 |  | I've been listening non-stop |  |
Dolores O'Riordan definitely delivers. The album is both melodic, haunting and cheery all in the same. I can't wait for her to go back out on tour so I can get the opportunity to see these songs performed live.
September 15, 2008 | | I'm Listening ... Are You? | |
The lead singer from The Cranberries, a band which captured all of my mid 90's angst and love has finally come out of a self induced real life to record a brilliant solo album. Now I have always loved Dolores and her acrobatic vocal take with her ever so prominent Irish yodle just warbling beneath the surface, and though by the end of The Cranberries recording career, I myself had tired a tad of Dolores' take on music but with Are You Listening? she comes full circle.
Some of my all time fav Cranberries songs are the hard rock edges ones like "Zombie", "Salvation" and "Promises" and though a lot of the slower ballads were incredible ("Linger", "Pretty") I've always been a bit of a rocker. Luckily, Dolores has come through on this, not that she made a rock album per se but she didn't rely only on ballads and she didn't go all "Zombie"-esque alterna punk either, instead she is right down the middle and every single song on here is great.
I'm through 6 songs singing along with Miss O before I even realize the album is half over. Of my recent purchases this has been on contant rotation. The opening single "Ordinary Day" kicks it from the beginning and the fun and fierceness just keeps getting better, with songs like "Human Spirit", the rocking and bitchy "Loser" and my all time favorite (this week) "October".
June 25, 2008this cd is a must have if ur a cran-fan. the voice is unbeleiveable as usuall, but there is a new "power" in the music as well. something fresh. waiting for the next one.......
May 18, 2008 | | Couple good songs, but nothing to remember | |
This CD isn't bad really. It's just not that good, either. There are a few pretty good songs that I've put onto mix CDs, but there's nothing on the entire CD that really stands out.
And she needs to make more of her "doo's" like in her Cranberries days. It's difficult to tell the direction that she sees her music going - soft rock? Alternative rock? Pop? Personally, I'd like to hear her sing songs with a bit more profound lyrics, too.
April 29, 2008What a great voice! She is a fresh sound for anyone looking for music that isn't the same old Rock'n Roll, Oldies, Country, etc.
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