Shara Nelson was the voice of two defining 90s singles (Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy and Safe From Harm. You knew that I'm sure). In 1993 she started a solo career, having fallen out with Massive Attack over royalties or writing credits or something similar. Her debut single was this, Down That Road, a Massive Attack-esque piece of decent soul-dance pop wrapped in a Massive Attack-esque sleeve, although it didn't exactly set the charts alight (number 19). The breakbeat, the sweeping strings, the piano tinkles and the voice all make it a bit nearly-but-not-quite.
Down That Road
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I liked the other single from that album, the Saint Etienne one, One Goodbye In Ten. That was pretty cool.
One Goodbye In Ten is a tremendous song and this is pretty good as well.
As much as I love Shara's solo tracks and albums, it's her track with Charles Webster's Presence project - Sense of Danger, which was on their monumental All Systems Gone cd, that captures that same essence of the sound she contributed to with Massive Attack on Blue Lines.
I think, for me, All Systems Gone might be the best House Music cd released.
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