SCOTLAND has spawned some visually-upsetting acts over the years, just think The Proclaimers or The Krankies. Thank heavens then for hip Scottish songstress Emeli Sande.
With a Brit Critics’ Choice award already under her belt, hopes are riding high on Emeli Sande’s first album, Our Version Of Events.
Singles Heaven and Daddy are well known, but this record, which opens with Top 5 hit Heaven, shows off various sides to the choppy haired singer.
My Kind Of Love, with its stomping beats, is reminiscent of a diva ballad, while Where I Sleep is more of a gentle R&B number.
Sande’s soulful voice soars beautifully in Clown with its piano accompaniment, in the stripped-down Breaking The Law, the acoustic Read All About It (Part III) and the duet with Alicia Keys, Hope.
It’s taken almost two years for Sande to get her album out, but Our Version Of Events, mostly written by her, proves that the credit is well worth it.
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