"The whole thing was just really refreshing.
We would write really quickly and just go in and see what worked.
Initially we played with a full band and then Trevor would add and take things away.
But there is a live, relaxed feel to some of the vocals, which came from those early sessions. I am a real perfectionist and it was just really exciting to let go.
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Lisa Stansfield Is BackBack with a new album, a new producer (the innovative Trevor Horn) and an exciting new sound.Lisa's unmistakable voice sounds as fresh as ever but the songs on new album, The Moment, reveal an established artist still evolving and still experimenting. According to Lisa: "I was nervous about this album, but all my life I have done things that have scared me, from a really early age I have been thrown in the deep end and I think that is the only way I can work." The Moment follows the success of last years greatest hits collection, Biography which charted at number 3 in the UK album charts. In total, Lisa has sold nearly 20 million albums worldwide cementing her position as one of Britain's most popular and gifted female vocalists. In an inspired move and in what is undoubtedly a marriage made in musical heaven, Lisa is working with Trevor Horn - the acclaimed producer behind Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Seal. Production started on The Moment at the beginning of 2004.
The soulful side to Lisa is very much evident on the track "If I Hadnt Got You", written by Chris Difford and Chris Braide. Lisa co-writes a number of tracks on the album including the title-track, "The Moment" which Lisa describes as: "a ballad - and then some". On working with Trevor, Lisa says: "He is very clever. He finds out the way you work and what you can do and then makes a space for you to work in. But then is also full of crazy ideas which are just fantastic.". Now based in Dublin, this is Lisa Stansfield's sixth studio album and her first for three years. As a three-time Brit Award winner, Lisa has achieved phenomenal success in partnership with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris. Lisa, Ian and Andy were class mates and then band mates in the group Blue Zone. Lisa's first solo breakthrough hit came in 1989 with the massive worldwide smash, "All Around The World". A number one hit in the UK and US where it topped both the pop and R&B charts, "All Around The World" won an Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Pop Song. Lisa's debut album, Affection, entirely co-written by the ex-Blue Zone members has sold nearly 5 million copies worldwide. An accomplished and versatile performer, equally comfortable with dance, pop and soul, Lisa Stansfield has been a familiar and welcome presence in the charts for fifteen years. All six studio albums to date have seen Lisa evolving into the complete artist she is today. Down to earth, intelligent and gifted, Lisa has consistently produced songs from the heart delivered in her own distinctive, effortlessly powerful voice.LinksFor discographies and detailed biographies, see the pages at lisa-stansfield.com Related links: |
