This Is Stina Nordenstam

by Stina Nordenstam

Overview

This Is Stina Nordenstam was received with relief by critics when it was released in 2001. After two difficult albums -- one exceedingly dark and distorted and the other full of experimental covers -- Nordenstam had returned with a modern pop album. And to further stress that it was pop this time, Brett Anderson from Suede participated on a couple of tracks. The sound of the album still has some in common with the sound of the cover album People Are Strange, applied on original material this time, but everything is more straightforward and the environmental noises are left out. If People Are Strange was twisting popular melodies, breaking them up, and leaving them as experimental compositions, this is more like dressing that same experimental sound in popular melodies. The album also has quite much in common with Nordenstam's critically acclaimed And She Closed Her Eyes from 1994, though the beat is more marked this time. But if more accessible than the former two albums and including tracks like "Lori Glory," which was even played on the radio, This Is in some ways feels like a step backwards. It doesn't have the sheer emotional effect that And She Closed Her Eyes had, and in leaving out some of the things that made People Are Strange difficult, it also left out some of its beauty. But that said, This Is is a very unusual pop album, and its only major drawback is that Nordenstam herself has used the same elements to better results before. ~ Lars Loven

Product Details

Release Date:	06/07/2024
Label:	Real Gone Music
UPC:	0848064017189
Rank:	90809

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stina Nordenstam   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar,Keyboards
Davey Faragher   Bass
Brett Anderson   Vocals
Mitchell Froom   Keyboards
Val McCallum   Guitar

Technical Credits

Jacqui Blake   Assistant Engineer
Mitchell Froom   Producer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Tchad Blake   Recording,Producer,Mixing
Stina Nordenstam   Producer,Composer
Eva Mueller   Photography