~ Billie Myers
|
~ Meredith Brooks
|
~ Joan Osborne
|
~ Alanis Morissette
|
~ Donna Lewis
|
See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
 |
|
 |
|
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Husky-voiced Billie Myers was discovered in a London club by a producer who saw her dancing and suggested that if she could sing as well as she moved her hips, she should give him a call. The seemingly tacky pickup line was actually a legitimate business proposition, and three years later Myers has a major-label debut to show for it. Produced by Desmond Child (not the initial dance-club Casanova, in case you were wondering), Growing Pains is a standard-issue rock record, clinging to every plodding 1980s aesthetic in the book. Smoldering guitar chords, synthetically programmed drum rhythms, and big splashy choruses earmark the disc, while Myers does her best to sound like a predictable cross between Alanis Morissette and Joan Armatrading. On "A Few Words Too Many", she conjures the indistinct balladry of John Waite, while on "Tell Me" she gets "exotic", thanks to the accompaniment of a flute and sitar. Sgt. Pepper's, this ain't. The funk-lite of "The Shark and the Mermaid" is slightly less annoying, but it's too little, too late in an album that willingly redefines the standards of blandness. --Aidin Vaziri
CD Description
Billie Myers is an artist with many faces. Her voice is a complex instrument capable of great subtlety and emotion. Oneminute the listener hears an echo of Tracy Chapman's bold bluesiness, the next minute, Myers is engaging in eccentric melisma a la Alanis. Produced by pop maven Desmond Child, GROWING PAINS lives and dies by the hook, and virtually every song has one big enough to hang William Perry's coat on. Fromthe celebratory opener "Kiss The Rain" to the moody, Eastern-flavoured "Tell Me", each track has Big Pop Hit stamped all over it. The production employs both lush pop sophistication and R&B rhythmic sensibilities for a cutting-edge feel.
Husky-voiced Billie Myers was discovered in a London club by a producer who saw her dancing and suggested that if she could sing as well as she moved her hips, she should give him a call. The seemingly tacky pickup line was actually a legitimate business proposition, and three years later Myers has a major-label debut to show for it. Produced by Desmond Child (not the initial dance-club Casanova, in case you were wondering), Growing Pains is a standard-issue rock record, clinging to every plodding 1980s aesthetic in the book. Smoldering guitar chords, synthetically programmed drum rhythms, and big splashy choruses earmark the disc, while Myers does her best to sound like a predictable cross between Alanis Morissette and Joan Armatrading. On "A Few Words Too Many", she conjures the indistinct balladry of John Waite, while on "Tell Me" she gets "exotic", thanks to the accompaniment of a flute and sitar. Sgt. Pepper's, this ain't. The funk-lite of "The Shark and the Mermaid" is slightly less annoying, but it's too little, too late in an album that willingly redefines the standards of blandness. --Aidin Vaziri
CD Description
Billie Myers is an artist with many faces. Her voice is a complex instrument capable of great subtlety and emotion. Oneminute the listener hears an echo of Tracy Chapman's bold bluesiness, the next minute, Myers is engaging in eccentric melisma a la Alanis. Produced by pop maven Desmond Child, GROWING PAINS lives and dies by the hook, and virtually every song has one big enough to hang William Perry's coat on. Fromthe celebratory opener "Kiss The Rain" to the moody, Eastern-flavoured "Tell Me", each track has Big Pop Hit stamped all over it. The production employs both lush pop sophistication and R&B rhythmic sensibilities for a cutting-edge feel.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
|||||||||
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
 |
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
Related forums
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Health & Beauty at Amazon.co.uk |
A Close Shave |
Treat Someone
With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is). |
||||||||
| |||||
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
Amazon Home | |
| International Sites: United States | Germany | France | Japan | Canada | China | |
| Business Programs: Sell on Amazon | Fulfilment by Amazon | Join Associates | Join Advantage | |
| Customer Service | Help | View Basket | Your Account | |
| About Amazon.co.uk | Careers at Amazon | |
| Conditions of Use & Sale | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates |