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Rating: Who said that pop must necessarily be banal? If you're interested in the genre, partially distance yourself from prejudices and reckless comparisons with stars like Hillary Duff or Britney Spears when you first glance at this album's cover. Unknown in Europe (continent where the second album "Mistaken Identity" hasn't even been released), Delta Goodrem is one of the biggest sensations in recent years in Australia.
A small musical talent that remained hidden behind a contract requiring her participation in a successful television series in her homeland, the young Delta reached the opportunity to debut in the recording market in 2003, the year when the major Sony released the debut "Innocent Eyes". A small talent who plays the piano in all the album's tracks (an instrument studied since childhood) and enchants with vocal tones reminiscent of the more acclaimed (and aged) Céline Dion. Musically, we're halfway between the latest albums of the mentioned Canadian singer and Tori Amos' pop-rock. Gentle emotional exhalations come to life in light, spring-like episodes. Amidst melancholy, reflectiveness, and carefreeness, Delta offers 14 tracks from which evident forces emerge, inevitable commercial concessions in an album produced for a typically "disposable" market such as today's pop. We are indeed talking about the flattest and trivial music existing on the face of the planet, music recorded and composed only to generate economic profits, whose creators, in the case of a failed attempt, soon disappear into oblivion. Illustrative of this is the name of the album's producer: Gary Barlow, recently returned to the limelight thanks to the Take That reunion, the forerunner among the boy bands purposefully constructed by crafty record producers, whom no one needed.
However, if the saying "not all that glitters is gold" is often overused, in this case, the amusing parody "not everything that stinks is waste" would fit better. Exactly so; as the album title suggests, from the angelic blue eyes, the sober and minimal look, the velvety and extensively valid voice, the enchanted piano of Delta (mostly accompanied by predominantly acoustic instrumentation such as strings, guitars, and never intrusive basses and percussions), an absolute co-star of the album, only innocence and sincerity emerge. Thus, the contamination of the music business against the young singer occurred only partially.
So, alongside countless and predictable pop episodes (but never annoying thanks to Delta's precious and constant contribution on the piano and a superb job on the arrangement phase) like the carefree and lively "Throw It Away" and "My Big Mistake", the melancholic "Lost Without You" and the launch single "Born to Try" allow room for romantic and introspective parentheses. Notable are the touching depth of "Not Me, Not I", the purity of "In My Own Time" and "Will You Fall for Me" (entirely written and arranged by the singer, a disarming demonstration of what direction the album would have taken if more space had been given to this small revelation in the compositional phase) and the vocal charge of "Predictable", a pop-rock episode that pathetic Avril Lavigne could only envy. Thus, for the genre in question, and for this small talent exploited in the worst way by success-thirsty record producers, giving a passing grade is a generous but deserved rating. However, it is obvious that those who live with blinders on or are not in search of delicacy and simplicity will find nothing pleasant within this album and, in some ways quite understandably, will continue to think of Delta Goodrem as yet another girl recruited by record companies to capture a teenage, inexperienced, and greedy musical audience desperate for another status symbol to idolize.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Born to try (04:15)
Doing everything that I believe in
Going by the rules that I've been taught
More understanding of what's around me
And protected from the walls of love
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
No point in talking of what should have been
And regretting the things that went on
Life's full of mistakes, destinies and fate
Remove the clouds, look at the bigger picture
And all that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
All that you see is me
And all I truly believe
That I was born to try
I've learned to love
Be understanding
And believe in life
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
But you've got to make choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try
02 Innocent eyes (04:10)
Do you remember when you were 7?
And the only thing that you wanted to do
Was show your mum that you could play piano
Ten years have passed
And the one thing that lasts
Is that same old song that we played along and made my mumma cry
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, In a place you wont feel cold
And I’ll sing
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Do you remember when you were 15?
And the kids at school called you a fool coz you took the chance to dream
In the time that’s passed and the one thing that lasts
Is that same old song that we played along that made my daddy cry
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, in a place you wont feel cold
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Under my feelings, under my skin
Under the thoughts from within
Learning the subtext of the mind
See creation, how we’re defined
My innocent eyes
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, in a place you wont feel cold
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Faith in innocent eyes
Faith in innocent eyes
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
03 A Little Too Late (03:31)
They say, I'm a little too young to understand
But it's a little too late to hold my hand
You know I never subscribe to yes sir, no sir
Gonna learn, gonna love, gonna take my chance
It's a little too late for you to say
Ooh, that I'm a little too young to feel this way
Cause I just wanna be loved
Just wanna be heard
Be lost in the feeling standing here
At the door to my life
Now the day has arrived
So loud and clear
You hear me singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
I'm singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
They say I'm a little too lost without you here
They say I'm a little too soft and too sincere
Cause I never subscribe to who sir, me sir?
Gonna stand, gonna fall, gonna face my fears
It's a little too late for me to wait
Cause you're never too young to feel this way
Cause I just wanna be loved
Just wanna be heard
Be lost in the feeling standing here
At the door to my life
Now the day has arrived
So loud and clear
You hear me singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
I'm singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
If I wanted your help
I'd say help me
I'm OK, I'm all right
Don't you hear me loud and clear?
Cause I just wanna be loved
Just wanna be heard
Be lost in the feeling standing here
At the door to my life
Now the day has arrived
So loud and clear
You hear me singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
I'm singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Hear me singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
When I'm singing
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
I'm a little too young too understand
But it's a little too late to hold my hand
I'm a little too young too understand
But it's a little too late to hold my hand
07 Extraordinary Day (04:17)
Change, like secrets in the wind I hear the whispers madame butterfly
Spread your precious wings I watch you fly away
I know, I can't change fate of that July the 8th and it was never the same
I know, this stage is frightening but its oh so enlightening is this how karma goes
Who would have thought when chance came calling that this
would be my defining story and who could have guessed on
my life's journey I could find my way through this extraordinary day
Nothing is isolated
I know, I can't change fate of that July the 8th and it was never the same
I know, this stage is frightening but its oh so enlightening is this how karma goes
Extraordinary day
This would be my defining story
And who could have guessed on my life's journey I could find
my way through this Extraordinary day
08 Innocent Eyes (03:54)
Do you remember when you were 7?
And the only thing that you wanted to do
Was show your mum that you could play piano
Ten years have passed
And the one thing that lasts
Is that same old song that we played along and made my mumma cry
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, In a place you wont feel cold
And I’ll sing
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Do you remember when you were 15?
And the kids at school called you a fool coz you took the chance to dream
In the time that’s passed and the one thing that lasts
Is that same old song that we played along that made my daddy cry
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, in a place you wont feel cold
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Under my feelings, under my skin
Under the thoughts from within
Learning the subtext of the mind
See creation, how we’re defined
My innocent eyes
I miss those days and I miss those ways
When I got lost in fantasies
In a cartoon land of mysteries
In a place you wont grow old, in a place you wont feel cold
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Seems im lost in my reflection
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Find a star for my direction
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
Da da da da da da Da da da da da da
Faith in innocent eyes
Faith in innocent eyes
For the little girl inside who wont just hide
Don’t let me see mistakes and lies
Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes
09 Not Me, Not I (04:27)
You mixed me up for someone
Who'd fall apart without you
Yeah you broke my heart for the first time
But I'll get over that too
It's hard to find the reasons
Who can see the rhyme?
I guess that we where seasons out of time
I guess you didn't know me
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry
No not me, not I, not I, no not me, not I
The story goes on without you
And there's got to be another ending
But yeah you broke my heart it won't be the last time
But I'll get over them too
As a new door opens we close the ones behind
And if you search your soul I know you'll find
You never really knew me
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry
No not me, not I, not I, not I, not I
All you said to me
All you promised me
All the mystery never did believe
No I never cry no I never not me not I
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry No not I, I won't cry
No not me, not I, not I
11 Predictable (03:40)
I smile
You say I take your breathe away
You say you love me and you make
All the right promises to break
And when I turn around you're always there
Like that's the proof you really care
But I see right through you and I think
To myself
You're just so predictable
In every way
I want you to know I know your game
It's so unbelievable
how you never change
you won't get away
with loving me
you're just so predictable
I run
You say you won't give up the chase
You say you'll follow me anyplace
So you can make the same mistakes
You know just what to do
And How to use the best of you
To try and change my mind
But my eyes are opening this time
And I read you
You're just so predictable
In every way
I want you to know I know your game
It's so unbelievable
how you never change
you won't get away
with loving me
Now that I know your every move
How you gonna hide baby what you gonna do
Now that somebody knows the truth
About you and how you're just so
You're just so predictable
In every way
I want you to know I know your game
It's so unbelievable
how you never change
you won't get away
with loving me
you're just so predictable
12 My Big Mistake (03:44)
Amazing fairy tale that had come true,
Mr. Reliable Romantic was you;
blinded, misguided in the arms of love,
just 'cause it suited the both of us.
Then it all went wrong, and I'm the one to blame,
taking you for granted in so many ways.
When I look back now, how can I ever forget:
you made me so happy the day we met.
How could something so magic, magic
become something so tragic, tragic?
Right before my eyes,
two separate lives.
Every second was a precious moment.
Now I'm thinking 'bout the path I've chosen...
Wish I could unmake my big mistake.
My big mistake...
Communication had broken down.
This situation was out of our hands.
Well, my hands...
you've gotta please understand
that I was too young yet,
too young for that.
I guess it all went wrong,
and I'm the one to blame,
but what I would give to have you back again...
How could something so magic, magic
become something so tragic, tragic?
Right before my eyes,
two separate lives.
Every second was a precious moment.
Now I'm thinking 'bout the path I've chosen...
Wish I could unmake my big mistake.
My big mistake...
The days, the weeks, the months, the years
that we have wasted...
I'm sorry, I still love you.
I don't expect a call 'cause my apology's belated.
I'm sorry, and I'll miss you all my life...
How could something so magic, magic
become something so tragic, tragic?
Every second was a precious moment.
Now I'm thinking 'bout the path I've chosen...
How could something so magic, magic
become something so tragic, tragic?
Right before my eyes,
two separate lives.
Every second was a precious moment.
Now I'm thinking 'bout the path I've chosen...
Wish I could unmake my big mistake...
How could something so magic, magic (so magic)
become something so tragic, tragic (so tragic)?
Every second was a precious moment.
Now I'm thinking 'bout the path I've chosen...
13 Be Strong (04:03)
Are you swimming upstream in oceans of blue?
Do you feel like your sinking?
Are you sick of the rain after all you've been through?
Well I know what you're thinking
When you can't take it
You can make it
Sometime soon I know you'll see
'cause when your in you're darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on and be strong
Where taking each step one day at a time
You can't loose your spirit
Let live and let live forget and forgive
It's all how you see it
And just remember keep it together
Don't you know you're never alone
'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on, and be strong
No you're not defeated
And soon you'll be smiling once again
Then you won't have to feel it
Let it go with the wind
Time passes us by
And know that you're aloud to cry
'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on and be strong
14 Out Of The Blue (04:23)
A new beginning, a new chapter of my life
Started the day when I thought it could be my last
My eyes were wide shut but I, I hadn't given up
Just thought I'd be walking the world alone
Chorus:
Out of the blue, there I met you
Showed me a life I can't see without you
And there's just no way that I can fight these emotions
Your energy running through me
Nobody can renew me like you
Out of the blue
Can this be true?
Refrain:
Family and friends they were my life
I wasn't one for butterflies
You gave me love that I can't disguise
There will be times when we're apart
I want you to know you're in my heart
Growing into a beautiful garden
No emotions, my whole body felt like ice
Needed to feel that the sun would shine my way
My world had turned into dust
But I had my faith and trust
Thought I'd be walking the world alone
(Refrain)
Out of the blue, there I met you
I can't believe that this happenened so soon
And there's just no way that I can fight these emotions
Your energy running through me
(Out of the blue, there I met you)
(Showed me a life...) I can't see without you
Without you... there I met you
I can't see without you
There will be times when we're apart
I want you to know you're in my heart
Growing into a beautiful garden
Out of the blue, there I met you...
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