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Delta  >>

Innocent Eyes  >>

Desperate not to be viewed as yet another prettily packaged product straight off the Erinsborough pop production line, Delta Goodrem's debut Innocent Eyes is a somewhat serious affair for a Neighbours star. Keen to let the world know she's no Nina Tucker, Delta's PR team likes to emphasise how she signed to Sony Australia two years before joining the soap and how she cowrote the majority of the tracks on the album. This push for authenticity results in a top-heavy and repetitive array of piano and orchestral tracks on the album. Only after multiple plays does the brilliance and complexity of some of the tracks become apparent. However her dazzling voice does shine through right from the start.

The best tracks are the concise coproductions with Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy, otherwise known as Northern Star ("Butterfly", and "My Big Mistake"). The team also link up with songwriting legend Cathy Dennis for the rocky "Throw It Away". The autobiographical title track "Innocent Eyes" sounds like early Tori Amos and judging by Delta's sultry country-girl image, the reference isn't just to the "Cornflake Girl's" music. There are also hints of the influence of a couple of Irish pop favourites--the Cranberries on "Predictable", as well as the Corrs ("Running Away"). --John Galilee

Mistaken Identity  >>

Delta Goodrem, Australian uber-babe and Kylie-esque actress-come-pop starlet has overcome ill health and produced, in Out of the Blue a broader, more mature second album. Like her debut, it consists of piano-driven pop numbers and her own tanned, spindly fingers dancing playfully up the octaves. The songs are aided by an entire legion of pop's finest scribes - Cathy Dennis (Kylie), Guy Chambers (Robbie) and even Gary Barlow (err, Take That) on "A Little Too Late."

The results are solid, if surprisingly unremarkable for the talent at work. Hooklines and melodies are mostly present and correct - particularly in standout "Mistaken Identity", which sees Delta echoing both Alanis Morissette and the ghostly spectre of Kate Bush (a frightening, if enjoyable, combination) and the jolly "Sanctuary." "The Analyst" is lyrically dense and "Almost Here", her duet with Brian McFadden is revealing. "Be Strong" and the stripped "Fragile" touch the surface of personal struggle adding to the redemptive feel of the album as a whole. --Ben Johncock

Out of the Blue [CD 1]  >>

Believe Again  >>

Delta [Japanese Import]  >>

Almost Here  >>

Mistaken Identity [CD + DVD]  >>

Delta Goodrem, Australian uber-babe and Kylie-esque actress-come-pop starlet has overcome ill health and produced, in Out of the Blue a broader, more mature second album. Like her debut, it consists of piano-driven pop numbers and her own tanned, spindly fingers dancing playfully up the octaves. The songs are aided by an entire legion of pop's finest scribes - Cathy Dennis (Kylie), Guy Chambers (Robbie) and even Gary Barlow (err, Take That) on "A Little Too Late."

The results are solid, if surprisingly unremarkable for the talent at work. Hooklines and melodies are mostly present and correct - particularly in standout "Mistaken Identity", which sees Delta echoing both Alanis Morissette and the ghostly spectre of Kate Bush (a frightening, if enjoyable, combination) and the jolly "Sanctuary." "The Analyst" is lyrically dense and "Almost Here", her duet with Brian McFadden is revealing. "Be Strong" and the stripped "Fragile" touch the surface of personal struggle adding to the redemptive feel of the album as a whole. --Ben Johncock

Not Me Not I [CD 1] [CD 1]  >>

Out of the Blue [CD 2]  >>