Stina Nordenstam - This Is Stina Nordenstam

 Covers all the phases nicely... Stina's poppiest to date
Well, what an album! Pure pop brilliance from the start to finish. Stina distills over a decades worth of artistry in one short album that covers much ground musically and displays many of her various stylistic changes. I still think it is criminal that more people don't know about how good she is, especially when there is so much mediocrity in the world.

I used to say that "..And she closed her eyes" was Stina's most accessable release, and a good one for Stina first-timers to get, now it's almost a tie with "This is Stina Nordenstam"... well actually I think this probably just tips the scales slightly.

It starts with the classic "Everyone else in the world", and straight away Stina shows her brilliance...she conveys so much emotion and feeling in a three minute song. Beautiful! And that is just the start - it gets better, "Trainsurfing"'s great four on the floor beat and bass line, followed by Stina's dreamy chorus, "Keen Yellow Planet" sounds like pop music from another galaxy, and "Cirus", probably my favorite track on the CD, is so touching, with Stina declaring "I will be what's left of longing on this earth".. yes Stina, I agree 100% with you there.

Her music has always had this wonderful, sad, yearning feeling, that also uplifts you just as much. This release definitely shows her more positive side.

If you have heard about Stina and are curious, get this CD and have a listen.. By the way, the CD comes with a lots of pics inside of Stina running around like a pixie in white boots *sigh*

Thank you Stina! June 19, 2004

 after months....
after hearing about stina in several references relating to bjork (my queen), i had to see what it was all about. i tried to get my hands on anything of hers, went to every record store new and used i could find (have a thing against online ordering; my economic idealism, lol). finally two days ago i found a copy of "this is" in san francisco, put it in and have been listening for two whole days!!! what an awesome album. i won't spend much time explaining as you either get it or you don't. she's very unique, not too sure who i'd compare her to or that comparison would even be fair. buy it!!!! fun, beautiful, and haunting. (just a pain to find) May 5, 2004

 Wonderful!
Two years ago a friend of mine had a mixed CD with the song Little Star on it and I had to have more! I bought her CD And She Closed Her Eyes at Christmas in 2002. A year later I bought this album. I was a little afraid I might be dissapointed that the CD wasn't as good as the last. But I was very far from dissapointed. This album has a little beat to it that the other doesn't. It's very hard to compare the two because they are so different. I love her music and am ready to buy another album of hers. If any one has an idea which one I should get please email me. I don't know any other Stina fans in my area. My email address is aquaprincess@hotmail.com Thanks and I LOVE this album. April 7, 2004

 This IS definitely Stina
I've owned "And She Closed Her Eyes" for several years. I HAD to find it after hearing 'Little Star' on the "Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack." I listened to that album through some difficult times in my life and I still have a hard time listening to that album. I'm still very intrigued by Stina's music.

I've had this album on my wish list for quite a while. I found it at a local record store and couldn't pass it up. I didn't really know what to expect. I figured it would be similar to "And She Closed Her Eyes." I was very pleasantly surprised when I heard the album. I've been listening to it for nearly two days straight!

There is a nice combination of what I consider classic Stina and some louder stuff. Her voice against a few loud-ish guitars and some trip-hop-ish beats work very well together. 'Everyone Else In The World' has a really catchy sound to it. It's a great song to lead into the album. 'Trainsurfing' makes those toes on your feet immediately start moving to the beat, they can't help it. 'Circus' is one of my fave songs on the album - it has a bit of bubble-maker sound in the background that adds a cool little sound to it. It's not a loud tune, but has a very cool 60's feel to it. :) 'Keen Yellow Planet' has Brett Anderson adding some very cool sounding vocals to it. 'Lori Glory' is another toe-tapping song, it's definitely a song to dance around your house to. I started singing along to this song by about the fourth listen.

Stina fans won't be disappointed! December 18, 2002

 Buy it....
Buy it, play it, listen to it and then loose yourself in it.And please people,pay no heed to Anja Garbarek fans raving on about how similar they are so that you'll go out and buy her album too. Yes they have quite similar sounding voices,uncanny even at times but thats where the likeness ends.If you like "And she closed her eyes" then you'll love this.The songs are arranged perfectly just so that you are'nt jolted by extreme ranges of tempo and by the time you've finished listening you'll want to enjoy it all over again. July 28, 2002

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