Belinda Carlisle "Wilder Shores"

Wilder Shores is the eighth studio album by vocalist Belinda Carlisle. Unlike her previous releases, which have largely been characterized as pop music, it consists of a series of Sikh chants performed by Carlisle in Gurmukhi. It is her first studio album in ten years, since the release of Voila (2007), a collection of chansons Carlisle performed in French.

Carlisle commented on her inspiration behind making the album, specifically her practising of Kundalini yoga; "I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga for over twenty five years and in the last twelve years I have built up a serious practice routine and begun studying the mantras that are used in classes much more closely. I’ve always wanted to do an album like this but I never felt I was ready until early in 2015. It’s not just music on this album, it’s a science that requires an element in the voice called the naad. Naad is almost a transference of energy through the voice and it wasn’t easy for me to learn.

"That being said, I am a pop singer so I could never be a traditional chant or kirtan artist as it would not be true to who I am. Wilder Shores is therefore still a pop album with the same structure of verse, bridge and chorus as my previous records but it is done with repetitive chanting."

Haydon Benfield of Renowned for Sound wrote, "Being an album of chant, Carlisle’s matured soprano is definitely the centre of attention, and it is certainly pleasing, displaying a rich, resonant timbre throughout. Wilder Shores proves to be an easy listen, lending itself to being a good choice if the listener is seeking background music, but unless they are engaging in meditation, chanting along, or are aficionados, it is hard to picture the record from working other contexts." Timothy Monger of AllMusic added, "This yoga-inspired set certainly won't be for everyone, and while it would be all too easy to write off Wilder Shores as a late-career indulgence, give Carlisle credit for once again challenging herself as a singer and artist." Steve Harnell of Classic Pop Magazine commented, "Another intriguing back catalogue outlier, Carlisle’s first album in a decade and last to date is inspired by her practice of Kundalini yoga. Three years in the making, the LP sets traditional chants within a traditional Western pop framework and works remarkably well."

Track listing

1. "Adi Shakti" Belinda Carlisle/Gabe Lopez   7:19
2. "Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad" Carlisle/Lopez   6:31
3. "Light of My Soul"  Carlisle/Lopez   4:29
4. "Rakhe Rakhan Har"  Carlisle/Lopez  4:50 
5. "Har Gobinday" Carlisle/Krishan Khalsa/Lopez   5:59
6. "Humee Hum Brahm Hum" Carlisle/Lopez   4:44
7. "Aad Guray Nameh"  Carlisle/Khalsa/Lopez  5:05
8. "Long Time Sun" Carlisle/Lopez  2:29 
9. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (acoustic version) Rick Nowels/Ellen Shipley 4:01

Total length: 45:27

Belinda Carlisle "Voila"

Voila is the seventh studio album by the American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 2007. It was Carlisle's first studio album in over a decade, and is a covers album of "classic French chansons and pop standards", much different from Carlisle's previous English language pop records.

The album was critically praised however did sell moderately. Although all of the songs are sung in French, many of the musicians featured on the album are Irish. The album features keyboard arrangements from Brian Eno.

In an October 2006 press release describing the album, Carlisle said "After I moved to France, I became familiar with the classic French chansons and a lot of French pop music. I realized there was a whole world of artists and singers I was not familiar with. As I discovered all these amazing songs, I came to love this music and wanted to record some of them with a playful, contemporary feel."

Describing how music can transcend any language barrier Carlisle stated, "You don't really have to know what's being sung to know that 'Avec Les Temps' [sic] is a devastating love song. When I heard that song the first time, it broke my heart."

Upon the album's initial release, a limited edition version was available with a bonus second CD featuring four additional tracks sung in English. Despite the favourable reviews, Allmusic wrote "... not just a rewarding detour but one of her best album", in the US, the album sold a modest 3,000 copies in its first two weeks.

Track listing

1. "Ma jeunesse fout le camp" Guy Bontempelli 3:16
2. "Bonnie et Clyde" Serge Gainsbourg 5:15
3. "Avec le temps" Léo Ferré 4:06
4. "Sous le ciel de Paris" Hubert Giraud/Jean Dréjac   4:42
5. "Des ronds dans l'eau" Pierre Barouh/Raymond Lesenechal  2:55
6. "Pourtant tu m'aimes"  Françoise Hardy/Jimmy Cross/Johnny Cole  3:27
7. "Ne me quitte pas" Jacques Brel 3:17
8. "La Vie en rose" Édith Piaf/Louis Guglielmi  4:23
9. "Contact" Gainsbourg 2:57
10. "Merci Chérie"  Udo Jürgens/Thomas Horbiger/Baker Cavendish   3:34
11. "Jezebel" Wayne Shanklin 3:18

Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (2014 Reissue, Expanded & Remastered)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

CD1

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Acoustic Versions

1. In Too Deep (Acoustic)  4:21
2. Circle In The Sand (Acoustic)   3:54

CD2

B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan   4:04
2. Jealous Guy   4:09  
3. I See No Ships   3:07
4. Love Walks In   3:15
5. Submission   3:03  
6. I Won't Say I'm In Love   2:19

Bonus Live Tracks  

1. Big Scary Animal (Live)   4:47
2. I Get Weak (Live)   5:10
3. Leave A Light On (Live)   4:23 
4. Live Your Life Be Free (Live)   5:12
5. In Too Deep (Live)   3:51
6. Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Live)   4:14

Remixes

1. Remember September (JPO Club Pipes)  Remix – Jan Peter Odendahl  6:37
2. Remember September (Beam's Club Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff  6:21
3. Remember September (Beam's Vocal Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff   6:09

DVD

Promo Videos

1. In Too Deep   Film Director – David Nelson 
2. Always Breaking My Heart   Film Director – Philippe Gautier  
3. Love In The Key Of C  Film Director – Philippe Gautier   
4. California   Film Director – Philippe Gautier   

CD2-6 "I Won't Say I'm In Love" is not Belinda Carlisle's version of the love theme from the 1997 Disney film "Hercules" but instead the Disney Cast version.

A re-pressed version also exists, that was sent by Edsel to anyone who purchased the mispressed edition and contacted them at the time.

Rear of release mentions "nineteen bonus tracks" including Single Edits however these were not included in the final tracklisting and there are only seventeen bonus tracks.

Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (Japan, EMI-Toshiba, TOCP-50002)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Japanese bonus tracks

1. "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" Shel Silverstein 3:50
2. "Love Walks In" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey 3:19