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Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle (1997)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Natalie Imbruglia
Length 55:53
Format CD audio
Genre General Pop; Soft Rock
Label RCA
Index 208
Collection Status In Collection
Packaging Jewel Case
Credits
Songwriter Andy Wright
Songwriter Booker
Track List
01 Torn 04:06
02 One More Addiction 03:30
03 Big Mistake 04:34
04 Leave Me Alone 04:23
05 Wishing I Was There 03:52
06 Smoke 04:38
07 Pigeons And Crumbs 05:21
08 Don't You Think 03:54
09 Impressed 04:49
10 Intuition 03:24
11 City 09:33
12 Left Of The Middle 03:49
Personal Details
Album Lookup1 I
Links Amazon US
Amazon UK
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
UPC 078636763422
Notes
Expectations for Natalie Imbruglia's debut album Left of the Middle were high because of the runaway success of the pre-album single "Torn" during 1997-1998. Fans of the single will be pleased to hear that the album is quite similar in approach and sound to the breakthrough single: laid-back alterna-pop with sweetly melodic vocals. Admittedly, some of the material will be seen as pop fluff by certain listeners, but fans of popular latter-day female artists like Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow, and Meredith Brooks will find Imbruglia's debut most enjoyable. What separates Imbruglia from the aforementioned artists is her willing to experiment with electronic sounds, no doubt courtesy of mixer Nigel Godrich (of Radiohead fame), which can be heard on such tracks as "Smoke." "Torn" proves to be the best song on the album, with its bouncy acoustic feel, but the pop/rocker "Big Mistake" is almost as good. Not all of the material on Left of the Middle fairs as well, however, such as the Alanis Morissette sound-alike "Intuition," but Natalie Imbruglia need not worry about being lumped into the copycat category; for the most part, she has a style all her own