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After a shaky start with the B-movie tinged When Debbie's Back From Texas, this album gets going with "Viewed From the Spire" and doesn't look back. "Crime," featuring avant-garde trumpeter Jon Hassell, and the acoustic "Little Star" (also included on the Romeo & Julliet soundtrack) are pristinely perfect. Nordenstam sings in a cutesy, girly way. Often it's difficult to make out her whimsical words. The music is dreamy, atmospheric, and at times, angelic. A choir is employed for "Little Star" and "Murder in Mairyland Park." Quite clearly this is an alternative album; if comparisons are to be made, let's just say that if there's a place with an interesting jukebox, Nordenstam's second release would sit nicely with David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees. Further gems shine through in "Something Nice" and "She closed Her Eyes," which closes with the sound of rain. ~ Kelvin Hayes
Second album released in 1994, 12 tracks
Engineers include: Mats Lindfors, Erik Homberg, Kent Gillstrom.
Personnel: Stina Nordenstam (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion); Erik Holmberg (guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion); Popsicle (guitar, bass, drums, percussion, background vocals); Johan Norberg, Jonas Arlert (guitar); Fleshquartet (strings); Sara Hammarstrom (flute); Martin Green, Johan Horlen, Jocke Milder (saxophone); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Lars Danielsson, Sten Forsman (bass); Kent Gillstrom (drums, percussion, background vocals); Per Lindvall (drums, percussion); Simon Nordell, Karl Ljungberg, Joakim Slattergren, Christer Linder (background vocals).
Producers: Erik Holmberg, Stina Nordenstam, Mats Lindfors, Kent Gillstrom, Robert Wellerfors.
Option (3-4/95, pp.121-122) - "...Though admittedly not for the diabetic or overly cynical, this is a beautiful and oddly compelling recording." And She Closed Her Eyes Music And She Closed Her Eyes Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Beauty lies in the eye of I
Is depression beautiful? It can be, if you are the one listening in. Stina's music is simply that, depressing, yet so very much of what beauty is all about. Expieriences are things we all have, and she masterfully tells us her story.
Submitted by bjeck (Quesnel, B.C.)
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Simple guitar tunes are maybe the kind of songs that fit Stinas voice the best way. She sings very quiet - very close to the microphone. It feels like she's whispering directly into your ears, wich give the music a very human feeling.
Silent, calm and enormously beautiful... Great musical quality, sometimes a bit jazzy... This is one of those albums you can listen to over and over again and it'll only get better.
Submitted by a reviewer (Linköping)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Marvellous Lulls
Simple guitar tunes are maybe the kind of songs that fit Stinas voice the best way. She sings very quiet - very close to the microphone. It feels like she's whispering directly into your ears, wich give the music a very human feeling.
Silent, calm and enormously beautiful... Great musical quality, sometimes a bit jazzy... This is one of those albums you can listen to over and over again and it'll only get better.
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