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- Original Release Date: 31 Jan 2005
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Nothing Brings Me Down | 3:56 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Sunny Road | 3:03 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Snow | 1:58 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Lifesaver | 4:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Honeymoon Child | 3:09 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Today Has Been OK | 3:31 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Next Time Around | 3:36 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Heartstopper | 3:02 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. At Least It Was | 4:18 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Fisherman's Woman | 1:50 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Thinking Out Loud | 3:21 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Serenade | 3:37 | £0.79 |
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
47 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After the gorgeous electric landscapes of Emiliana Torrini's debut album, I was eagerly anticipating the release of new material, so when I got my hands on a promo copy of the new album, I couldn't wait to find out what direction the music had taken.
If there is only one album you buy this year, please please let it be this. Emiliana returns with the most captivating folk album of recent times, combining her delicate but powerful vocals with impossibly good melodies, perfect musical arrangements and a set of songs that place her as surely one of the best artists around.
In all honesty there is not a bad song on this album, and tracks such as "Sunnyroad", the sweet and enchanting first single, "Today Has Been OK" and the outstanding "At Least It Was" display Emiliana's talents. Title track "Fisherman's Woman" takes the listener far away from the city and time of science of her debut, and into a simple, more homely world where melancholy and sweetness are balances effortlessly to create an album that is both warming and heartbreaking.
At recent gigs she performed most of these songs and on stage in an intimate setting, the power of the music is completely engulfing, and it is with this new sound that Emiliana seems completely at home. You get the feeling that she has put everything into this album, and when you're listening to the songs that you really get to know her inside out. What is most striking about this album is its lack of pretence. It sounds so completely natural, free from the self-consciousness and artifice that colours so many other artists. A beautifully honest and human album, and as a nice surprise, even more spellbinding than her debut album.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had the fortune to catch Emiliana Torrini at Spitz in London a while back, and what struck me most about the performance was not the way her playful nature defiantly shone through her shy and unassuming demeanour, but that this self-effacing banter and gentle whisper of song achieved a magical symbiosis with the natural beauty and form of her music. Fisherman's Woman, like the gig that consisted almost entirely of the album's tracklisting, is wonderfully sublime and quite possible the most unpretentious thing you'll ever hear; an album, written and performed by a musician, purely for music's sake, and that, in this day and age, is surely a rare thing.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Emiliana Torrini emerged around 1999, at least in the US and most of Europe, heralded as a voice belonging to Bjork's coven, a comparison I always found more related to their common homeland, Iceland, than a deeply strong sisterhood of sound.
Although 'Love In The Time Of Science" did bring to mind some of Bjork's occasional lullaby-like phrasings, and the album's arrangements did rely on subtle and timely Electronica, Torrini was already promising to be her own person, someone with something genuine and personal to say.
The thought that came to mind -please allow an unexpected metaphor here- is that the songs follow each other like geese migrating toward warmth, each of them distinct yet flying at the same altitude and with a common destination.
"Fisherman's Woman," her new album, is that promise fulfilled. Her voice, in this new album, is more confident, more decisive while never raising beyond a tender hush, a perfect tone to deliver lyrics that are at once revelatory, thoughtful and yet innocent and uncomplicated.
But don't let the sweetness of these tunes confuse you about the strength of their confessional power. Whether it is the short title song, the painful and beautiful "Today Has Been OK," or the gorgeous melody of the album's first single, "Sunnyroad," Emiliana weaves images into stories that you may feel she's only singing to you.
Equally worthy of recognition are the melodies and the band, particularly Dan Carey -who plays some unassumingly beautiful and intelligent guitar, as well as bass and pedal steel- and the subtle piano of Julian Joseph. This and the intimacy that Emiliana's voice is capable of, also shows decisively in "Snow," and "Lifesaver" with its bewitching cadence and the brilliant sample of the creaking wood of a boat swaying.
If you come to Torrini for the first time, I can't imagine you not finding enough to remain near, for repeated listenings. And if you were already touched by Emiliana's earlier releases, I predict that you will be elated with this album. She has become her own self yet more deeply, an old skin has shed and made space for a new one.
This is a brilliant album, confirming a voice and a sound that has much more offer to new singers than it owes to the ones that precede her.
Although 'Love In The Time Of Science" did bring to mind some of Bjork's occasional lullaby-like phrasings, and the album's arrangements did rely on subtle and timely Electronica, Torrini was already promising to be her own person, someone with something genuine and personal to say.
The thought that came to mind -please allow an unexpected metaphor here- is that the songs follow each other like geese migrating toward warmth, each of them distinct yet flying at the same altitude and with a common destination.
"Fisherman's Woman," her new album, is that promise fulfilled. Her voice, in this new album, is more confident, more decisive while never raising beyond a tender hush, a perfect tone to deliver lyrics that are at once revelatory, thoughtful and yet innocent and uncomplicated.
But don't let the sweetness of these tunes confuse you about the strength of their confessional power. Whether it is the short title song, the painful and beautiful "Today Has Been OK," or the gorgeous melody of the album's first single, "Sunnyroad," Emiliana weaves images into stories that you may feel she's only singing to you.
Equally worthy of recognition are the melodies and the band, particularly Dan Carey -who plays some unassumingly beautiful and intelligent guitar, as well as bass and pedal steel- and the subtle piano of Julian Joseph. This and the intimacy that Emiliana's voice is capable of, also shows decisively in "Snow," and "Lifesaver" with its bewitching cadence and the brilliant sample of the creaking wood of a boat swaying.
If you come to Torrini for the first time, I can't imagine you not finding enough to remain near, for repeated listenings. And if you were already touched by Emiliana's earlier releases, I predict that you will be elated with this album. She has become her own self yet more deeply, an old skin has shed and made space for a new one.
This is a brilliant album, confirming a voice and a sound that has much more offer to new singers than it owes to the ones that precede her.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A beautiful album
I bought this CD many years a go in "Our Price" and when I did the young lady behind the counter congratulated me on my taste in music! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Calvin.
Truly beautiful
After being introduced to Emiliana Torrini's single Sunny Road (track 2 on Fisherman's Woman), a song which I adored, I longed to hear more from this sensational Icelandic singer... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fisherman's Woman
dull
Dull, boring, inspidid. Delivery was fine but the big disappointment was when i listened to this. I loved Me and Armini. This album is definitely a long way from that
Published on 29 May 2010 by Mr. P. E. Moon
Beautiful
I think her music is powerful. When I hear her music I feel what she was feeling when she wrote it. It's amazing! :) I really love it.
Published on 5 Dec 2009 by Ana Patricia
Quite a catch
Ethereal and haunting; I first discovered this talented singer/songwriter after hearing her on a film soundtrack and was instantly smitten. Read more
Published on 12 May 2009 by Captain Pugwash
Emotional
I put this CD on at work recently, and was embarrassed when I found myself struggling to choke back tears. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2008 by J. Wright
breath of air
I had reservations about buying this album unheard, but I am delighted with it.
It's not just good; it stays good no matter how often you play it. Read more
It's not just good; it stays good no matter how often you play it. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2007 by Robert Russell
lovely
With an elfin voice as clear and articulate as cut glass, you need to have a heart of stone not to fall under Torrini's spell. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2007 by John Tree
addendum
I heard the track 'next time around' whilst listening to last.fm having entered Cara Dillon's name to find similar music. This track is a blast from the past. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2007 by Timbo
Ghostly, beautiful, uplifting, haunting.
This album will haunt you like a little friendly ghost that sits in your head and makes you smile randomly from time to time. Buy it. It's her best yet.
Published on 5 Nov 2006 by Neil Kealey
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