Nicky Holland - Sense And Sensuality

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:09
Size: 113,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:29)  1. Paperchase
(4:30)  2. Nobody's Girl
(5:27)  3. Dear Ingrid
(4:21)  4. In A Broken Dream
(4:17)  5. Nothing
(4:53)  6. Falling Water
(4:15)  7. New York Inside My Head
(3:56)  8. Cry To Me
(4:50)  9. Hat Full Of Stars
(3:26) 10. Lay Down
(4:40) 11. John's First Wedding

Although it's slightly uneven, Sense and Sensuality is a rather enchanting collection of sweeping, orchestral pop. Strings and keyboards are inerlaced throughout the record, providing the perfect instrumental bed for Nicky Holland's wispy voice. Considering that she has written hits for a variety of artists, including Celine Dion, Tears for Fears and Cyndi Lauper, it isn't surprising that the songs on Sense and Sensuality are sturdy and well-constructed. What is surprising is that the songs don't sound manufactured, but intimate and personal, and that's what gives the album its edge. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-and-sensuality-mw0000594447

?Personnel: Nicky Holland (vocals, keyboards); Melanie Feld (oboe); Elliot Scheiner (piano); Larry Alexander (keyboards, bass guitar); Graham Maby (bass guitar); Jeff Bova, Michael Beinhorn (keyboard programming); Jimmy Bralower (drum programming); John Peterson (sampler).

Sense And Sensuality

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Nicky Holland - Nobody's Girl

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:13
Size: 119.6 MB
Styles: Art pop
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. This Town
[4:19] 2. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
[1:49] 3. Prelude
[4:20] 4. Ladykiller
[4:50] 5. Hat Full Of Stars
[3:29] 6. Paperchase
[4:01] 7. Independence Days
[3:58] 8. Nobody's Girl
[3:34] 9. Face Of The Moon
[5:27] 10. Dear Ingrid
[4:13] 11. Tongue-Tied And Twisted
[3:04] 12. On The Stairs
[4:15] 13. New York Inside My Head

With 2016 having marked the 25th anniversary of Nicky Holland (her solo debut, released June 1991) and 2017 occasioning the 20th anniversary of Sense and Sensuality (released June 1997), singer/songwriter/pianist/composer/arranger Nicky Holland (whose resume includes Tears For Fears, Fun Boy Three and creating scores for John Hughes films) sensed that now was “an appropriate time to re-evaluate” those albums and assemble Nobody’s Girl, the definitive retrospective of her solo work as a recording artist for Epic Records.

Lovingly curated and newly remixed by the artist, Nobody’s Girl brings together 13 essential studio performances–seven from Nicky Holland (produced by Derek Nakamoto and Nicky Holland), five from Sense and Sensuality (produced by Michael Beinhorn) and her unforgettable version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David classic “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” (produced by Jimmy Bralower and Jeff Bova). Originally recorded for the multi-million selling “My Best Friend’s Wedding” soundtrack album (also released in June 1997), the track “was actually the last thing I did as a singer,” Nicky remembers. A big fan of Dusty Springfield’s iconic recording of the song, Nicky “was thrilled when Sony asked me to sing it for the soundtrack record.”

Working again with producer Derek Nakamoto, who’d helmed her debut in 1991, Nicky “remixed quite a lot of the first album” for inclusion on Nobody’s Girl. “I’m an arranger and I love texture and density and listening back to it now, I just thought about how to give this a new spin, take it out of the ethereal world and back into the living room. I wanted the songs on this album to sound like they were when I originally wrote them.” Nicky took the original 2-inch tapes and painstakingly transferred them to digital. “On a couple of songs, I added a few bits and pieces,” Nicky says. “Basically, it’s what was there…just in a new perspective. I’m making the storyteller, myself, and the story more present.”

One of the highlights of Nobody’s Girl is “New York Inside My Head,” a song originally appearing on Sense and Sensuality for which Nicky has recently completed a breathtaking new video lensed by Karsten Staiger. Revisiting the music she’d made 20-25 years ago proved an intensely emotional experience for Nicky. “It was like no time had passed,” she says. “We were back there.”

Nobody's Girl

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