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Alaine's wonderful sacrifice
Artiste: Alaine
Album: Sacrifice
Genre: R&B / Dancehall
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
There are not many female artistes that can 'wow' an audience with a CD almost entirely made up of hit songs but Alaine almost accomplished just that.
Sacrifice, the debut album of the soulful singer, is a 17 track album with familiar songs dating back to 2004's No Ordinary Love. Other hit songs on the album include Heavenly, Rise In Love on the Guardian Angel riddim , Sacrifice and Ya Ya (I Want It). There are only a few songs on the album that fans may not have already heard.
Undiscovered treasure
Of the songs that have not yet been receiving large scale airplay, Ride featuring Tony Matterhorn is an undiscovered treasure. With Matterhorn surprisingly singing, the song is a good duet about a relationship gone wrong. Another good song is Obsessed which has a really nice hip hop/ R&B type beat and is about a female who can't resist her male partner.
Alaine shows the skill of combining different genres with a little soul, R&B, reggae and dancehall. Produced mainly by Don Corleon the album touches on dancehall with Wine, Make Me Weak, Give You Love and Dreaming featuring Beenie Man. Although not the conventional dancehall songs, Alaine still manages to hold the riddim well in her own unique way.
Love is the main topic throughout the album and obviously a favourite for the artiste. Whether its love that has died or one that continues to rise, Alaine discusses it in many different lights. Otherwise, sex is another favourite topic as seen in the enticing Wine. However, Earth Cry is a conscious song about deception, lies and fighting, with a slight 'gospel feel' as Alaine sings "I'm breaking down these walls....can't you hear the earth's cry."
There is no doubt that Alaine is gifted with a good voice but there are times that she over does it, trying to hit Mariah Carey-like notes that don't always strike the right chord. There are times she should let her notes come more naturally.
Overall, for a debut album, Alaine does well with 17 tracks worth listening to.
Track listing:
1) Rise In Love
2) Sacrifice
3) Ridefeat. Tony Matterhorn
4) Baby Love
5) Wine
6) Make Me Weak
7) Obsessed
8) Heavenly
9) No Ordinary Love
10) Speak Love
11) Give You Love
12) Keep Lovin You
13) Ya Ya (I Want It)
14) Give you
15) Anything
16) Earth CRY
17) Dreamingfeat. Beenie Man
Artiste: Alaine
Album: Sacrifice
Genre: R&B / Dancehall
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
There are not many female artistes that can 'wow' an audience with a CD almost entirely made up of hit songs but Alaine almost accomplished just that.
Sacrifice, the debut album of the soulful singer, is a 17 track album with familiar songs dating back to 2004's No Ordinary Love. Other hit songs on the album include Heavenly, Rise In Love on the Guardian Angel riddim , Sacrifice and Ya Ya (I Want It). There are only a few songs on the album that fans may not have already heard.
Undiscovered treasure
Of the songs that have not yet been receiving large scale airplay, Ride featuring Tony Matterhorn is an undiscovered treasure. With Matterhorn surprisingly singing, the song is a good duet about a relationship gone wrong. Another good song is Obsessed which has a really nice hip hop/ R&B type beat and is about a female who can't resist her male partner.
Alaine shows the skill of combining different genres with a little soul, R&B, reggae and dancehall. Produced mainly by Don Corleon the album touches on dancehall with Wine, Make Me Weak, Give You Love and Dreaming featuring Beenie Man. Although not the conventional dancehall songs, Alaine still manages to hold the riddim well in her own unique way.
Love is the main topic throughout the album and obviously a favourite for the artiste. Whether its love that has died or one that continues to rise, Alaine discusses it in many different lights. Otherwise, sex is another favourite topic as seen in the enticing Wine. However, Earth Cry is a conscious song about deception, lies and fighting, with a slight 'gospel feel' as Alaine sings "I'm breaking down these walls....can't you hear the earth's cry."
There is no doubt that Alaine is gifted with a good voice but there are times that she over does it, trying to hit Mariah Carey-like notes that don't always strike the right chord. There are times she should let her notes come more naturally.
Overall, for a debut album, Alaine does well with 17 tracks worth listening to.
Track listing:
1) Rise In Love
2) Sacrifice
3) Ridefeat. Tony Matterhorn
4) Baby Love
5) Wine
6) Make Me Weak
7) Obsessed
8) Heavenly
9) No Ordinary Love
10) Speak Love
11) Give You Love
12) Keep Lovin You
13) Ya Ya (I Want It)
14) Give you
15) Anything
16) Earth CRY
17) Dreamingfeat. Beenie Man
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