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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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At first this might seem a bit like another silent and monotonous guitar depression, but it does gather an astonishing passion as you look further into the depths of its lyrics, its string arrangements, and the corners of Heathers beautiful voice. The album contains elements from her entire career. The exit track, Always Christmas, points back to her breakthrough albums Oyster and Siren, whereas the overall expression must be compared mainly to Storm. Even if The Jasmine Flower has a track or two that are not carried to the utmost perfection, I'd be reluctant stick to four stars here. So five it is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It was only when I was listening to this one for the second time that I realised it was essentially just Heather and a guitar, which demonstrates how much of the strength of her music lies in her words, her ululating voice and her expression. In fact, when the more poppy "Always Christmas" comes in at the end, the sudden intrusion of instrumentation is almost vulgar! :)
I've found some of her albums to have little impact ("South", for instance, was light and forgettable), but when she's being angsty and pained, as on "Oyster" and "Redbird", she's an enthralling and distinctive talent. This album tends to the right end of her spectrum and with repeat plays it's only been growing on me.
I've found some of her albums to have little impact ("South", for instance, was light and forgettable), but when she's being angsty and pained, as on "Oyster" and "Redbird", she's an enthralling and distinctive talent. This album tends to the right end of her spectrum and with repeat plays it's only been growing on me.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It's very rare to find a CD this full of great songs. They're each beautiful, song after song, all of them. Some are quite incredible, actually.
I had not heard of Heather Nova until finding the Jasmine Flower by accident from a second-hand market. Something like this for two euro's... I'll make sure to order more of her CD's.
Heather Nova seems to be a song-writer extraordinaire. Her style could be described as 'ballad pop', perhaps. It's slow, etheric, clear. And technically very well produced: each sound is exactly where it should be, each instrument in it's own space.
This is music that will never bore you, something that you can always come back to, year after year. How much of today's music can you say that about?
One of the best records of recent years.
I had not heard of Heather Nova until finding the Jasmine Flower by accident from a second-hand market. Something like this for two euro's... I'll make sure to order more of her CD's.
Heather Nova seems to be a song-writer extraordinaire. Her style could be described as 'ballad pop', perhaps. It's slow, etheric, clear. And technically very well produced: each sound is exactly where it should be, each instrument in it's own space.
This is music that will never bore you, something that you can always come back to, year after year. How much of today's music can you say that about?
One of the best records of recent years.
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