Dive

But everyone has to start from somewhere, and this album showed the talents of Sarah and her imagination through a water-themed recording. Favourites of mine are 'Captain Nemo', and 'A Salty Dog'. This album didn't show Sarah's operatic vocals as much as usual, but you could still hear the difference between the sensual beat of 'Once In a Lifetime' to the passionate, almost heaving voice of 'A Salty Dog'. This is a great album.


probably her best   May 30, 2004
I recommend this disc to anyone who loves Brightman. I feel this is her best disc. The most touching performance and the sound is great.


A different but amazing side of Sarah!   May 19, 2004
Denny Vu Quach (California, GG USA)
Okay, this is Sarah's first pop album. I've read all these other reviews and it virtually beckons me to write one too. Alright, so Sarah Brightman started her music career off with Hot Gossip and had her hit techno/dance song "I lost my heart to a starship trooper" which is an incredibly good song. That was her beginning, I mean yes she was raised singing classical/showtunes and dancing ballet but she started off with pop. After her Andrew Lloyd Webber age, she moved on to this and "Fly" with her boyfriend Peterson (who is phenomenally talented). Really, "dive" is a pop song with an aquatic theme, the lyrics are not very well done but they are pleasant and are not meant to be analyzed but rather to seep into your mind as you listen to this hauntinly beautiful music. This CD is definitely worth buying, every song is awesome especially La Mer (techno), Once in a Lifetime, and Second Element. This just proves yet again that SB can do any genre. She is my favorite vocalist and may be one of the greatest that has ever lived. She can do anything: opera (nessun dorma, doretta's dream, dvorak's silver moon (luna)), classical (alleluja, time to say goodbye), pop (second element, once in a lifetime, you take my breath away), pseudoclassical (no one like you), spanish songs (tu quieres volver, naturaleza muerta, tu, hijo de la luna), musical theatre (think of me, her entire "Songs that Got Away CD", Memory (in italian), rock/alt (how can heaven love me). She rules, she can even do hip hop (I loved you) and jazz (mr. monotony, macavity). She is by far covering every genre with incredible vocal agility and ease. She is a coloratura soprano opera singer, a chest voice alto in pop, and a ethereal soprano on anything else. Buy this CD, you won't regret it. Thanx.


Sarah shows her versitility   April 29, 2004
Craig S O'Neill (Mount Pearl, Newfoundland Canada)
Frank Peterson has been a great asset to Sarahs' sound.
Having left Enigma and falling for the beautiful Sarah, he has really added a demension to Sarahs' sound.
She does two "cover" tunes on this album
1. Salty dog. A very intresting take on Poco Harem's song.
2. Jonny wanna live. Written by Frank Peterson for "The Sisters of Mercy"( another great group. Rest in Peace Ofra)
The entire Cd is well made and the trademark Frank Peterson tecnobeat/chanting can be heard throghout.
This is not Sarahs First foray into tecno sound. Her Album the fly is much like this one.
I for one am pleased that Sarah has loosened up on the opera style for a little. Her voice is magical and suited to many styles. The beats on this album make it good to also dance to in a club. This album is one of my favorites...then again I like them all. This is the one I find I play the most.
If you enjoy this album then you MUST check out "The Fly".
In closing..please don't 'dis Sarah. Someday she's going to marry me! LOL :O)


Very, very good!   April 23, 2004
It was The Phantom of the Opera that first drew me to her music, and La Luna that convinced me that she had a lot more to offer. Having had both La Luna and Harem before Dive, I was at first sceptical, but nonetheless eagre to try. I was not disappointed! Took a bit getting used to, but after the third time, I was thoroughly hooked by the glorious lyrics and the marvelous melodies that have become her trademark, IMHO! The theme strategy works fine and gives the album a cohesion that takes you on a journey, down into the sea and upon it! It is another magnificent effort by one of the world's most gifted artists!

Encore!