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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 29324" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>I've been re-listening to<em> Waking Up Laughing</em>. There are some decent songs - including one that's easily a Top Three Martina track for me - but there's something quite unsatisfying about it as an album experience to me. As I listened, it started to feel quite samey. For that reason I found it quite an exhausting listen. I wondered if it was because it was quite ballad-heavy, but I can't say that idea turns me off. My (probable) favourite Martina album has a good number of ballads on (I'm looking forward to covering that one with you). I think it's more likely a song from <em>Waking Up Laughing </em>would click with me if it came up on shuffle unexpectedly, but it's felt like a bit of a chore to listen to the album.</p><p></p><p>It does have a great title though. And I did enjoy rediscovering some of the tracks. In fact, my top three after listening would look a little different.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Anyway</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tryin' To Find A Reason</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How I Feel</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p><em>For These Times </em>is great - especially now I've read your comment about it being appropriate for this year. It would have made it into the top three if it weren't for <em>Tryin' To Find A Reason</em>, which I think it beautiful and poignant.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wasn't sure I'd enjoy <em>Eleven</em>, but that had some nice surprises - including that song you hate that I'm loving.* <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p><em>Shine</em> is a cracker of an album. Diverse and punchy with some memorable songs. I hadn't realised how much I liked it as an album until this week. It's helped that I've discovered some of the tracks independently since I last listened to it in full.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Reckless</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Everlasting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Shine</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Eleven</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Waking Up Laughing</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* I blasted<em> You Can Get Your Lovin'...</em> out in the car yesterday. It sounded really good over the speakers and I loved singing the chorus with the long, gliding notes. It occurred to me that something about the structure is similar to<em> You Can Leave Your Hat On,</em> which got me into a weirdly satisfying flight of fancy imagining Tom Jones singing along with Martina. If you didn't hate it before… <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 29324, member: 23"] I've been re-listening to[I] Waking Up Laughing[/I]. There are some decent songs - including one that's easily a Top Three Martina track for me - but there's something quite unsatisfying about it as an album experience to me. As I listened, it started to feel quite samey. For that reason I found it quite an exhausting listen. I wondered if it was because it was quite ballad-heavy, but I can't say that idea turns me off. My (probable) favourite Martina album has a good number of ballads on (I'm looking forward to covering that one with you). I think it's more likely a song from [I]Waking Up Laughing [/I]would click with me if it came up on shuffle unexpectedly, but it's felt like a bit of a chore to listen to the album. It does have a great title though. And I did enjoy rediscovering some of the tracks. In fact, my top three after listening would look a little different. [LIST=1] [*]Anyway [*]Tryin' To Find A Reason [*]How I Feel [/LIST] [I]For These Times [/I]is great - especially now I've read your comment about it being appropriate for this year. It would have made it into the top three if it weren't for [I]Tryin' To Find A Reason[/I], which I think it beautiful and poignant. I wasn't sure I'd enjoy [I]Eleven[/I], but that had some nice surprises - including that song you hate that I'm loving.* :D [I]Shine[/I] is a cracker of an album. Diverse and punchy with some memorable songs. I hadn't realised how much I liked it as an album until this week. It's helped that I've discovered some of the tracks independently since I last listened to it in full. [LIST=1] [*]Reckless [*]Everlasting [*]Shine [*]Eleven [*]Waking Up Laughing [/LIST] * I blasted[I] You Can Get Your Lovin'...[/I] out in the car yesterday. It sounded really good over the speakers and I loved singing the chorus with the long, gliding notes. It occurred to me that something about the structure is similar to[I] You Can Leave Your Hat On,[/I] which got me into a weirdly satisfying flight of fancy imagining Tom Jones singing along with Martina. If you didn't hate it before… ;) [/QUOTE]
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