Nicky Holland – Sense and Sensuality (1997/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Nicky Holland – Sense and Sensuality (1997/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 48:08 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic

The second solo album from Nicky Holland which was fated to go the same way as the first and possibly the reason why she never planned another. Nicky recorded a version of “I just don’t know what to do with myself” for the film “My Best Friend’s Wedding” while Cyndi Lauper had some success with her song “Hatful Of Stars”. In a whole it’s a collection of gorgeous orchestral pop, criminally underrated and undersold. At its best, it’s even better than its jazzy predecessor.

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Nicky Holland – Nicky Holland (1992/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Nicky Holland – Nicky Holland (1992/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:28 minutes | 517 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Nicky Holland’s “debut” album – titled, uncannily, Nicky Holland – is her first, but it comes after 10 years of working on virtually everybody else’s. Holland is among pop’s most flexible hired hands. Tears for Fears, Lloyd Cole, Cyndi Lauper, Oleta Adams, Ryuichi Sakamoto… they’ve all called her in to arrange strings, or assist with a tune, or sing backing vocals, or set up orchestral parts, or play some piano. She’s an all-purpose musical troubleshooter. If you’re David Byrne, and you need some folk songs from the Bahamas transcribed, then Nicky Holland is your woman.

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