Artist: Julia Fordham
Album: East West
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Label: Virgin/Toshiba-EMI
Released: 1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Killing Me Slowly (5:31)
- East West (4:04)
- Stay (4:53)
- I Want to Call You Baby (3:52)
- My Last Goodbye (3:19)
- More Than I Can Bear (3:48)
- I Can Tell You Anything (3:37)
- Wishing You Well (3:37)
- Magic (2:56)
- Fat Lady (4:59)
- Goodbye I Love You (3:13)
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Working with noted producer and guitarist Michael Brook, British singer Julia Fordham released her fifth album (including the mini-LP Love Moves), East West, in 1997. Fordham wrote all of the record's ten tracks except for "I Can Tell You Anything," which she co-wrote with Simon Climie. Fordham possesses a gorgeous, dusky voice that is reminiscent of Joni Mitchell and Alison Moyet. The heartfelt lyrics, most of which deal with love lost, show a sense of vulnerability. The title cut is a lovely track featuring a cascading piano melody played by Brook and a hypnotic drum loop. "More Than I Can Bear," where Fordham is accompanied by piano only, is a heartbreaking tale of the realization that a former lover has indeed filled her place. Finally, "I Can Tell You Anything" adds some accordion into the mix of the irony-filled lyric. A gentle, lovely, articulate album.
Review by Tom Demalon