Previews of her new songs have also been released on the net, as well as the whole of the albums title track single-Back To Scratch. Some of the songs on Charlottes new album have been released to preview on websites such as her music profile on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/charlottechurch), so here's my review based on the previews so far- so not a review of the whole songs as their yet on release, but a review on what we have so far:
First up, Cold California:
The song starts with a gentle sort of folky/country rhythm is how I can think to describe it, then comes in Charlotte's gentle vocals which soon go into a showcase for her strong voiced singing-a great start to the song. If you sign up to Charlotte's newsletter you can get a free copy of this track, you can sign up at http://www.myspace.com/charlottechurch)
Next we have a sample of The Actors.:
Now some of you may already know this song before it was released as previews on the internet as Charlotte sang it during BBC's Over The Rainbow, although the album version may prove to be sung in a different style as is sometimes the case compared to a live performance. Straight from the songs opening part of the sample, this is a great sounding powerfully sang ballad by Charlotte great sounding vocals, that seems like a musical style big ballad if you see what I mean. If you want a listen to the version of this song Charlotte preformed live on Over The Rainbow here you go:
Then theirs Snow. This acoustic ballad styled track opens with Charlotte singing gently to the gentle and very nice soft guitar playing tune of the track. Her voice is sounding superb here too. This is very nice stuff. To see a video on this song:
So my opinion on the album so far is that I am hugely looking forward to it-what I really like about the album is that its a real showcase brilliant vocals Charlotte has, showcasing the strength of her voice very well, as well as the other voice notes she is can sing, as well as going to show the versatility on what she can sing-see how many different styles are showcased here on this one album and that's just a taster. So come 25th the whole album will be out and you can look out for Charlotte's upcoming TV appearances where she may well be performing from Back To Scratch (upcoming post on Blogged On TV with more details on those appearances if your interested).