Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance

Label:

Diskokaine

Catalog#:

DK007CD

Format:

CD, Album, Digipak

Country:

Austria

Released:

22 Nov 2006

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Italo-Disco, Electro, Ambient

Tracklist

1	I'll Be By Your Side	5:29
2	I Know	6:13
3	Find My Soul	4:52
4	Time To Let Go	5:21
5	Anorak Christmas	4:18
	Backing Vocals - Evelina Joëlson Mastered By - Johan Agebjörn , Q-Force , SLL Written-By - Roger Gunnarsson
6	Hold Me So Tight	6:00
7	Find My Soul (Norwegian Electrojazz Mix)	5:00
8	Sleep In My Arms	5:39
	Written-By - Erik Van Den Broek , Johan Agebjörn
	CD Bonus Track:
9	I'll Be By Your Side (Rude 66 808 Remix)	6:43
	Remix - Rude 66

Credits

Executive Producer - Wolfram "marfloW" Eckert
Lead Vocals - Sally Shapiro
Mastered By - Patrick Pulsinger (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
Producer, Keyboards, Computer, Backing Vocals - Johan Agebjörn
Written-By - Johan Agebjörn (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9)

Notes

Cat number given as:
diskokaine007 on digipack spine
DK007 on digipack back
DK007CD on disc itself

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Rated 5/5

Review by iivix Nov 02, 2007

Some artists sound like they have a million different influences, but Sally Shapiro sounds like she only has two, and she's channeling them brilliantly. Imagine 50% Annie (for the icy scandinavian vocals, sweet and lovely, and for the modern, clean synthpop production), with 50% Valerie Dore (for the bitter-sweet italo melodies, retro synths, chunky snares, and chugging basslines). It's a fantastic mix.

OK, so to be honest it sounds almost uncomfortably close to its influences - it's sat right on that fine line between heartfelt sentiment and superficial pastiche. But hey, it's not like italo-style synthpop is supposed to be anything other than beautiful surface and shimmer, right? In my opinion (as a fan of italo-y synthpop), everything about this album is perfect. 5/5.