Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

Seawind were one of Christendom's most accomplished bands recording in the late 70s and early 80s. Their horn section were much in demand, going on to do sessions for many acts long after the rest of the band had broken. The lead singer of Seawind, Pauline Wilson was blessed with a soulful, distinctive voice. These days, the band deserve to be featured in a where-are-they-now article. In the 18 years since their demise founder member and Pauline s ex-husband Bob Wilson has been producing worship albums, the horn section still do their stuff in sessions (they feature on a couple of sangs here) but Pauline has been remarkably quiet. This hard-to-track-down solo outing was recorded back in 1994 and shows that Pauline has lost none of her musical passion from her heyday. Although lacking the total creativity achieved whilst part of Seawind, there s still plenty to enjoy here, the presence of Abraham Laboriel on half the album adds plenty of class and the albums outstanding cuts include One Chance and Mysterious/Colors Of The Wind with their pleasant grooves and Seawind horns adding to the flavour. Intuition is mellow funk, whilst Back Again, Back In Love features some lovely sax. The Seawind classic ballad Follow Your Road is revisited and well executed and one of the highlights for me, leaving me wishing somebody would rerelease their back catalogue. I also wonder what has happened to Pauline in the last half decade and whether there are other albums out there hidden away. No clues here as to her spiritual journey with no discernible songs with a gospel message on this release but it s still great to hear her sing.

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