Search - Nathalie Archangel :: Owl

A Great Unknown

A. J. Riley | Tyldesley, Manchester United Kingdom | 08/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a fantastic album this is - every track is superb, and it's amazing that it is virtually unknown. The appearance of Frankie Valli, in fine voice, is an added bonus. Thoroughly recommended."

Owl wise beyond its years

R. M Simms | Fort Lee, NJ | 08/12/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"One of pop's unsung heroines, Nathalie Archangel recorded a breathtaking (self-titled) debut album for CBS (including the singles "Mr. Perfect for Me" and "I Can't Reach You"), then got traded to MCA, where her second platter, "Owl," was mistakenly buried instead of promoted. Perhaps because the single (the stunning, eloquent "So Quiet, So Still") was featured in a stinker of a movie ("Switch," with Ellen Barkin), the powers that be mistook the record for poop. On the contrary, it's half past brilliant, pairing the artist's catchy, galvanizing melodies and sharp, literate lyrics with crackerjack production by (among others) Don Was and Howard Jones (who duets on "It Don't Heal Clean"). In a set stuffed with shoulda-been smashes (the romantic "To Last Me a Lifetime," the sexy "But... I Want You Tonight," the enticing "Married Man"), "My Older Lover" (a duet with Frankie Valli) is the greatest hit you've probably never heard."