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Ladyhawke | 
| Artist: Ladyhawke
Label: Island
Category: Music
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 6055
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 47
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.3
UPC: 602517799387
EAN: 0602517799387
ASIN: B001DXNSU2
Release Date: September 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Magic | | • | Manipulating Woman | | • | My Delirium | | • | Better Than Sunday | | • | Another Runaway | | • | Love Don't Live Here | | • | Back Of The Van | | • | Paris Is Burning | | • | Professional Suicide | | • | Dusk Til Dawn | | • | Oh My | | • | Crazy World | | • | Morning Dreams |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Born just outside Wellington, New Zealand at the dawn of the '80s, Pip Brown is nothing if not a child of the decade that spawned her. Ladyhawke, Brown's debut album as a solo artist is steeped in the sounds of electro-pop and new wave, Blondie and Cyndi Lauper. But thanks to the eternal cycles of fashion--not to mention a fair few good ideas of her very own--Ladyhawke comes out sounding far from a relic to the not-so-distant past. Present are the big chords, bubbling synths and digi-claps of '80s pop, but Brown's smart tales of love and quarrel are delivered with an introspective quality and lean touch that puts one in mind of more modern pop stars like Annie, Robyn, et al. Still, "Magic" and "My Delirium" are authentically anthemic, simmering verses building to fist-punching choruses; and perhaps the album's strongest moment comes with "Paris Is Burning", a gleaming concoction of sparking synthesiser and stiffly funky basslines that sees Brown singing of scenes of Bacchanalian excess and is oddly reminiscent of mid-'80s Fleetwood Mac. So, what you make of Ladyhawke might depend on your nostalgia for the decade of excess ... but be warned: even if you'd rather forget those years, Ladyhawke might just be the girl to convert you. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews:
great album December 20, 2008
A superb debut from a true talent...great melodies and arrangements. Full of 80's pout and attitude but with a vunerable side. Best thing I've heard all year.
Killer pop hooks on an album you'd have to have the ears of Louis Walsh not to love December 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ladyhawke apparently has music in her blood and it shows in spades on this outstanding debut album. Lead single 'My Delirium' tells you what you need to know about this woman: an ear for a drop dead killer hook, luscious sexy vocals, and a sound that channels the best of 80s synth-pop via contemporaries like New Young Pony Club and Santogold. (What do you mean, you haven't got those albums either? Get them! Get them!)
So in summary: Brains, charm, attitude, talent and judging by her pictures, good looking too. Do yourself a favour and purchase.
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