Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery

Friday 4th January 2002
Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery
Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery

STYLE: Pop
RATING 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 2415-3065
LABEL: Sparrow SPD1723
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £12.99

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

In the same art pop mould as Out Of The Grey and Sarah Masen, this demonstrates that the Australian-born singer has honed her songwriting skills to shining brilliance. Take for instance her haunting song "Tremble", dealing with approaching an awesome God ("Have I come too casually because it seems to me/There's something I've neglected/How does one approach a Deity, with informality/And still protect the sacred?"). Or her lilting evocation of God's mysterious presence in the prosaic on the title track. Or her billowing duet with worship man Fernando Ortega on "Small Enough". Beautiful, underrated arrangements by producer Mark Hammond though there's only one song, the funky "Lookin' At You (Lookin' At Me)" that sounds like a radio hit. But as art of the highest order, pop doesn't come much better.

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