Kate Ryan - Alive

[VoR]

Making this album the soundtrack to my DISCO CLEANUP earlier reminded me how it is. It does peter about a bit towards the end, but on the whole generic Europop never sounded so good!

10 Je T'Adore
11 All For You
10 Alive
08 Tapping On The Table (I ain't no freakin' nun! )
08 Spinning Around
08 How Many Times?
09 Nothing
10 Why Imagine
07 Driving Away
07 Love Or Lust?
06 Wonderland
09 Stepping Out
07 The Kiss I Miss

 

[VoR]

I also love how the All For You video is absolutely terrible on every concievable level.

 

[Alex]

10 Why Imagine

Yes. AMAZING possibly my favourite song of hers.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Only 8 for "How Many Times"? Oh VOR

 

[VoR]

Only 8 for "How Many Times"? Oh VOR

I much prefer that one EN FRANCAIS

 

[Kevin]

I loved Je T'adore so much I might not have been the best performance, but it deserved to make the final so much

 

[VoR]

I'm so with you Kevin.

I'm going to put the Eurovision 2006 Semi on right now and WEEP for the injustice of it all.

*wiggles leg*

 

[Man in a Hamster Wheel]

*wiggles leg*

*forgets to wiggle leg in the utterly confusing disarray of it all*

11 Je T'Adore
10 All For You
09 Alive
08 Tapping On The Table
08 Spinning Around
10 How Many Times?
09 Nothing
10 Why Imagine
07 Driving Away
07 Love Or Lust?
08 Wonderland
07 Stepping Out
08 That Kiss I Miss

This album is sandwiched right inbetween Neon Nights and Fever in my all-time chart. My lyric of choice is a toss-up between "Switch me on desire and touch my body" and the whole verse of "I’m breaking the border of myself / It’s time that I learned from / The mistakes that has made / This never ending circle / Of just heartaches." Pure Euro POETRY.

"How Many Times?" was originally going to be the fourth single but was cancelled when she jumped ship to another record company and decided/had to go back to the French rent-a-covers. Probably wouldn't have done much business anyway - that whole song sounds straight out of 1994, and at the time the nineties nostalgia wave hadn't kicked in with quite such full force as it would do in 2008/9.

 

[Kevin]

If I remember correctly she cried a lot as well. So sad.

 

[VoR]

I was all set to make this glorious LP of basic Europop my evening soundtrack, only to find that it's NOT ON SPOTIFY

Paging: @aquaplex (I do this a lot, sorry!)

 

[SDF]

Oh my word, devastated that you bumped this to tell me IT'S NOT ON SPOTIFY

Elle Elle L A it is then

 

[VoR]

The singles are all there on her Essential Collection, but Kate's the kind of artist where you really need to get into the DEEP CUTS

 

[Kevin]

But no Voyage Voyage (single version) strangely is enough.

 

[VoR]

It's pre-this album, but I still have SUCH a soft spot for the utter, utter trash that is 'Only If I'



That ridiculous final minute is just glorious

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
I KNOW I'D DO IT AGAIN
DO IT AGAIN - OH OH!
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
I KNOW I'D GIIIIIIIVE MY LOOOOVE AGAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!

*frugs unconvincingly in H&M tank top*

 

[BoysForSeles]

I love a bit of Kate and any time I’ve seen her do a set or gig in Europe she goes down a storm and seems to convert people who don’t know her, for the setlist at least.

The singles from this album are all great though as an album I prefer the next one ‘Free’.

 

[straightorbroken]

Oh how I love Ella, elle l'a. She really has forever looked every age between 35 and 55 all at once.

 

[Alex]

The album is FINALLY on Spotify

No longer have to listen to the amazing Why Imagine via a shit YouTube link or dig out my old iPod !

 

[Music]

Stone cold CLASSIC! Alive, All For You and Why Imagine are top tier.

 

[VoR]

The album is FINALLY on Spotify

No longer have to listen to the amazing Why Imagine via a shit YouTube link or dig out my old iPod !

Oh my God, what a GLORIOUS day!

 

[Alex]

Thank you to our idol @aquaplex

 

[VoR]

I always hoped she'd find a way to Poli Genova herself some form of Eurovision justice. The moment has probably long since passed now though

That being said, she's two weeks younger than QUEEN GUSTAPH, so never say never.

 

[aquaplex]

Thank you to our idol @aquaplex

Nothing to do with me!

 

[Alex]

Nothing to do with me!

Oh well thank whoever it was and you for past service

 

[auretz]

"How Many Times" was my equivalent of emo music as a teenager, I thought it very deep and meaningful

 

[Devil]

It's pre-this album, but I still have SUCH a soft spot for the utter, utter trash that is 'Only If I'



That ridiculous final minute is just glorious

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
I KNOW I'D DO IT AGAIN
DO IT AGAIN - OH OH!
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
I KNOW I'D GIIIIIIIVE MY LOOOOVE AGAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!

*frugs unconvincingly in H&M tank top*

Yeah still a 10/10

 

[Alex]

Why Imagine still on repeat.