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Rating: This review stems from the one I read about Belinda's previous album.
This work, dated 1989, is the artist's third and comes a year and a half after the great success of "heaven on earth" (7 million copies worldwide). The album as a whole is perhaps more beautiful than the previous one.
"Heaven on earth" was indeed an album of light pop characterized by the presence of 4 very good tracks (3 of which were singles) and a handful of songs that were neither here nor there. "Runaway horses", on the other hand, is a wholly good album, but a bit too studied.
The tracks are indeed connected by a common thread, namely, created with a guitar base (instead of keyboards), many strings and regal arrangements, rich choral and powerful vocal blend.
The repetition of these features throughout 9 of the 10 tracks (except the last one) means that the work loses its ability to surprise listen after listen. However, the arrangements are very well-crafted, with illustrious collaborations (George Harrison on guitars in the first single "leave a light on" and "deep deep ocean", Bryan Adams on backing vocals in "Whatever it takes", perhaps the best track on the album) and Belinda's voice is warm, and more sensual than ever.
Six singles were released from the album, which were highly respected European hits (2 top ten hits and 4 top 40 hits), all accompanied by beautiful and carefully crafted videos. Result: 5 million copies sold worldwide. Belinda was not a mere flash in the pan, as claimed by the person who preceded me in their review. Throughout the 90s, she released 3 more albums and 2 compilations, the first of which reached number 1 even in the challenging UK. Even today, there are many sites about the artist, who moreover will release 2 albums over the year, one of remixes in July and one of new material in September.
In short... definitely worth reevaluating.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Leave a Light On (04:38)
Take my hand
Tell me what you are feeling
Understand
This is just the beginning
Although I have to go
It makes me feel like crying
I don't know when I'll see you again
Darling leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling leave a light on for me
'cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe
I can't explain I just don't know
Just how far I have to go
But darling I'll keep the key
Just leave a light on for me
Yes I know
What I'm asking is crazy
You could go
Just get tired of waiting
But if I lose your love
Torn out by my desire
That would be the one regret of my life
Just like a spark lights up the dark
Baby that's your heart
02 Runaway Horses (04:43)
Can't sleep tonight
I feel so shaken
Baby the wind has changed again
You come to me
Straight out of nowhere
Taking me where I've never been
Suddenly all of my fences have broken
I'm cutting the reins of my life
Wo Runaway horses
Take us thru the night
Runaway horses
ooo baby hold on tight
Racing thru the darkness
Trying to find a light
You and I on Runaway horses
Baby hold on tight
Stars guide us now
The whole world is sleeping
10 million dreams will soon be told
Out on this road
I'll share your secrets
I'm not afraid of where we'll go
I want you here with me
Pray for our destiny
Here on this mystery ride
Wo Runaway horses
Take us thru our life
Wo Runaway horses
oo oo baby hold on tight
Racing thru the darkness
Trying to find a light
You and I on Runaway horses
oo baby hold on tight
Open my eyes, there's so much light
I feel alive when I'm with you
With every end we'll begin again
03 Vision of You (04:41)
Time moves a summer wind
I can see your face again
was it such a tragedy
being you, being me
Smoke clears
the picture fades
but I stay back in yesterday
all the strangers come and go
all of them will never know
Nobody's touch
feels like your touch
nobody gets to me that much
nobody's kiss moves me inside
and I have no place left to hide
tell me what can I do
I have a vision of you
tell me what can I do
with this vision of you
Did I walk
did you run
whats the way to love someone
oh my darlin did we know
what it meant when we let go
Noody's touch
feels like your touch
nobody gets to me that much
nobodys kiss moves me inside
and I have no place left to hide
tell me what can I do
I have a vision of you
tell me what can I do
with this vision of you
How can a candle ever burn so bright
casting a shadow on my life
I am blinded by your light
even without you
04 Summer Rain (05:32)
(Robbie Seidman/Maria Vidal)
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for the train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him saying
"Nothing will change
Come dance with me, baby
In the summer rain"
I remember the rain
On his skin
And his kisses hotter
Than the Santa Ana winds
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for the train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I remember laughing
Till we almost cried
There at the station that night
I remember looking in his eyes
Oh, my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh, my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Ooooh, summer
I can hear the whistle
Military train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him singing
"Ooh love is strange
Come dance with me, baby
In the summer rain"
I remember the rain pouring down
And we poured our hearts out
As the train pulled out
I can see my baby
Waving from the train
It was the last time that I saw him
In the summer rain
Oh, my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Ooooh, summer
Every time I see the lightning
Every time I hear the thunder
Every time I close the window
When this happens in the summer
Oh, the night is so inviting
I can feel that you were so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart
Oh, my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh, my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Every night and every day now
Though I know you've gone away
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
06 (We Want) The Same Thing (03:59)
Here is my case
We've got no time to waste
Cuz we want the same thing
We're fighting a war
But we don't know what for
Cuz we want the same thing
I know we're different now
Different as night and day
But still want you near
I just want you to stay
I wanna take this chance
I want to be with you
Cuz what you're looking for
I am looking for too
We dream the same dream
We want the same thing ...ooh...
And all that we need is to
See it together
We dream the same dream
We want the same thing ...ooh...
For now, for love, forever, amen
I look in your eyes and
I know deep inside that
We want the same thing
Breaking the chains that
Just keep us in shame
Cuz we want the same thing
No matter what we say
No matter what we do
Beyond the battlelines
Baby we know what's true
We dream the same thing
We want the same thing ...ooh...
And all that we need is to
See it together
We dream the same dream
We want the same thing ...ooh...
For now, for love, forever, amen
08 Valentine (05:04)
I made a rule about you
I made a plan
for getting my feet back on the ground.
Bury my face in teh clouds
for hours on end
but time only flies when you're around
It was cold and dark the last time I saw you.
Your hair was lond and falling in your eyes.
You said my hands were warm and that I was special
to you
Valentine,
You know that I'm fighting this love in vain
the sun's been shining for a week
but it still feels like rain
Valentine.
I know you're not mine
your'e somebody else's flame
But when those hearts and flowers fade
Oh my darlin', look my way (yeah....)
You say that it's complicated
but baby you're wrong
There's nothing more obvious to me.
That we're on a trip together
33,000 light years long
and I'm hurting so bad 'cause you don't see
The night you walked me home, I gave you a picture
of Eden's trees falling to the ground
and now I feel, I feel like you're a perfect stranger
Without you
Valentine,
You know that I'm fighting this love in vain
the sun's been shining for a week
but it still feels like rain
Valentine.
I know you're not mine
And I don't know why you stay
But when those hearts and flowers fade
Oh my darlin', look my way (yeah....)
Valentine.
I know you're not mine
And I don't know why you stay
But when those hearts and flowers fade
Oh my darlin', look my way (yeah....)
And I don't know why you stay
But when those hearts and flowers fade
Oh my darlin', look my way (yeah....)
09 Whatever It Takes (04:49)
I've seen the rain fall down
And wash away a town
I've seen strong hearts easily broken
Why do some things survive
While others live and die
How can a man let his love go unspoken
I couldn't stand to see us end up that way
Just another tragedy
And every night I promise another day
Whatever it takes
I will be there
By your side Baby anywhere
When you're lost and alone
I'll bring you home
I will come thru for you
Whatever it takes
Whatever you need
Whatever comes down between you and me
When the road gets rough
You've gotta trust
I will come thru for you
Whatever it takes
I've opened every door
I always wanted more
I didn't have much to believe in
I searched the world for you
I found what's really true
It's your love that gives me a reason
Baby it's only you who can free my heart
I can't do it on my own
You carry the light of day baby
Thru the dark
Whatever it takes
I will be there
By your side Baby anywhere
When you're lost and alone
I'll bring you home
I will come thru for you
Whatever it takes
Baby I'm bound to you to release my heart
I can't do it on my own
We'll find the light of day baby
Thru the dark
Whatever it takes
La La La La La
Whatever it takes
La La La La La
Whatever it takes
La La La La La
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