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Growing Pains [DTS Surround Sound, Import]

Billie Myers | Format: DVD Audio
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • DVD Audio (19 Aug 1998)
  • Please Note: This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players.
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: DTS Surround Sound, Import
  • Label: Digital Sound
  • ASIN: B00004SUUT
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 607,989 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Kiss the Rain
2. Few Words Too Many
3. Tell Me
4. You Send Me Flying
5. Please Don't Shout
6. First Time
7. Mother, Daughter, Sister, Lover
8. Shark and the Mermaid
9. Having Trouble with the Language
10. Opposites Attract
11. Much Change Too Soon

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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

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Format:DVD Audio
At first, I wondered what a DTS version of an album could actually add, and then I got it home and played it. For those who don't know - DTS is Digital Theatre Systems, which means that the sound has been remixed for 6 digital surround channels (5.1). Attempting to play on a stereo system, at best sounds muffled in places and at worst can damage your speakers. However, when played on my setup at home, the remixing engineer really knew his job and the material. Not only did each track make use of the suround, but seemed clearer. On the same system, the standard CD of 'Growing,Pains' seemed pale by comparison, excellent though it is. For collectors of Billie's work, the bonus acoustic version of Kiss The Rain (not present on the standard CD album) has an outstanding ambient rainstorm thats makes use of the surround sound for additional thunder cracks in the distance and overhead. Definitely one to recommend for Billie (Myers) fans.
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I heard "Kiss the Rain" around 6 years ago on a compliation album, when Iwas 10-11 years old. I liked the song at the time, then around a year agoI rediscovered the CD and still loved it. So I began looking round forother stuff by Billie Myers and despite her limited success in the UK,found that she wasn't a one-hit wonder. "A Few Words too Many" and "TellMe" are my current favourites, but I'm getting the impression that this CDwill be hard to get out of stereo. Get it, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Not much can be said about this album apart from BUY IT!. There is only one weak song on it (shark and the mermaid), The rest are brilliantly penned and sung. My personal favourite being "you send me flying". THIS ALBUM'S A MUST FOR LOVER'S OF ALANIS MORISSETTE AND NATALIE IMBRUGLIA.
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