CLOUD 10 FEATURING SONJA KRISTINA
''HARMONICS OF LOVE''
1995
61:22
1 Tropical Birth 01:56
2 Angel 05:40
3 Sounds Of Sea;Heart Of Glass;Marimbas 05:38
4 Lullaby;Baby Song 04:54
5 Woman's Heart 04:12
6 Divine Cloud Space;Birdsong;Elfin Boy 06:58
7 Glastonbury Dawn 01:31
8 Blindman 03:02
9 Dreamers 05:16
10 Chant;Voices;Remember Yourself 03:00
11 Melinda More Or Less 03:45
12 Don't Believe A Word 04:49
13 Threnody 00:59
14 Beloved 04:05
15 Nightfall 01:13
16 Healing Senses 04:17
REVIEW/AMG
by Dave Thompson
Originally released in 1994, and disappearing shortly thereafter, Harmonics of Love was the follow-up to Sonja Kristina's Songs from the Acid Folk album and is very much a continuation of that set. Topped, of course, by one of the most perfect voices in rock, and built around ten songs that hang exquisitely poised between, indeed, acid and folk, Harmonics of Love is closer in feel to the first couple of Curved Air albums than its predecessors -- "Sounds of Sea/Heart of Glass/Marimbas," in particular, echoes that era. But it's also a fresh start, dipping away from that band's classical prog leanings toward a naturalism that could almost be placed in the new age bag. But only almost, because Kristina's never been one for taking the soft option, and -- the mid-disc lull of "Lullaby/Baby Song" and "Woman's Heart" notwithstanding -- Harmonics of Love comes closer to a wild cross of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, without the pretentiousness. Near perfect in its original state, then, the album has been pushed even closer to glory by the six bonus tracks appended to Market Square's 2009 reissue. Opening with a glorious revision of "Melinda More or Less," it then rounds up Kristina's contributions to the Isaac Asimov and Motörhead tribute albums, plus four fabulous tracks by her current band, Mask. All blend ideally with the original album; all will send you scurrying back to the rest of Kristina's catalog.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Born 14 April 1949, Brentwood, Essex, England. Following the demise of her former band Curved Air, vocalist Kristina formed the hard rocking Escape and released a solo album in 1980 on the Chopper Records label. Marriage to her old band’s drummer Stewart Copeland, (who had since joined the hugely successful Police) and the rearing of two children delayed a resumption of an acting career that had been suspended since she resigned from the London cast of Hair in 1970 to join Curved Air. A role in the Curriculee Curricula musical and the lead in Romeo And Juliet were followed in 1988 by a spell performing in the UK’s arts centres and more adventurous folk clubs. Later, she was the brains behind a UK tour of acts from this circuit, before forming her own ‘psychedelic acoustic acid folk’ combo TY-LOR and Friends, whose personnel included a violinist and cellist. Subsequent albums confirmed an upturn in Kristina’s fortunes in the 90s. In the new millennium, she collaborated with composer Marvin Ayres in the highly experimental MASK project. The duo’s live shows are notable for their bold fusion of light and sound. Kristina has also taken part in the occasional Curved Air reunion and taught Performing Arts at Middlesex University.
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''HARMONICS OF LOVE''
1995
61:22
1 Tropical Birth 01:56
2 Angel 05:40
3 Sounds Of Sea;Heart Of Glass;Marimbas 05:38
4 Lullaby;Baby Song 04:54
5 Woman's Heart 04:12
6 Divine Cloud Space;Birdsong;Elfin Boy 06:58
7 Glastonbury Dawn 01:31
8 Blindman 03:02
9 Dreamers 05:16
10 Chant;Voices;Remember Yourself 03:00
11 Melinda More Or Less 03:45
12 Don't Believe A Word 04:49
13 Threnody 00:59
14 Beloved 04:05
15 Nightfall 01:13
16 Healing Senses 04:17
REVIEW/AMG
by Dave Thompson
Originally released in 1994, and disappearing shortly thereafter, Harmonics of Love was the follow-up to Sonja Kristina's Songs from the Acid Folk album and is very much a continuation of that set. Topped, of course, by one of the most perfect voices in rock, and built around ten songs that hang exquisitely poised between, indeed, acid and folk, Harmonics of Love is closer in feel to the first couple of Curved Air albums than its predecessors -- "Sounds of Sea/Heart of Glass/Marimbas," in particular, echoes that era. But it's also a fresh start, dipping away from that band's classical prog leanings toward a naturalism that could almost be placed in the new age bag. But only almost, because Kristina's never been one for taking the soft option, and -- the mid-disc lull of "Lullaby/Baby Song" and "Woman's Heart" notwithstanding -- Harmonics of Love comes closer to a wild cross of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, without the pretentiousness. Near perfect in its original state, then, the album has been pushed even closer to glory by the six bonus tracks appended to Market Square's 2009 reissue. Opening with a glorious revision of "Melinda More or Less," it then rounds up Kristina's contributions to the Isaac Asimov and Motörhead tribute albums, plus four fabulous tracks by her current band, Mask. All blend ideally with the original album; all will send you scurrying back to the rest of Kristina's catalog.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Born 14 April 1949, Brentwood, Essex, England. Following the demise of her former band Curved Air, vocalist Kristina formed the hard rocking Escape and released a solo album in 1980 on the Chopper Records label. Marriage to her old band’s drummer Stewart Copeland, (who had since joined the hugely successful Police) and the rearing of two children delayed a resumption of an acting career that had been suspended since she resigned from the London cast of Hair in 1970 to join Curved Air. A role in the Curriculee Curricula musical and the lead in Romeo And Juliet were followed in 1988 by a spell performing in the UK’s arts centres and more adventurous folk clubs. Later, she was the brains behind a UK tour of acts from this circuit, before forming her own ‘psychedelic acoustic acid folk’ combo TY-LOR and Friends, whose personnel included a violinist and cellist. Subsequent albums confirmed an upturn in Kristina’s fortunes in the 90s. In the new millennium, she collaborated with composer Marvin Ayres in the highly experimental MASK project. The duo’s live shows are notable for their bold fusion of light and sound. Kristina has also taken part in the occasional Curved Air reunion and taught Performing Arts at Middlesex University.
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