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I first became aware of Emiliana Torrini when, after 3 hours of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' the beautiful and haunting 'Gollums Song' started off the closing credits. But most pop albums have always been skimpy on their content. The songs are all, perhaps, too similar and hover around the same tonal centers that are in her best vocal range.I hope she does not try to imitate her compatriot Björk because they have little in common in regards to vocal sound and general approach.
This young woman has a very beautiful voice and displays a wide singing range in 'Gollum's Song'. My only complaint about 'Love in the Time of Science' is the very short length of the cd, just under 40 minutes. I was exhausted from the film and all the intense battle scenes and was ready to stop the dvd and go to bed, but I found myself riveted to what I was hearing.
Torrini's voice is best suited to romantic ballads, jazz and even the blues.I am going to get some of her other releases and find out more about which direction she's going with her clearly budding great career. So I ran to the computer and looked her up on Amazon and ordered her first album (I think it's her first) 'Love in the Time of Science'.I've listened to it several times since it arrived and am happy to report that the album is much along the lines of 'Gollum's Song' type ballads, with a couple more rock-style songs here and there, but these harder moments don't last long and she reverts to her strength which is soft-edged and dreamy. I liked the acoustic guitar and quiet string backups.
TOO SHORT. It's just that I wanted to put her own for a full 80 minutes and bask in her wonderful singing.4 stars, then, because of the short timings of the songs and album, otherwise it would have been a solid 5 stars.
I just happened upon Emiliana Torrini's music while searching for another artist. I usually look into suggested music just for the happy accident of finding singers and musicians I might not have found or considered otherwise--glad she came up as a suggested artist. Her music is eerie and ethereal.Check it out for yourself (one woman's Enya is another's Emiliana). Music is about discovery, so take your own journey--I highly recommend her as an exceptional artist with a magnificent voice.
rather dated 90's sounding overproduced dance tracks with rather average lyrics. do you like the latest from emiliana torrini. then don't buy this. there are a couple of tracks that have withstood the test of time and fashion, but most of this was unbearable to listen to, having recently been enchanted by the last album, and loving fisherman so much. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
3 1/2Torrini's debut fits snugly with other female-fronted trip-hop acts from around the millennium. There are attempts to sound more organic and singer-songwriterish, but ultimately it is a (willingly accepted) facade even good production and her obvious vocal strength cannot completely transcend.
She was a very pleasant surprise to me. The songs are somewhat chillout like.
I listened to the preview tracks and liked what I heard. This CD came up as an Amazon suggestion.
Emiliana has a wonderful voice. Now that I've had the CD for about a month, I really like this disc.
It's very pleasant. I think that if you like Dido, Beth Orton, Suzzane Vega, Sarah MacLaughlin, and Natalie Merchant (toss in a bit of Chillout); you will likely enjoy Emiliana.
Not at all Bjork like.
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