Latvia LATVIA 2015 - Aminata - Love Injected

[Musicosity]

This must win. I need to see the Riga beaver hosting the show next year.

Seriously, a win might be rather unlikely, but after the promising sense for quality the ESC voters have recently shown I'd be very disappointed if Aminata doesn't make the Top 5. Real art!

The 3:30 rule is a good idea. Few radio songs are below three minutes, 3:30 is much more to the common standard. And I think RainyWoods is right, the extra time will give the composers a better opportunity to round off the songs. The additional quarter of an hour will not hurt the show at all.

 

[marcumo]

Saw her performance in Amsterdam. She sounds live the same as on the record. Wow!

Besides, she's just 21. Isn't that crazy?

 

[aglm1988]

She's amazing.

 

[ayzelto]

One of the most underrated songs this year. She has something special and will do really well.

 

[aglm1988]

One of the most underrated songs this year. She has something special and will do really well.

I have the Suus feeling from her.

I can't listen to song in studio version in my car but i just love watch her perform live.

 

[ayzelto]

I have the Suus feeling from her.

I can't listen to song in studio version in my car but i just love watch her perform live.

The songs are completely different, but it's true they both have something special. Anyway, I'm not sure it will do as good as Suus did, but a top 10 is likely.

 

[lavieenrose]

So I've been playing this one in the outside world to people, and I finally found someone today who liked it!

 

[Schlagerman1]

Not sure if anyone posted it yet, but I almost think the instrumental version is better than the original.
I just love how it just whispers the words like som sexy and posessed person. The bridge sounds extra wicked, love it!

 

[ayzelto]

So I've been playing this one in the outside world to people, and I finally found someone today who liked it!

All the people around me who listened to the song told me it's incredible. And in the forum is pretty popular as well... so I don't get why it's doing that bad in polls and odds..

 

[pinkchiffon]

New Aminata song at the London party! Can't understand much of it because of the video quality, but it has a driving, synthpoppy beat and another big shouted-out chorus. I hope the album turns up somewhere soon.

 

[lavieenrose]

She's so good. So, so, so, so good. So good that I thought it was playback until she did the brief duet with the audience member. This is the best she's been since Supernova.

 

[kamc]

She's just a flawless live performer....so so impressive!

 

[marcumo]

Thanks for sharing! Love her!

 

[hugh]

She's an even better singer now, makes it look effortless when singing the big notes.

 

[eerik]

I hope the album turns up somewhere soon.

Fear my über googling skills: https://soundcloud.com/aminata-savadogo/sets/aminata-inner-voice

Is that what you were looking for?

 

[kamc]

Fear my über googling skills: https://soundcloud.com/aminata-savadogo/sets/aminata-inner-voice

Is that what you were looking for?

Oh wow, thank you!
I've been searching for this the past two weeks but to no avail.
Now I need to go listen and report back later with my thoughts.

 

[eerik]

CD is available for purchase over here: http://www.cdandlp.com/en/aminata/inner-voice/cd/r117492839/

It ain't cheap and quantity seems to be very limited (only three copies available at the moment).

 

[lavieenrose]

Good god. I have to say: after the burst of what-the-hell that is "Dualism," the delightfully punchy "Leave My Love Bleeding," and the hypnotic trance into which I'm put by "The Bound," "Love Injected" feels like kind of a letdown.

 

[lavieenrose]

Alright. Here's how I'd rank them:
The bad:
10. "Ring My Bells"
The okay:
9. "Cell Phone"
8. "I Can Breathe"
7. "Let Me Know"
The good:
6. "Dualism"
5. "Land of Nibiru"
The great:
4. "The Bound"
3. "Until We Land"
2. "Leave My Love Bleeding"
The masterful:
1. "Love Injected." Yes, I know I said it felt like a letdown, and it is in terms of energy, but that does not change the fact that it is the single best composition on a fantastic album from Aminata.

 

[Kairit]

That album is freaking amazingggg. I don't have any words. I can't get over it. Just fresh and interesting and full of quality and something I definetly enjoy listening the hell out of. And her songs truly have great lyrics, which is so rare these days and just the fact that she writes the songs herself.. Damn, she's a remarkable artist in every goddamn way that even an Eurovision win wouldn't be enough for her. I.. just...

My favourites are probably Leave my love bleeding and Land of Nibiru at the moment. But I absolutely love all of the other songs as well.