Love In The Time Of Science - Emiliana Torrini

Emiliana Torrini is a voice that may be familiar to those who saw Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, as she sang the haunting Gollum's Song which accompanied the closing credits. However, she is a name that still appears to be largely unknown in the UK. Torrini is from Iceland and the trip hop influence on this album, combined with her Icelandic accent, have led to the inevitable comparisons with Bjork. But like most of my favourite female singer-songwriters, she is not so easy to compare or classify. Emiliana's style is softer and less experimental than Bjork, and more accessible on first listen. Love in the Time of Science was released in 1999, a ...  Read the complete review

A friend who introduced me to the album "Love in the time of science" claimed that Emiliana Torrini was the new, hipper and more credible version of that Icelandic popstrel Bjork. I'm not a fan of Bjork - in fact I find her voice rather irritating but I can't knock her because there is no doubt she is talented. However, my friend was right. Emiliana is the new improved model. Despite her name suggesting otherwise, Emiliana is herself Icelandic and no doubt drew on Bjork for a source of inspiration when writing this album. She is very big in Europe but her debut release has been virtually unnoticed in the UK - a shame in fact ...  Read the complete review