Lisa Stansfield - "Biography"

Wooooow. I don't even know what to say about this collection of "greatest hits." Lisa Stansfield has a strong voice, though there's nothing interesting about it other than she's got a pretty decent range. She recorded a lot of songs in the late 80s/early 90s in basically the new soul/smooth jazz vein. Most of the tracks have really prominent bass lines, much like other British soul acts from this era - M People, that sort of group. Honestly, what I picture when I listen to this album is someone getting ready to go out for the night, drinking a glass of red wine, dancing in front of the mirror on a white shag carpet, and singing along to these tracks really loudly. If you need some of that in your life, I can't tell you how happy I would be to send you this cd. For the most part, I'm mortified that it is in my collection.

I will admit that I am burning one track, because it's the reason that I spent money on this album. Here's the story: when I was in high school, my entire family went on a tour of New England colleges together. My poor sister was in 6th grade, and got dragged along. The trip was basically a bust - I only ended up applying to one of the schools we saw. And the strongest memory that any of us seem to have of that week (other than my sister learning to ask tour guides if their schools guaranteed housing all four years) was spending hours upon hours in the car singing, "Been around the world and I I I, I can't find my baby....." Yes, Lisa Stansfield. We happened to take this college tour during the one week in history when she was at the top of the charts. God help us.