Anyone like
Elisa, an italian artist? I got some Elisa vibes while listening to Jessie Ware's album. I only have one album by her(that's now out of print), her self-titled(compilation) album...which takes most of the songs from her previous release Then Comes the Sun which is still available.
I think it's one of the greatest albums I've ever heard. With 10 out of the 11 tracks being outstanding.
Listen yourself:
Come Speak To Me
Heaven Out of Hell - Top 10 Song of all time IMO.
Rainbow
Fever
Dancing - Another top song
It Is What It Is
Rock Your Soul - Another fav.
Labryinth
Stranger
A Little Over Zero
There's another song that's not required listening that ends the album but I'll let you digest on those 10. Good stuff. I should really get another album or two of hers...but I'm afraid it won't be as good, cause really how can she top this?
edit-Bought her first album, Pipes and Flowers, from Amazon MP3...a good 9 years after I got the above album. Long overdue obviously as I adore that album. Will probably pick them all up as she has amassed many after all these years. Liking what I'm hearing so far from this debut album. Labyrinth(above) is on this which leads into
Mr. Want...which is pretty good after one listen...has a country twang to it which is different but cool. Listening to more songs off her debut...she is pretty damn good on this album too. Definitely a hidden gem in America at least. I was in Italy in 2003 and one of my distant cousins took me out to dinner with some of his friends and he was playing her in his car and I thought she was pretty damn good. When I got to a record store in Germany a few weeks later I picked up the Elisa album(above) and was floored. Imports have been available for some time now but I didn't jump on them cuz of the cost. AmazonMP3 solves that problem.
Maybe I never heard it before but listening to Pipes and Flowers she sounds A LOT like Natalie Imbruglia.
edit2-So I went balls out and bought 7 albums(Pipes and Flowers was pretty damn good as I said before in the first edit).
Pipes And Flowers
Asile's World
Then Comes The Sun(already have most of these songs on the Elisa album but there's a few different versions and 5 songs I haven't heard)
Lotus(acoustic versions of songs from above 3 albums)
Pearl Days
Ivy(A second acoustic album)
Steppin' On Water. (Which I think is compilation but looks like it has a few new songs not on previous albums).
Which leaves me missing the album Heart which is only available at the moment through a CD Import. Maybe iTunes has it for download. I'm missing other compilation albums that probably have a few new tracks not on the above but that will have to wait, one looks to be out of print(Caterpillar) besides the one that I own that is out of print.
She's pretty freaking good. When I make my way through all these songs I might make an official OT. =)
What do you think GAF?