After a very patchy debut album that held very little interest for me, Emma Bunton has reinvented herself as a sixties inspired pop kitten with two lovely albums that have won my heart and been relatively commercially successful too. It comes as no surprise then that the languid (ooo twice in one post) Life in Mono set has been touched by the magnificent hand of Dame Cathedral of Dennis. It's a route she took herself ten years back with the largely ignored but always delightful Am I The Kinda Girl album that proved to be her (vocal) swansong. Let's back peddle a bit… Cathy kicked off the nineties with her pure and simple pop album Move To This. The bold individualistic covers of the sleeve represented the stylish, clearly defined strokes of dance, pop and ballad contained within. Sophomore set, Into The Skyline, had a more luxurious opulent feel to the cover that reflected the more musically indulgent tunes inside. It's the AITKG cd that returns Cathy to her most focused cohesive album of the lot. West End pad and her cover of Waterloo Sunset are perfect little reminders of giddy sixties pop days gone by. The Date is swirling slice of musical chick lit, years before Bridget Jones forced that term on an unsuspecting world. When Dreams Turn To Dust proved she could still knock out a floating ballad with sorrowful lyrics and heartbreaking strings. Cathy called it a day after that, reinventing herself as a writer of several of the 90s and 00s biggest most anthemic pop classics. Part of me can't help but feel that had she taken up the mic again, she would have had the career Sophie Ellis Bextor enjoys currently. Here's how her greatest hits should've shaped up…
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Just Another Dream
Touch me
Too Many Walls (l'autre mix) (mp3)
Everybody Move
My Beating Heart
Keys To Your Life (mp3)
You Lied To me
Irresistable
Being With You
Why
Moments of Love
West End Pad
Waterloo Sunset (mp3)
The Date
Fickle
When Your Dreams Turn To Dust
BONUS: It's My Style (unreleased mp3)
BONUS: SOS (unreleased mp3)
BONUS: Love's A Cradle (unreleased mp3)
