Annie Lennox - Dark Road

UK CD pressing of the first single pulled from the Pop diva's 2007 album Songs Of Mass Destruction. Features two versions of 'Dark Road': Main Version and Acoustic Version. RCA. Album Description

Fine single but distorted cover art

I was hoping the cover art would've been better, But upon opening my Amazon package, I was a little bit disappointed. Obviously, the cover art is snatched directly from a screen cap of the actual video clip of "Dark Road". Annie is squeezed rather narrow and blurred, which is weird, as though we're looking at the cover from a slight right angle. I like the slimline jewelcase packaging and simple black disc with red lettering. Very simple and straightforward.

I'm playing the cd as i'm writing this, so here's what I think about the acoustic version. It's light but not boring. There's still keyboard and background arrangements, but in a refreshing sort of way. It could've very well been added as a bonus track on either version of the album. The vocal arrangement is a little different in parts, which is cool because Annie always works with layering of vocals. The last line of the song ends slightly different from the album version, which is cool too.

I bought it for collector's purposes, and because I like the song and wanted to support Annie. Track two will go on my ipod because it's one of those "feeling" songs where I can't help but play it when I'm in a dark mood.

Here is the tracklist and total time:
01- Dark Road (Album Version) 3'47
02- Dark Road (Acoustic Version) 3'30 October 18, 2007

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