Bare - Annie Lennox

After an 11 year break, Annie Lennox is back, with the release of her third solo album ?Bare?. Annie, now an amazing 48, started her career way back in 1976, when she was a member of The Catch, together with Dave Stewart, her partner. They then formed The Tourists, and had a hit with ?I only wanna be with you?. Dave and Annie went on to form The Eurythmics, and after the release of ?Sweet Dreams? they became one of the most successful bands of the Eighties. In 1988, Annie married for the second time, but this marriage, as her first, was doomed to failure, despite giving Annie the joy of two daughters. Annie gave birth to a stillborn son ...  Read the complete review

I think this has got to be the most beautiful album I have ever heard. Annie Lennox really made something very honest and very down to Earth when she created this make no mistake. Every word, every melody and every song speaks volumes, the more you sit and listen, the more you either concentrate on the music, the melody, the lyrics, the expression tones, whatever grabs you, the deeper into the song you become, the more you understand and the more of an incite you get. What Annie Lennox has produced here is an album with a difference. Its full of every emotion you can imagine. It was written at the point of her divorce to her long term partner which would have ...  Read the complete review

Bare - Annie Lennox Released 2003 : BMG records : Cat. No. 8287652247-2 Background - Annie Born on Xmas Day 1954 , in Aberdeen , Scotland . At school her musical likes started to shine through , as she learnt piano and flute , and sung in the school choir. At 17 , she gained a place at the reknowned Royal Accademy of Music , London , where she studied for three years , leaving just a few wekks before her final exams. She remained in London finding work in a bookshop , and during this time took singing lessons . Soon she joined a local band Dragons Lair , with which she toured local clubs / pubs singing Scottish folk songs. Next she ...  Read the complete review

"Every Day I Write A List Of Reasons Why I Still Believe They Do Exist (A Thousand Beautiful Things) And Even Though It's Hard To See The Glass Is Full And Not Half Empty (A Thousand Beautiful Things)" Annie Lennox - A Thousand Beautiful Things 01. A Thousand Beautiful Things * 02. Pavement Cracks * 03. The Hurting Time 04. Honestly * 05. Wonderful 06. Bitter Pill * 07. Loneliness * 08. The Saddest Song I've Got * 09. Erased * 10. Twisted * 11. Oh God (Prayer) *Star signifies every song worth listening to. "I am not a young artist in their early ...  Read the complete review

??And love don't show up in the pavement cracks I can't even cover up my tracks I'm going nowhere and I'm light years back..? Great cd to listen to, when you feel down. I just realized that today as it?s not one of the best days for me. Anyway?I am listening to this album now so it?s the best time to write an opinion on it. The cover. If you can cope seeing this goddess to throwing away the make-up from her image, coming out with open, uncared, wounds, then this album will touch you.(?Its made to touch you because is hand made, builted with human materials that have been gathered after the demolition of an old ...  Read the complete review