its best, gentle, warm, touching and there's something else... Stina's voice seems to whisper in your ear during most of the songs, as if she was standing just next to you. I strongly recpmmend this record for anyone looking for something nice..to talk about.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing resembles Nordenstam, September 19, 2000
This album is strange and cannot be compared with something else. This has two main reasons: 1. The voice of Stina Nordenstam is unique (strange (bad?) pronounciation and even stranger whispher-like vocals). 2. Many of the tracks have very empty, bare, acoustic arrangements, although some of them suddenly go with the flow and in their second half have strings and even boy choirs. Well, from this I hope you will get the picture. Stina Nordenstam is surely not everyone's cup of tea. But if you gave her a try, and try again if you do not like it first, you soon discover the emotional wealth of her songs. I reckon that most of the songs here are about a lost love(r). It is an album for autumn skies and quiet days. I do not like all songs on this album, that is why i will not give het 5 stars overall; the best songs, however, deserve more than five. Try it and love it !
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
she'll answer you (like lovers do), December 9, 2003
A Kid's Review
Stina Nordenstam is today what Emily Dickinson was a century ago - profoundly ahead of her time. Ask anyone who's ever heard her voice, they'll tell you that she epitomizes the term "acquired taste." I discovered this siren when I bought the William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet soundtrack, on which her astounding "Little Star" is featured. Five years later, I found this CD on sale for 7 bucks and picked it up - back then, I wouldn't have bought it at full price. I heard the record once, twice, and couldn't adjust. Her voice was too subtle, the music like undulating whispers - this was my impression of the entire album. But I knew I wasn't being open minded, because I still very much enjoyed "Little Star" - I was simply not ready to take in something so eccentric. Several weeks later, when I realized this, I played the record for a third time - this time with and open mind and open ears - and my reaction was undescribable. The music played right into my gut and heart. It took me back to a nostalgic time in my childhood and teenagehood, helping to unlock certain things that had happened which I had viscerally tucked away in the corners of my mind. And she Closed her eyes is haunting, not despite the softness but because of it. Stina's voice, the music, the choirboys' voices and the pillow-soft drizzle of rain all blend seemlessly to create a series of stories rarely ever disclosed with this much rawness (as in Tori Amos raw - vehement, not necessarily frurious). If you listen to it once and don't comprehend it, listen to it again. Consider it a lesson in open-mindedness.
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