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Track Listings
| 1. Fearless Love |
| 2. The Wanting Of You |
| 3. Company |
| 4. Miss California |
| 5. Drag Me Away |
| 6. Indiana |
| 7. Nervous |
| 8. Heaven On Earth |
| 9. We Are The Ones |
| 10. Only Love |
| 11. To Be Loved |
| 12. Gently We Row |
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you haven't got any Melissa Etheridge albums buy this one to start with*. She has done it again, another fine fine album.
Those of you familiar with her work will be very pleased, there are themes and sounds here that come as no surprise but the album is none the worse for that. She really is one of the very finest exponents of her craft and all 12 tracks are right up there with the best of her work. Quite why she hasn't achieved the same level of success here in Britain as she enjoys at home is an abiding mystery.
* then as funds and opportunity permit, beg, borrow, steal and even buy all the others, you won't be sorry they're all very good, most are excellent, the first 2 are just sublime, go on you won't be sorry.
Those of you familiar with her work will be very pleased, there are themes and sounds here that come as no surprise but the album is none the worse for that. She really is one of the very finest exponents of her craft and all 12 tracks are right up there with the best of her work. Quite why she hasn't achieved the same level of success here in Britain as she enjoys at home is an abiding mystery.
* then as funds and opportunity permit, beg, borrow, steal and even buy all the others, you won't be sorry they're all very good, most are excellent, the first 2 are just sublime, go on you won't be sorry.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To be fair, I don't think there's a Melissa Etheridge album I don't like - and I have them all. There's always particular tracks that stand out on each one but Fearless Love is a complete album of searing brilliance with each song hitting you right between the eyes like the Melissa of old. It's so true that nothing inspires a good song like heartbreak and this is true of this album. In particular The Wanting Of You brought tears to my eyes as it tells the story of a woman who married young despite knowing of her preference for women and is too afraid of making the leap because she loves him and doesn't want to hurt him. Only Melissa Etheridge could tell a story quite like this and pull it off. I sat and listened to this album from beginning to end - and then listened to it again. I think it's going to be on my playlist for quite some time.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Since 1988, Kansas born rock singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge has been pouring out her own unique brand of gravel-voiced, power chorded, bruising rock arrangements. In the process Melissa has received 15 Grammy Award nominations, winning 2, one Academy Award and has sold 27 million albums worldwide and almost 4 million in the United States alone. She is admired for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk/country rock, and raspy vocals.
"Fearless Love" is her 10th studio album, and one on which she was set to get back to the rock'n'roll roots of herself and her music, and the album is a testament to the fact that she did just that.
All the songs on the album are written by Melissa and reflect a broad spectrum of 'rock' inspired work encompassing hard rock, country rock and power ballads, all of which are ideally suited to her range of talents. The opening "Fearless Love", is an exciting belter which is sure to find plenty of airplay, and the following track "The Wanting Of You" is reminiscent of Cold Play with a piano-infused opening. Album stand-out "Company", with its mid-level tempo and its less-frenetic chorus, is the most enjoyable track on the album, closely followed by "Only Love".
"Miss California" is a twangy, guttural, screamer that really reconnects with her return to hard rock ambitions, as does "Nervous" and "Heaven On Earth". Surprisingly I was much taken with her slower ballads, mainly in the second half of the album, which include "To Be Loved", and "Gently We Row".
No other artist can better her for building up a song from gentle beginnings, stage-by-stage into a 'wall-of-sound' exciting, rousing finale, a good example being "Drag Me Away".
"Fearless Love" is her 10th studio album, and one on which she was set to get back to the rock'n'roll roots of herself and her music, and the album is a testament to the fact that she did just that.
All the songs on the album are written by Melissa and reflect a broad spectrum of 'rock' inspired work encompassing hard rock, country rock and power ballads, all of which are ideally suited to her range of talents. The opening "Fearless Love", is an exciting belter which is sure to find plenty of airplay, and the following track "The Wanting Of You" is reminiscent of Cold Play with a piano-infused opening. Album stand-out "Company", with its mid-level tempo and its less-frenetic chorus, is the most enjoyable track on the album, closely followed by "Only Love".
"Miss California" is a twangy, guttural, screamer that really reconnects with her return to hard rock ambitions, as does "Nervous" and "Heaven On Earth". Surprisingly I was much taken with her slower ballads, mainly in the second half of the album, which include "To Be Loved", and "Gently We Row".
No other artist can better her for building up a song from gentle beginnings, stage-by-stage into a 'wall-of-sound' exciting, rousing finale, a good example being "Drag Me Away".
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As always, Melissa rocks! Her amazing raw voice combines with thoughtful lyrics. Brilliant cd! Check it out. She's great!
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How on earth does she do it?
I really cannot work this woman out, she has been on the scene now for many years yet she still looks and sounds as fresh as when she first started. Read more
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