Your Little Secret (1995) ( )

Product Summary Label: Uni/island UPC: 00731452415424 Release Date: 11/14/1995 Buy.com Sku: 60395494 Item#: M9TVKW Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Your Little Secret ~ Melissa Etheridge 2. I Really Like You ~ Melissa Etheridge 3. Nowhere To Go ~ Melissa Etheridge 4. Unusual Kiss, An ~ Melissa Etheridge 5. I Want To Come Over ~ Melissa Etheridge 6. All The Way To Heaven ~ Melissa Etheridge 7. I Could Have Been You ~ Melissa Etheridge 8. Shriner's Park ~ Melissa Etheridge 9. Change ~ Melissa Etheridge 10. This War Is Over ~ Melissa Etheridge (P) 1995 Island Records Inc. (C) 1995 Island Records Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Melissa Etheridge (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards); John Shanks (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards); Mark Browne (bass); Dave Beyer (drums, percussion); Kenny Aronoff (drums, percussion). Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Melissa Etheridge (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards); John Shanks (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards); Kenny Aronoff (drums). Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA. Melissa Etheridge was the obvious choice to induct Janis Joplin into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995. After all, precious few mainstream rock artists of the 1990's revel in the kind of outward emotional turmoil that was Joplin's calling card, but Etheridge is one of those remaining true believers. Her songs have always pinned down unfaithful lovers, declared smoldering but forbidden desires, and stated her heart's trials and tribulations on the wings of rootsy big-rock reminiscent of Springsteen, Adams and Seger, all without the slightest trace of irony. YOUR LITTLE SECRET continues her straightforward ways, at times padding these tales with an electrified six-string crunch. Without a moment to catch a breath, the opening title-track drops the listener directly into the storm of Etheridge's private life. Fronting a hard-rocking, stripped-down four-piece band, the singer has seldom sounded as convincing as when she insists that her lover "stop playing those eyes" and explodes with wordless vocal growls. Partially abandoning the acoustic guitar-based sound of her previous releases also energizes the driving "I Really Like You," on which she tries to tempt her lover with mangos ("your favorite fruit"), and adds a mean streak to the mid-tempo "Nowhere To Go," a Boss-like journey into a lonely Midwestern heart. Most of the time, though, YOUR LITTLE SECRET is Etheridge doing what she does best--implanting acoustic-minded, folk-rock songs with filled and unfulfilled physical cravings. Some mask these desires in metaphoric images ("Shriner's Park" and "This War Is Over"), others revel in their seeming candidness ("I Want To Come Over," "Unusual Kiss"), but the passionate delivery that is the singer's inheritance from Joplin is evident throughout. Producer: Hugh Padgham; Melissa Etheridge Engineer: Greg Goldman; Hugh Padgham   Compilation Appearances Boys On The Side Vol. 1-Her Bright Smile Haunts If These Wals Could Talk 2 Love Rocks Women Of Rock W/karaoke Edge Annie Lennox Collection   Associated Artists and Works On, Pickin' On, Pickin'   Technical Info Release Date : 11/14/1995 Original Release Date : 1995 Catalog ID : 524154 Label : Island Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 52m : 54s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731452415424   Professional Reviews Q (12/95, p.137) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Etheridge's raw, bluesy brand AOR sounds like Tina Turner sings Bruce Springsteen...it's hard not to punch the air a couple of times and discover the American lurking within..."    Product Image