Amanda Marshall - Amanda Marshall ~ Tuesday's Child

Her Long Anticipated Second Full Length CD. Includes the Hit 'believe in You' from the 'touched by an Angel' Soundtrack. Other Tunes Written with Desmond Child, Carole King and Eric Bazilian. Album Details

Better than debut CD

I added this in when I decided to upgrade my tape of her debut (yes, I've been playing it for 12 yrs!) and it's even better than her debut offering. Her voice is so strong and it's very much in the vein of her 1st effort. I can't understand why she isn't bigger in the States. I also own the 3rd CD and I recommend sticking with the first 2. March 18, 2008

The Power is There, but the Message Isn't

I have owned Amanda Marshall's first album for years and finally purchased Tuesday's Child. Well, it sounds somewhat similar to the first album, but the writing on this one is lifeless. It seems that she's trying to reach for what she had on her premiere, but she can't quite pull it off. Her vocals are as powerful as always with her gritty voice and catchy acoustic guitar.

I listen to her first album, but Tuesday's Child is just background music. February 28, 2006

Ten on a Five Scale

This artist, & particularly this album, are the reasons I DON'T LISTEN TO THE RADIO anymore! This should have been the #1 album of 1999, & won the Grammy for Album of the Year, but no one in The States got to hear it!(Also the reason I pay no attention to the Grammys anymore)
This is one of the best albums EVER recorded - by ANYONE! Her voice is seductive yet powerful, with a growl like no one I've heard before. Her highlites are in all the right places, but her soulful delivery blows right past any air of formulaic pop to a hard-rock edge reminiscent of Sass Jordan or even an early Doro Pesch! Her poetry is intelligent & full of imagery, harkening back to the best of fellow-Canadian Joni Mitchell while rocking hard when the srory dictates. "The Best of Me" is as rockin' as anything you'll ever hear; "Too Little, Too Late" is one of those ballad-that-becomes-a-rocker masterpieces that every lame-oid on the radio wishes they could sing; "Give Up Giving In" should have been on every lite-rock station in America, & should have won a Grammy for Song of the Year! But the best song is the closer, "Out of Bounds", which is, in my opinion, THE BEST SONG IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC - BAR NONE!!!
On my personal list of Top 10 Albums of All Time, this is SECOND only to Airplane's "Crown of Creation". 'Nuff said! July 18, 2005

Excellent follow up

Amanda Marshall's second album TUESDAYS CHILD is just as good as her first. Vocally she is on top again, her voice is very powerful and makes you take notice. This album didn't have as much success as her first, but it still spun off a few hit singles in Canada. Still no real big hits in the US, all I can say is they are truly missing out on a great talent! "I Believe In You" is a moving ballad that was also featured in Touched By an Angel. "Love Lift Me" was the second single, nice uptempo song. "If I Didn't Have You" is a killer ballad, really well sung and written, also a single. The other single was "Shades of Grey". There's some nice quiet reflective ballads here like "Too Little Too Late", "Never Said Goodbye", "Wishful Thinking", "Give Up Giving In", and some great uptempo songs like "Why Don't You Love Me", "Ride", "Best of me", etc. Overall a really consistently good album! January 15, 2005

What a voice...

Amanda Marshall is one of my favorite solo artists. As soon as this CD came out, I went out and bought it, which I never do. I usually wait until it's been out a while and can hear enough word of mouth or singles to decide if I want it. But Marshall is different. She has such an amazing voice, and her music is so passionate, heartfelt, and intense, and her first album was so terrific, that I knew this one would be as well. Even better, she writers or cowrites some of her songs. And the lyrics for all are amazing.

The scary thing is that this album is actually even better than the first. There's a wonderful range of songs about universal themes; love, loss, regret. The music is gorgeous, and there's a wide range, from uptempo to slow and soothing, so the listener never gets bored. Even better, Marshall knows how to mix it up in a way that doesn't make the album seem disjointed. Everything flows nicely. A couple numbers are a tad over the top (I'm thinkig specifically of If I Didn't Have You), but it somehow works.

I would love to be able to say what the best tracks are on this CD, but they're all so good that it's hard to pick. Certainly Believe In Me is a beautiful song. I also especially love Too Little Too Late, Best of Me, and Shades of Grey (which is absolutely haunting).

It's hard to classify Marshall's music. It's somewhere between pop/rock and Adult Contemporary. I see her as essentially a cross between a Sarah McLachlan or a Jann Arden (she's actually a little more up tempo than these two) and Melissa Etheridge with a few less guitars. It's music that is more for listening than dancing, overall.

This CD is one I think should be in any serious music fan's collection. I know it's one of my top 10 all time favorites. May 25, 2002

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