Album info

• Title Tongues and Tails
• Artist Sophie B. Hawkins
• Year 1992
• Genre Pop

Tracklist

1. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
2. California Here I Come
3. Mysteries We Understand
4. Saviour Child
5. Carry Me
6. I Want You
7. Before I Walk On Fire
8. We Are One Body
9. Listen
10. Live and Let Love
11. Don’t Stop Swaying

Thoughts

The repeats of Top of the Pops that are showing up on BBC Four have reached the early 1990s so you can guarantee a lot of that era showing up on this album adventure. This first one is a random pick, I recognised the opening chords of Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover from Peter Kay’s Car Share, then realised I knew the song, then realised it was pretty good. The rest of the album follows the same pop sounds, with those occasional sweeping chords bursting in. I thought Sophie B might be a one-hit wonder but there are lots of albums that follow so watch this space.

Rating: 3 / 5