Label: Visila
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 803241100023
EAN: 0803241100023
ASIN: B00005LP0R
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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Artist:
Victor Sila
Label: Visila Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 803241100023 EAN: 0803241100023 ASIN: B00005LP0R Release Date: 2001-07-01 |
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pretty average.......2003-04-09
Incredible.......2001-12-31
"Breaking My Heart", Night & Day", "People Will Always...".......2001-09-14
It took Victor about seven years to make this album a reality, making 'Waiting' all the more special. 'Waiting' it is a testament to Victor Sila's determination to complete his work and live out his life to the fullest. The best way to describe Mr. Sila's voice is to liken it to a soulful version of Enrique Iglesias. Like Iglesias on songs like "Sad Eyes" and "Rhythm Divine", it has that same, laid back feel, with a soothing easiness about it.
There are four songs that I feel best represent what this album has to offer. The four songs (in order of personal favorites) are: "Breaking My Heart", "Night & Day", "People Will Always Make You Cry", and "I Will Give In"
The music that makes up the midtempo "Breaking My Heart" is splendid; it has a midly carefree, tropical feel to it. While the subject matter is more on the somber side, the song communicates a happy feeling to me. There is a great electric guitar solo in the bridge of the song, and I for one love to hear guitars utilized on R&B tracks...one of the trademarks of R&B from the mid to late 1980s. "Breaking My Heart" in my opinion is ready for radio and/or television. This is my favorite one, and the track that made me think, "this sounds like something Enrique Inglesias would do..."
"Night & Day" is a nighttime ballad all the way - nighttime on a warm balcony (with tiki torches...overlooking the beach) somewhere on vacation with your loved one. A great follow-up to "Breaking My Heart", "Night & Day" has a great saxophone solo in the bridge. This song has a quiet storm/smooth jazz feel to it, and adds a Maxwell-esque dimension to the album. A solid standout.
"People Will Always Make You Cry" gives me visions of a foggy morning on the California Coast...think Pacific Coast Highway. It's a somber, warm yet crystalline ballad that has a cool, misty appeal to it...
"I Will Give In" is a sun-shiny uptempo that weirdly (at least in my head) reminds me of the 80s hit "Don't Answer Me" by the Alan Parsons Project...I like this one in the same manner that I appreciated Natalie Brown's "You Pierced My Soul"...they both evoke images of rolling green hills and flying kites.
A bonus cut for me would be "Hakuna Matata", a lively take on the beloved saying...perfect for any World Music radio shows anywhere looking for fresh, upbeat material.
So my recomendation would be to listen closely to the sample song/links on this page, and then decide for yourself. I did...
Thanks for reading!
C.H.R.
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