Julia Fordham - East West (1997)

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Title: East West
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Virgin [VJCP-25304]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 43:49
Total Size: 262 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Killing Me Slowly (5:31)
02. East West (4:04)
03. Stay (4:53)
04. I Want to Call You Baby (3:52)
05. My Last Goodbye (3:19)
06. More Than I Can Bear (3:48)
07. I Can Tell You Anything (3:37)
08. Wishing You Well (3:37)
09. Magic (2:56)
10. Fat Lady (4:59)
11. Goodbye I Love You (3:13)

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.~Tom Demalon