Heather Nova - Glow Stars (Australian Import)

Unavailable in the U.S.! Originally released in 1993, this 12 track abum features the original studio recordings for 'Mother Tongue', 'Frontier', 'Shaking The Doll' & 'Talking To Strangers' which appeared Live on her US mini-LP 'Blow'. Also features all four tracks that graced her extremely rare first release 'Spirit In You', 'Shaking The Doll', 'Ear To The Ground', 'Glow Stars' & 'Spirit In You'. V2. Album Description

Revealing

The first work of this highly talented female musician. Heather Nova has recorded this album at home without a band. But even in the studio with a band, it hardly could have sounded any better. The music of Heather Nova is emotionally as well as spiritually deeply touching. Each song is a revelation of the soul. My favorite songs are „Bare", „Spirit In You", „Glow Stars", „Ear To The Ground" and „Talking To Strangers". October 29, 2003

this is heather's best album - if you don't have it, buy it!

this is my favourite album by heather nova. it's very different from "oyster" and "siren" - it's less commercial...better...
love it! if you're a fan - it's worth the money! July 5, 2003

Early introduction to Heather Nova

I familiarised myself with Heather's music first on 'Oyster'
( 1994) and then 'Siren'(1998) and later, 'Wonderlust'(1998) and 'South'(2001) so I decided to take a look at her very first album 'Glowstars'(1993). Heather manages to change her musical style with every album that she pens.
'Glowstars' is much less developed than her next album, 'Oyster'. The music on 'Glowstars' is much more simplistic and keyboard based, giving it a 'space'like feel.It is slightly reminiscent of Tori Amos, especially on the track 'Frontier' where the song is accompanied by a male voice, much like the title track 'Little EarthQuakes' ( Tori Amos ) it is from a similar vein. The song 'Ear To The Ground' reminds me instrumentally of Enya's album 'Shepherd Moons' although I'm lost for which song exactly.These two songs are very likeable, the song 'Glowstars' is spirited and lively. On the whole, this album is a bit of a shock to the system, it is more likely to be a grower rather than a grabber. Her music is quirky in a dream-like way with lyrics that not just anybody could pen. Heather's later music demonstrates a more emotional feel, with a greater level of instruments giving her style a much more up-beat feel and sound which is more grabbing and passionate. Her music has matured as her albums have progressed. But it is a well-sought album for any Heather Nova fan's collection. May 1, 2002

Heather's Classic first full length CD

I purchased this CD in Belgium after I became hooked on Heather Nova's OYSTER CD. I instantly fell in love with this music, never have heard anything like it, so otherworldly, ethereal! A beautiful voice soaring with great lyrics and melodies. This music sends me to a wonderful place that I can not even explain away. I seen Heather live in concert and she definitely is the most under rated female artist of the past decade. She has more talent in her pinkie finger than the majority of so-called pop singers of our day that are popular here in the United States. I predict this will be Heather's breakthrough year in America with her new CD coming out later this year. Trust me start with GLOW STARS and you will not be disappointed! June 28, 2000

Heather Nova's rawest and most representative album.

Glow Stars remains one of Heather Nova's artistically defining works. Showcasing Nova as a powerful singer and a songwriter capable of both detached grandiosity and sensual, private confessional, Glow Stars is a wonderful reconciliation of the Sarah McLachlan mode (keyboard-heavy arrangements, heavy on mood, whispered vocals) and the emotional fire and sexual tension that McLachlan's music lacks.

From opening track "Bare" on, Nova shows that she's unafraid of exploring the sexual aspect of music, and it's been one of her defining traits. Nova's music, first and foremost, heads for the gut; you tend to feel it before you start thinking about it. Her greatest strength is that she never sacrifices sophistication in the process -- her lyrics are rich in imagery, direct and metaphorical at the same time.

"My Fidelity", "Spirit in You", "Shaking the Doll" and "Mother Tongue" have established themselves in the Nova oeuvre as early classics, the latter two being radically and effectively re-invented on the superlative live LP, Blow. Glow Stars, like its album, suggests a sublime combination of the ethereal, mystical, and human. March 19, 2000

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