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Changing Faces: the Best of Louise  >>

Changing Faces is a dazzling showcase of the best of Louise's EMI years. Encompassing her three solo albums, the collection also includes tracks from her Eternal days. Whilst those times may not have been the happiest periods for her personally, her early work with the all female quartet was undoubtedly her best. Even though solo tracks such as "Naked", "Let's Go Round Again" and "One Kiss From Heaven" did come close to matching the "Always and Forever" days, nothing can really compete with the wonderful harmonies of "Just A Step From Heaven" and "Stay". Her cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Stuck In The Middle With You" though is a wonderful finale to the nine years she's spent with EMI. Other "new" tracks include a lacklustre version of Five Star's 1987 hit "The Slightest Touch" which chugs along rather unremarkably, and the disappointing collection closer "Come and Get It". Ignoring these "fillers" this a brilliant reminder of the golden years in which Louise's scaled the heady heights of the UK's Top 10. --John Galilee

NAKED  >>

Member of the original line-up of the successful soul/pop group Eternal, Louise Nurding's debut album Naked proved that she had the talent to go it alone. As the title suggests, the album represents the unveiling of Louise as a solo pop personality, confident and self-assured. "One Kiss From Heaven" and "Light of My Life", especially, are catchy tracks which highlight Louise's finely-honed pop abilities and chart sensibilities. --John Galilee

Elbow Beach  >>

As transformations go, that of Louise Nurding to Louise Redknapp, is more impressive than anything Stars In Their Eyes have ever done. In the two years she's been away, the ex- Eternal girl better known for her posing than for her pop, has married, matured and discovered the essence of a good song...sex and conviction. Marrying her long-time footballing love Jamie Redknapp has obviously had a profound effect on her; Elbow Beach is named after the golden stretch of sand where she spent her honeymoon and "First Kiss (The Wedding Song)", "Bed Time" and "In Our Room" are all dedicated to the joy of sex and being married. And this time, unlike the supposedly sexy songs from her previous platinum selling albums Naked and Woman In Me, she sounds like she means it--probably because this time she wrote it. The pop is slick in a George Michael "Fast Love" way, the lyrics occasionally pointed (she attacks media luvvies and pop hangers on with "Beautiful Inside" and single "2Faced") in a George Michael way, and without a doubt her sexy, sophisticated and grown-up third album is the best thing she's done. --Dan Gennoe