NATASHA

Sally Oldfield

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Crossover Prog

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3.38 | 11 ratings | 2 reviews | 0% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1990

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Break Through The Rock (4:18)
2. Natasha (4:50)
3. Keep The Fire Burning (4:35)
4. Clear Light (2:09)
5. My Drumbeat Heart (5:55)
6. Song Of The Mountain (4:03)
7. You Break Like A Wave (5:01)
8. Maya (4:29)
9. In The Presence Of The Spring (4:31)
10. Guiding Star (4:21)

Total Time 44:12

Line-up / Musicians

- Sally Oldfield / vocals, keyboards, programming

With:
- Lol Ford / guitar
- Mark Stringer / guitar
- Alan Ross / guitar & backing vocals
- Mike Oldfield / guitar (1)
- Robyn Smith / keyboards
- David Clews / keyboards, programming
- Nick Woolage / sax
- Kevin Jefferies / bass
- Lee Wickens / drums
- Robyn Smith / arrangements
- Guy Sigsworth / arrangements & programming
- Colin Thurston / drum programming, producer
- Stuart Croxford Neale / backing vocals

Releases information

Artwork: Petra Louis with Maik Scharfscheer (photo)

LP CBS ‎- 467409 1 (1990, Europe)

CD CBS ‎- 467409 2 (1990, Europe)

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SALLY OLDFIELD Natasha ratings distribution

3.38
(11 ratings)

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Review by kenethlevine
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Team

It's been said by at least one person whose insights I value that artists who lost their way in the 1980s often found the plot again in the 1990s. Unfortunately, once the audience skedaddles it's hard to recover their trust. For SALLY OLDFIELD, "Natasha" seems self aware in its circling back to matching generally mystical lyrics with more suitable arrangements and production, including the return to her hypnotic repetitive figures best exemplified in "In the Presence of the Spring", her best track in a decade.

Even on the opener, with all its technological flare, the percussion and shout-chanted vocals seem to correct the errors of the prior two or three releases, with even her silky voice on the rise. The dreamy ballad "Natasha" is by several accounts an ode to herself as she is sometimes known by this name, perhaps a clever alteration of her middle name "Patricia". "Clear Light" is a trance like brief incantation, so by the time we get to the ripoff of a tune from her first album, it's obvious that at least some of what's here is in the same league.

Slipping in at just under 3.5 stars, "Natasha" is a mature effort that suggests this experienced singer, songwriter and musician has found inspiration in sincere self reflection.

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4 stars 'Natasha' is a beautiful album, close to her best, partly due to the fact that she wrote all of the songs (on her previous album 'Instincts', the three that she wrote were far and away the standouts-the rest was fairly mediocre). The passionate 'Break Through the Rock' begins the album very well, wi ... (read more)

Report this review (#699169) | Posted by snelling | Thursday, March 29, 2012 | Review Permanlink

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