New (third) review, given 5 out of 5. Just really what the other album reviews have said, very diverse, and about how her voice is sounding better;

 

 

Review: Anastacia - Heavy Rotation

 

Today 13:50

Anastacia is set to make her long-awaited album with her new album Heavy Rotation. The follow up to her third album, Anastacia has been four years in the making, but is it well worth the wait?

 

I had high hopes for this record as Anastcsia has one of the most powerful voices in music and is never one to shy away from an empowering track destined to make any woman feel like she can take on the world.

 

At first listen it seems like the CD isn’t as upbeat and powerful as the singer is so used to releasing, however, on listen number three and four you begin to realise that we have a singer who has matured and changed with the times.

 

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We see the Anastacia we know and love coming back as she belts out The Way I See It whose lyrics make no mistake that she is just as headstrong as ever, despite what life throws at her; “Well you’re trippin’ if you’re thinking’ that I ain’t gonna speak my mind. Well pardon me for livin, expressing my opinion,.”

 

In the background we hear a beat that we are used to with singers such as Duffy and Adele, probably thanks to her having some help from man-of-the-moment Ne-Yo. However, that said, this is a track that blows all the competition out of the water.

 

The third song Absolutely Positively once again takes on the entire male race in just four minutes, thanks to the help of a cracking bass guitar and a slower pace. Her voice is just as good as it has ever been and I even found myself swishing my hair and reaching for my highest pair of high heels.

 

Keen to prove how dynamic her voice is, Defeated opts for a more R n’ B sound which wouldn’t sound out of place on an album by Usher or Rhianna. I just bet they wish they had penned it first.

 

We pick up the pace again with Heavy Rotation and this is one perfect comeback song that I can see becoming a dance floor staple over the coming months. Think of Madonna and Britney Spears’ attempts at their reinvention and multiply it by 1,000 and this song is what you’d end up with; minus the messed up lives.

 

The rhythm makes you want to reach for a leotard and sweat bands and thrown down a dance-off competition fight in the centre of the office. It’s dancey tune perfectly complements Anastacia's vocals and I begin to wonder if there is anything this woman can’t conquer?

 

I Call It Love is the first song where we really see ‘the old Anastacia’ come back in full-force, however, although this is what I wanted to see and hear when I first put it on, it has to be said that it’s a safe record that she knows she can sing, with all credit to her, it’s still incredible, but she certainly has nothing else to prove.

 

The tempo gets slow and intimate on Never Gonna Love Again as the background music gives way to Anastacia’s incredible voice as she conveys the terrible pain of losing a lover. This is a song that needs to be sung to a huge audience and I think it could be to her what I will Always Love You is to Whitney Houston.

 

The final track, Beautiful Messed Up World is another song that can just slip right into the charts, and it becomes obvious that Anastacia hasn’t wasted her years away from the charts and has kept her finger firmly on the pulse of modern music.

 

Although her previous records will never get old, it is clear that she has done her research when making this album as she seems to know what every fan of modern music wants and has packed it all into 12 songs. Whatever genre of music you’re into, if you appreciate a good singer, Anastacia is off the chart.

 

Verdict : 5/5

Edited October 21, 200816 yr by SuuS

Sounds promising! No mention of ICFY :heehee:

amazing review! more excited now and i wanted them to mention ICFY to say it's the worst song on the album :P

great read :D i can't wait for this album, i need to re arrange my plans now :thinking:

can't wait! hope i'll have it very very soon!

New (third) review, given 5 out of 5. Just really what the other album reviews have said, very diverse, and about how her voice is sounding better;

Review: Anastacia - Heavy Rotation

 

Today 13:50

Anastacia is set to make her long-awaited album with her new album Heavy Rotation. The follow up to her third album, Anastacia has been four years in the making, but is it well worth the wait?

 

I had high hopes for this record as Anastcsia has one of the most powerful voices in music and is never one to shy away from an empowering track destined to make any woman feel like she can take on the world.

 

At first listen it seems like the CD isn’t as upbeat and powerful as the singer is so used to releasing, however, on listen number three and four you begin to realise that we have a singer who has matured and changed with the times.

 

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We see the Anastacia we know and love coming back as she belts out The Way I See It whose lyrics make no mistake that she is just as headstrong as ever, despite what life throws at her; “Well you’re trippin’ if you’re thinking’ that I ain’t gonna speak my mind. Well pardon me for livin, expressing my opinion,.”

 

In the background we hear a beat that we are used to with singers such as Duffy and Adele, probably thanks to her having some help from man-of-the-moment Ne-Yo. However, that said, this is a track that blows all the competition out of the water.

 

The third song Absolutely Positively once again takes on the entire male race in just four minutes, thanks to the help of a cracking bass guitar and a slower pace. Her voice is just as good as it has ever been and I even found myself swishing my hair and reaching for my highest pair of high heels.

 

Keen to prove how dynamic her voice is, Defeated opts for a more R n’ B sound which wouldn’t sound out of place on an album by Usher or Rhianna. I just bet they wish they had penned it first.

 

We pick up the pace again with Heavy Rotation and this is one perfect comeback song that I can see becoming a dance floor staple over the coming months. Think of Madonna and Britney Spears’ attempts at their reinvention and multiply it by 1,000 and this song is what you’d end up with; minus the messed up lives.

 

The rhythm makes you want to reach for a leotard and sweat bands and thrown down a dance-off competition fight in the centre of the office. It’s dancey tune perfectly complements Anastacia's vocals and I begin to wonder if there is anything this woman can’t conquer?

 

I Call It Love is the first song where we really see ‘the old Anastacia’ come back in full-force, however, although this is what I wanted to see and hear when I first put it on, it has to be said that it’s a safe record that she knows she can sing, with all credit to her, it’s still incredible, but she certainly has nothing else to prove.

 

The tempo gets slow and intimate on Never Gonna Love Again as the background music gives way to Anastacia’s incredible voice as she conveys the terrible pain of losing a lover. This is a song that needs to be sung to a huge audience and I think it could be to her what I will Always Love You is to Whitney Houston.

 

The final track, Beautiful Messed Up World is another song that can just slip right into the charts, and it becomes obvious that Anastacia hasn’t wasted her years away from the charts and has kept her finger firmly on the pulse of modern music.

Although her previous records will never get old, it is clear that she has done her research when making this album as she seems to know what every fan of modern music wants and has packed it all into 12 songs. Whatever genre of music you’re into, if you appreciate a good singer, Anastacia is off the chart.

 

Verdict : 5/5

 

Wicked review....makes me wanna hear it even more now :cheer:

 

great read :D i can't wait for this album, i need to re arrange my plans now :thinking:

 

yes...u have to get the album ON THE SAME DAY IT'S OUT...and not wait till november :lol:

 

The review says it all :P

i am at school :lol:

or i may be ill :kink:

i am at school :lol:

or i may be ill :kink:

 

I'm sure ur school would understand if u just said...I'm just goin to get Ana's new album...back in a bit :lol:

 

If not then u can just be 'ill' :P

yeah i will say to my english teacher last class, "can i go early, i need to get the new Anastacia album?" :lol:

yeah i will say to my english teacher last class, "can i go early, i need to get the new Anastacia album?" :lol:

 

 

haha yeah... :lol: that would be hilarious

get it afterschool if it's still in stock.

yeah...ur lucky...I don't finish college till 4.45 one day and 5.15 another day...so just think about that lol i'll be suffering more than u :P

haha yeah... :lol: that would be hilarious

 

it be even ,more so if she said yes :lol:

get it afterschool if it's still in stock.

 

good idea :)

it be even ,more so if she said yes :lol:

good idea :)

 

yeah deffo...I would p*** myself laughin lol :lol:

me too :lol:

:lol: ya never know she could be a Ana fan :heehee:

well that could be true :o :lol:

ask her...if she says yes then say...well then does that mean I can leave early to get her album then...I've been waitin 4 years for it...don't make me wait any longer!! :lol:

i will ask on Monday

 

and overdramatise the fact its been over 4 years :lol: