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| 1. The Invocation |
| 2. Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight) |
| 3. Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4. Safe Sex |
| 5. Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) |
| 6. Requiem Metal |
| 7. I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm Lately |
| 8. It's All Coming Back To Me Now |
| 9. The Opening Of The Box |
| 10. The Want Ad |
| 11. My Little Red Book |
| 12. It Just Won't Quit |
| 13. Pray Lewd |
| 14. The Future Ain't What It Used To Be |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this cd!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Original Sin (Audio CD)
I bought this cd last year, and have to say it is now one of my favourites. I only heard about it by chance through a friend who said her favourite song was 'Original sin' (written by Jim Steinman)and as it happens the version which appears on his 'Pandora's Box'. I had never heard of him, but thought I'd go browsing on the net, as I remembered having heard another version of it by Taylor Dane some years back and I loved it then. I wasn't sure whether to buy this cd at first, but it was so cheap (in comparison to every other cd i buy) I thought why not. I wasn't disappointed at all! I absolutely love the version (which is the original) of 'Original Sin'- it's amazing and I never get tired of listening to it, the female singer(s) is perfect for this track. Granted that a few of the tracks are a bit odd (e.g. one where Jim Steinman talks) but I think the 'Want Ad' track is actually quite clever& amusing. 'Safe sex' is a v. good rock ballad. 'It just won't quit' is a great track too, as is 'It's all coming back to me now' (which is on a par almost with Celine Dion's, though I'm more partial to Celine's version.)'The future just ain't what it used to be' is one of my faves on this, it's quite long- but it's almost like a mini-musical, and I love the choir singing at the end of it without backing music. For those of you that just like instrumental tracks sometimes, there's 'Pray lewd' which is in a word brilliant (I say that because I love piano pieces, and this one's great) it has a snippet from almost all the best songs on this album. If you like rock ballad albums, and perhaps something a little different (as this one is almost entirely sang by female singers who all have great, powerful voices to carry the songs really well) then I recommend you buy this cd. It really is so underrated, it deserves so much more credit than it has received. Jim Steinman has written some great songs on this cd. Go ahead, see for yourself.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An all time classic not to be missed,
By A Customer
This review is from: Original Sin (Audio CD)
This is one album not to be missed, I got this album on it's release in 1989 and still play it regularly now. It is classic Jim Steinman through and through that will give you something new every time you listen. Tracks like 'It's all coming back to me now' , 'Safe Sex' and 'The future just ain't what it used to be" are in my opinion some of the most powerfull rock tracks ever written with vocals that put most artist to shame. If you haven't got this and you enjoy Steinman's unique style you not miss this under any circumstances.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's all coming back to me now!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Original Sin (Audio CD)
Okay, so maybe I've been trying to recapture my mis-spent youth, but just lately I've been rediscovering a few of the forgotten classic rock albums of my early years, and this one was always one of the best. Jim Steinman is the apostle of mad, pompous but always gloriously melodic rock music - witness his many years of work with Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler and lately Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber - and this album, voiced by a quartet of the finest (and loudest!) female voices in rock, provided source material for everybody from Mr. Loaf himself to the dreadful Celine Dion, whose over-warbled mangling of the outstanding central ballad, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", sadly gained international hit status when the vastly superior original only managed about a week in the lower reaches of the UK top 75. It could be that Ms. Dion's histrionics spelled the demise of the power ballad, but this album remains as one of the high points of the craft, and well deserves more credit than it actually got. As well as the beautiful ballads, there are some moments of pure Steinman vocal madness to rival those on the seminal Meat Loaf albums, instrumental pieces that range from the sublime ("Pray Lewd") to the ridiculous ("Requiem Metal"), and some outstanding pieces of rock-opera that give "Bat Out of Hell" a run for its money. Personal favourites are "Original Sin" itself (why, oh why, wasn't it a hit?) and the outstanding "The Future Ain't What it Used to Be" - complete with a cappella gospel choir ending, because as we all know, the very last thing to be freed from the box was Hope.
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