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Tanita Tikaram - The WEA / Eastwest Albums 1988-1995 (Remastered) (2024)

Tanita Tikaram - The WEA / Eastwest Albums 1988-1995 (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 776 MB
5:37:14 | Acoustic, Pop Rock, Trip Hop, Vocal, Folk, Ballad | Label: Cherry Red

Five CD clamshell box set. Featuring singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram's first five albums, all of her studio recordings made for WEA and EastWest, recorded between 1988 and 1995. Remastered and including many bonus tracks including B-sides, radio edits and original material. Tanita Tikaram is supporting this release and has provided exclusive album introductions and track-by-track annotations for the 24-page booklet. The booklet also includes many rare photos and memorabilia. Each disc is housed in a card recreation of the original album sleeve and features the original label design. The first two discs are expanded versions of the Top Three albums 'Ancient Heart' (2 x Platinum) and 'The Sweet Keeper' (Gold). These albums were worldwide hits. The other discs include the critically acclaimed 'Everybody's Angel', 'Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness' and the 'Lovers In The City' albums, all which feature many legendary musicians including Rod Argent, Jennifer Warnes, Carol Kenyon, Jim Keltner and Helen O'Hara. Tanita Tikaram has just finished recording her much anticipated new album, details of which will be shared shortly. She continues to regularly play live throughout the world.
Tanita Tikaram: Discography & Video (1988 - 2018) [11CDs, 5LPs, 2DVDs]

Tanita Tikaram: Discography & Video (1988 - 2018)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
11CDs | Label: Varios | ~ 2084 or 862 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 391 Mb
5LPs | Vinyl Rip 24/192 & 16/44 | Flac(Image + Cue) > 8.54 or 1.24 Gb
MP3 CBR 320Kbps > 498 Mb | Artwork > 291 Mb
2xDVD-5: PAL 4:3 (704x576) VBR, 25.000 fps / PAL 16:9 (720x576) VBR
Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 256 Kbps / Dolby AC3, 6 ch, 448 Kbps / LinearPCM, 2 ch, 1536 Kbps
Pop, Folk, Soft Rock

Tanita Tikaram made a splash on both sides of the Atlantic at a mere 19 years old with her dramatic, singer/songwriter-influenced lyrics. The offspring of Malaysian and Fijian parents, Tikaram moved to England at age 12 and began writing songs as a teenager. She played her first gig at 17 in London after a favorable response to her demo tape from a club she had sent it to…

Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart (1988)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 23, 2024
Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart (1988)

Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart (1988)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 245 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers - 41 MB
Genre: Pop Rock, Folk, Singer-Songwriter | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: WEA Records (2292-43877-2)

Singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram's debut album, Ancient Heart, stands as one of the most underappreciated albums of the 1980s, and she, along with Tracy Chapman, preceded the 1990s' onslaught of female singer/songwriters by almost a decade. Tikaram, who was only 19 when this album was released, created a melancholy and wistful work, mature beyond her years, of startling originality and honesty. While this album may be considered folkish and artsy, it never stoops to the clichés that dominated those styles of music in the later Lilith Fair years. Her near perfect signature song "Twist in My Sobriety" is a stark, sinuous, desperate torch song that managed to garner a bit of radio and video airplay in its day and sounded like nothing else then or since…