Natalie Imbruglia : Releases >>
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Glorious: the Singles 1997-2007 >>
Counting Down the Days >>
Glorious: the Singles 1997-2007/+DVD >>
Left of the Middle >>
A cross between Alanis Morissette and Kylie Minogue, you couldn't engineer a more likely late 1990s pop star than Natalie Imbrugila if you tried. Blessed with a stunning bone structure and a passable voice, Australian soap star Imbruglia and producer Phil Thornally turned Ednaswap's gritty "Torn" into a swirling pop confection. Nothing else on her debut quite matches it, in part because Left of the Middle sticks closer to the centre than it cares to admit. Imbruglia manages to touch on a wide range of female styles--angry ("One More Addiction"), electronica ("Big Mistake") and yearning ("Smoke")--without leaving her fingerprints on any of them. --Steven Mirkin
White Lilies Island >>
White Lilies Island comes four years after "Torn" and her debut Left of the Middle propelled her into international stardom. It took a long time to get right, and it was worth the trouble. Produced by a variety of names including Ian Stanley and Pascal Gabriel, it also includes song collaborations with Pat Leonard (co-author of key Madonna hits). White Lilies Island has a driving, dramatic edge--particularly on the opener "That Day", and "Hurricane", a sweeping song about inexplicable passion. Natalie moves with ease between guitar-led rock and groove-orientated pop but it's obvious her heart lies with the former, particularly in the rich, freewheeling energy of tracks like "Goodbye" and "Do You Love?". --Lucy O'Brien
Torn >>
Left of the Middle >>
Left of the Middle >>
The odds were definitely against Natalie Imbruglia; any kind of kudos for soap stars turned popstars is pretty much non-existent within the hyper-critical world of popular music. Generally they are granted one or two hits, and soldier on for a while despite the contempt of the music press before fading into insignificance. Natalie Imbruglia is different. As well as demonstrating her genuine vocal strength, Left of The Middle actually contains some fine songs, some of which are--surprisingly enough--even co-written by the pint sized, perfect skinned Ozzie herself. Her debut album finds Imbruglia in the embryonic stages of her songwriting career, and while the lyrics are occasionally naively embarrassing ("What's up with Dad/Mom's looking sad"), flashes of genuine talent do shine through. The finished product is an astonishingly honest and at times emotional collection of songs--"Torn", "Big Mistake", "Smoke", "Wishing I Was There"--whose strength lies, in part, in the fact that there are no attempts at anything overly ambitious or experimental.--Ronita Dutta
Glorious >>
That Day [CD 1] >>
