Beautiful Awakening - Stacie Orrico

Advantages: Beautiful, thoughtful lyrics and powerful, soulful vocals
Disadvantages: None

...of this song and the album in general. I CAN'T GIVE IT UP has admirable lyrics, with Stacie singing about staying true to herself and her values. Stacie sounds beautiful and natural and this is another soulful track with gentle backing music and R&B style beats. The first time that I listened to the album it was quite a challenge for me to get to the end as this is a very unfamiliar sound for me, being a die-hard fan of cheesy pop. I, to tell the truth, was not that keen on many songs on first listen (although now I have got a feel for them I love this album a lot) and many simply blended in to one. By the end of the album, therefore, I was partly relieved and partly exhausted from my efforts and BEAUTIFUL AWAKENING, being quite a gentle, slow track, was dismissed by me as a standard 'last track', ie. nothing special or unique, a bit of a rushed... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: A couple of stand out tracks
Disadvantages: Mostly no more than average

...Back in the summer of 2003 whilst flicking between the various music channels, the sounds of two young female artists caught my ears with the first song I'd heard from either. One was Amy Studt with "Misfit", the other was Stacie Orrico and "Stuck". Impressed enough with "Misfit" to try an album, I bought Amy Studt's "False Smiles" and was so disappointed with it, I never gave Stacie Orrico's self titled album a thought. Soon after, both seemingly dropped off the musical radar and I forgot about them. Earlier this year, I heard the first single from Orrico's second album "Beautiful Awakening" and, whilst not terribly impressed, it did remind me of her existence. This is turn made me think of how good "Stuck" had sounded and made me wonder if I hadn't perhaps dismissed her too hastily those years before. After all, the cream does rise... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Beautiful, thoughtful lyrics and powerful, soulful vocals
Disadvantages: None

...of this song and the album in general. I CAN'T GIVE IT UP has admirable lyrics, with Stacie singing about staying true to herself and her values. Stacie sounds beautiful and natural and this is another soulful track with gentle backing music and R&B style beats. The first time that I listened to the album it was quite a challenge for me to get to the end as this is a very unfamiliar sound for me, being a die-hard fan of cheesy pop. I, to tell the truth, was not that keen on many songs on first listen (although now I have got a feel for them I love this album a lot) and many simply blended in to one. By the end of the album, therefore, I was partly relieved and partly exhausted from my efforts and BEAUTIFUL AWAKENING, being quite a gentle, slow track, was dismissed by me as a standard 'last track', ie. nothing special or unique, a bit of a rushed... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Stacie's amazing voice, some brilliant tracks
Disadvantages: Quite a few fillers

...A sixteen year old Stacie Orrico first burst on to the music scene with the hit single 'Stuck' in the Summer of 2003. I remember seeing the video on MTV and thinking that with a voice that powerful and a song that brilliant I really should know who this unfamiliar artist was. I even had a conversation whilst on holiday with the girlies when the song came on the TV in a bar one night about how much we loved the song, yet none of us had a clue who this Stacie Orrico was. With the rise of reality TV and the emergence of the TV-to-pop-star transition (think Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Kylie Minogue) it seems that most popstars nowadays have already built up a fan base before they have even released their first single. It therefore says a lot about the talent of an artist and the virtue of a song when the singer can come from nowhere... Read review

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