Sarah Brightman - Dive

Artist:

Brightman, Sarah

UPC:

731454008327

See Also:

Michael, George Williams, Robbie Todd, Mia Doi Diamond, Neil Manchester, Melissa Archer, Tasmin Everything But the Girl

Description:

Personnel: Sarah Brightman (vocals, keyboards); Peter Weihe, Tom Leonhardt (guitar); Thomas Schwarz, Gunther Laudahn (guitar, background vocals); Frank Peterson (keyboards, drums, percussion); Matthais Meissner, Michael Wehr (keyboards); Ben Huellenkremer (bass); Udo Dahmen (drums, percussion); The Sisters Of Oz, The London Community Gospel Choir, The A.L.W. Tour Ensemble (background vocals).
Recorded at Nemo Studios, Hamburg, Germany.
Personnel: Sarah Brightman (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); Thomas Schwarz, Gunther Laudahn (guitar, background vocals); Tom Leonhardt, Peter Weihe (guitar); Frank Peterson (keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals); Michael Wehr (keyboards, background vocals); Matthias Meissner (keyboards); Udo Dahmen (drums, percussion); A.L.W., London Community Gospel Choir (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Frank Peterson; Michael Wehr.
Recording information: Fairlight Studios, Madrid, Spain; metropolis Studios, London, England; Nemo Studio, Hamburg, Germany; Nemo Studios, Hamburg, Germany; Sedic Studios, Tokyo, Japan.
Photographer: Simon Fowler.
Arrangers: Matthias Meissner; Frank Peterson; Michael Wehr; Thomas Schwarz.
Recorded with a large contingency of German musicians, British stage-diva Sarah Brightman`s Dive is a loose concept album tied together by a common thread of nautical references. Opening with the short, spoken-word piece that is the title track, there are constant images of the sea throughout the lyrics. The material sounds like what you would expect from Brightman`s ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber. It`s all fairly pretentious power ballads, but there`s no denying that they`re melodic. Brightman has a powerful set of pipes and, actually, shows a good deal of restraint. There are several songs that are a cut above like "Captain Nemo" and "Seven Seas." She does go over the top on her cover of Procol Harum`s "A Salty Dog," but she redeems herself with the closer, "The Second Element II." The song, a reprise of an earlier track, is a stripped-down, acoustic affair with a subdued vocal by Brightman. ~ Tom Demalon

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Dive
2. Captain Nemo
3. Second Element, The
4. Ship of Fools
5. Once in a Lifetime - (Spanish)
6. Cape Horn
7. Salty Dog, A
8. Siren
9. Seven Seas
10. Johnny Wanna Live
11. By Now
12. Island
13. When It Rains in America
14. Mer, La
15. Second Element, Pt. 2, The

Album Information

Release Date:

04/20/1993

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Show Vocals

Label:

A&M (USA)

Producer:

Frank Peterson; Michael Wehr; Sarah Brightman

Catalog Number:

5400832

Original Release Year:

1993

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

51 : 41

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