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It’s my top choice for if and when I ever get married myself! Thank you so much for sharing thisSlowly was my first dance at my wedding
It’s my top choice for if and when I ever get married myself! Thank you so much for sharing thisSlowly was my first dance at my wedding
Absolutely. I've introduced a few friends to it over the years and love watching the utter joy on their faces slowly turn to confusion when they realise the dark edge the song actually has.Delirious is an absolute MENACE of a pop song.
Yep - the best live performances from that era are the ones where she was able to strip it down. Trust Me live is something you must all hear.I remember seeing her live in the Ten Love Songs era and while the voice was a marvel, it was pretty clear she wasn’t comfortable.
Shame, it’s such an incredible album.
I’m wondering if she’s the best Scandinavian vocalist alive today? A genuine question. Do let me know if there’s anyone who could be considered better.
These are REALLY special moments and you are right, they are VERY rare. 'Mountaineers' also had the same impact on me, and actually I can recall it very clearly. Late July 2017. I was on a train on my way to Blackpool, alone (don't ask) and the song just flooded through my ears from my headphones and I actually remember thinking to myself "this is not the place or time when I should be hearing this song for the first time". I was absolutely shook to my core by it.I remember the first time I heard Memorial I had to stop what I was doing and just stood stock still and listened for about two minutes (or it seemed that way) and then when the really dark orchestral bit kicks in in I ended up sitting right there in the middle of the floor with my mouth open, utterly agog. At the end I put it right back to the start and listened to it again. I was utterly dumbfounded by it. Astonishing.
Only a few times in my life has music given me a physical reaction like that and when it happens, it is genuinely one of the most exciting and moving experiences. I wish it happened more often.
These are REALLY special moments and you are right, they are VERY rare. 'Mountaineers' also had the same impact on me, and actually I can recall it very clearly. Late July 2017. I was on a train on my way to Blackpool, alone (don't ask) and the song just flooded through my ears from my headphones and I actually remember thinking to myself "this is not the place or time when I should be hearing this song for the first time". I was absolutely shook to my core by it.
The only other example of this, off the very top of my head was the first time I heard 'No Ordinary Love' by Sade. Again just had to completely shut the world out to take it all in, left in utter disbelief.
Are we talking for vocals, right?
Cause she’s one of the best vocalists in the world full stop.
Confessions on a Dancefloor was released when I was about 14 and I absolutely felt like it spoke directly to me. Flawlessly produced album.No Ordinary Love is absolutely something I would feel the same about if I’d heard it as an adult I think.
The other one I always remember is very different- Madonna’s Confessions on a Dancefloor was just so good that I was dancing on my bed by the middle of Get Together and crying by Sorry. Completely different emotion but entirely uncontrollable.
Amazing top2
64. Blómi
Why am I ranking this one so low... hmm...
63. The Sound of War
AH! That's why. So Blómi is basically Diet Sound of War, and in this case she decided to give us 7 minutes of it. An interesting and delicate song, providing you're in the mood for it.
59. Torn To Pieces (On Roses)
An early cut of eerie melancholia from Su, before she truly began to flesh it out.
SEE!Oh god, The Sound of War is too low for me. One of the few post Ten Love Songs tracks to hit the heights of her finest work.
Two disappointed souls in you and Shee for that one!Now this one I love and deserves to be much higher!
Leave all that you were
Cause you won’t need it where
You are going tonight
32. Let Me In
A juicy electronic tour-de-force, Susanne switches up usual operatic go-to style for something a little sassier here. Let me in! Let me in!
27. In The End
A song that just builds and builds and builds, Susanne is notably absent for the first half, but she comes in conveniently just as the song begins to spread its wings and take off, giving it the ethereal lift it ultimately
22. Never Ever
I mean what can I say here outside of the obvious? This is foot stomping disco pop at it's very very best!
20. Save Me
I’m more than happy to live off Susanne collabs if she’s not comfortable making uptempo music. This remix is essential
16. Fade Away
10/10 without any deliberation pop song. A great starting point for anybody who wants to explore the more pop-leaning aspects of Susanne's discography. If it was by any of the pop artists of today I'd be exclaiming it to be their absolute best song. But it just isn't quite Susanne's.
14. Accelerate
Su-Does-Halloween is capitalised about as much as it can be here, with Susanne unleashing one of her most menacing and oppressive vocal performances to date as the explores the most toxic depths of love and lust. Everything about it is perfect.
10. Running to the Sea
Whilst the Röyksopp collabs end here, how could I possibly not allow Running to the Sea a top 10 placement? This is melancholic-euphoria personified for me, and I could listen to this song over and over and over again in any given situation and enjoy every last second of it.
On to the GRAND Ten Love Songs. I almost can’t dissociate Accelerate and Fade Away, or most of the album to be honest. It’s such a coherent body of work and we’re so lucky she made it.