lene marlin and globe, i like (music recommendation)

lost in a moment - lene marlin
Originally uploaded by cliff_au_yong.

went to bukit batok civil service club to swim again... i feel so much stronger than before i enlisted! especially endurance-wise -- used to tire out after 2 laps, now i can go on much MUCH longer :D

but my purpose of swimming (as opposed to jogging) is not just for cardio and working out all my limbs at the same time leh, it's to even out the imbalanced tan i have! i look as if i'm wearing a pale V-necked beige (skin coloured) shirt... thats what the POP rehearsal did to me haha...

i am usually hesitant about buying stuff, probably due to my mom's thriftiness, but in the end i buy on impulses...

but i think i'm rather lucky this time, i bought 2 good CDs for only $18 at sembawang music centre!

the first of which is Lene Marlin's "lost in a moment". i heard of her before, that was way way back in 1999, when she released her best-selling "Unforgivable Sinner" (also found in Lime POP Juice, a compilation album made in s'pore).

her voice is beautiful, smooth, light, the simple guitar and drums (and the occasional backup voices) pop-rock accompaniment complements her voice as well - apparently the inspiration for this (3rd) studio album was from her 1st.

nothing much to say about the album, though... quality-wise all the tracks are equal. quite good for chilling out or emo-ing, they're the kind of songs you can expect your semi-professional one man band performer to sing while strumming the guitar yep...



i was intrigued by the simple design of this CD, and after viewing its slightly odd english track titles (what is "end of 3rd element"? on second thought it's probably alluding to this album, which is their 3rd), i thought, heck, i'll just buy this...

by the way, globe is a japanese group haha...

it's not too bad either, i like the piano introduction ("before dark"), great mood-setting... but most of the album isn't of the experimental-sounding nature of the introduction... it's just a simple happy dance album with easygoing melodies... the arrangement/production of the tracks rock, thanks to the famous tetsuya komuro, one-third of globe's members, and early pioneer of dance music in japan.

worth my $9 bucks per CD, but i might not buy them if they cost $20 each. (btw i'm a sucker for "best of" albums, which may explain my stinginess when it comes to spending money on normal albums)