True Identity - Sanchez

Advantages: The Spandau's best album
Disadvantages: None!

..."True" represents everything that pop music should be. Great to listen to, well-produced, well-crafted songs. By the time they recorded this album, Spandau had come through and left behind their "New Romantic" phase, fortunately dropping many of the pretensions that came with it. This is just top quality music. No more no less. This album represents the pinnacle of their musical career, for while their following album "Parade" has some quality material, it just doesn't have that special spark which marks out a great album. "Gold", "Communication", "Lifeline" and of course "True" are all on here. The album has a "mellow, chilled-out summer" kind of feel to it- best listened-to sipping chilled drinks by the pool. With no mediocre filler tracks to drag it down; to my mind, this is one of THE albums of the 80's.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average off topic

Advantages: She's over her illness, and as good as ever
Disadvantages: More of a pop sound than "Innocent Eyes"

...to be in the news more than her music. But, like any true musician, the music would always be there for her and, thankfully, both she and her music is still here for us too. Appropriately, the album begins with “Out of the Blue”, with the opening lines clearly marking this album as being a new start after her illness. Although it starts as a piano led ballad, such as many of the songs on her first album, there’s more to the sound later in, making it sound like a lush ballad, much like Faith Hill has been doing recently, with even the vocals sounding quite similar in parts. It’s the kind of song you can picture playing over the end credits of a big romantic film. The piano work on “The Analyst” is a lot more intricate and a little bit more up-tempo. The piano work is a little like some of the songs on Vanessa Carlton’s album, although... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: It is as good as the first album, a little different
Disadvantages: She experiments a bit, fans make not like.

...... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful