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1995 |
The main work of that year was the release of Sandra's last album of entirely new material, prophetically
entitled "Fading Shades" ( Virgin CD724384058623. ) The release of the
single "Nights on White Satin" ( Virgin CD 7243 892899 2 3 ) - a cover of
"Nights in White Satin" by the UK super group
The Moody Blues - preceded the
release of the album. The single contained 5 tracks and, for the first time in
Sandra's career, a number of mixes were
issued to appeal to the diverse current dance-music types: "Club Mix",
"Techno Mix", "Jungle Mix", and a "Dub Version".
The main feature of that album that set it apart from all other
Sandra albums was the heavy involvement
of Jens Gad, not only in the production but also in
the song-writing. Klaus Hirschburger of
HUBERT KaH
continued to write lyrics. The fans did not welcome that involvement
as indicated the poor sales.
In fact, the album was a flop. Based on internet web-sites and
postings, interest in Sandra
never waned, even if it is not as universal as it once was, one could say that she had maintained a
loyal fan-base that continued to enjoy and admire her presence in
Enigmaas well as her earlier works.
Nevertheless, the album failed and the reason could be that it simply did not sound like a
Sandra album. Whether the dance-tracks
were flat, or the ballads were lukewarm, or both or neither, the album failed to raise the
interest typical of a Sandra release.
Some individual songs stood out as sincere and catchy such as "First Lullaby"
and "Will you Whisper", however they did save the release from sinking.
The first of the two was written with Sandra's
twin babies in mind, as she was still pregnant with Nikita and
Sebastian. It appeared two years later in
1997 as an instrumental on
Trance Atlantic Air Waves
album "Energy of Sound" by the title "L-42" (lullaby
for two.)
Other works include
Michael Cretu's producing a cover of "The Captain of Her
Heart" for Kurt Maloo who is the singer of the original
that was billed to his former group Double.
The song appeared on the CD "Soul and Echo" ( CD Mambo 480592 2 ).
The CD-single ( CD Mambo 662440 2 ) included four versions all
produced and mixed by Cretu and Jens
Gad : "Radio Version", "Steady Groove Mix",
"Club Mix" and "Unplugged Version". The radio version remained
rather faithful to the original song; however, the mixes are quite diverse and the fresh
"Club Mix" has the vocals sped up -in addition to speeding up
the tempo-so that Kurt Maloo sounded like a
female singer.|
Michael Cretu ~ "Alchimistic work means playfulness
for me: "many roads lead to Rome" - but you never know which one you will travel." |