Susan Boyle // Someone To Watch Over Me

 
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Someone To Watch Over Me is the third studio album from Scottish singer Susan Boyle. Inspired by the letters that she has received from fans from all over the world, the album is a collection of songs that have a special meaning.

Opening with the beautiful yet powerful You Have To Be There from the Swedish musical Kristina från Duvemåla, you immediately brought into the voice of Susan. Dropping the tempo into the haunting tracking Unchained Melody (probably most famous for that scene in Ghost!) before heading into a uniquely slow version of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence. Still maintaining the slow tempo is the Joni Mitchell track Both Sides Now. Lilac Wine has a sort of uneasy feeling to but is still beautifully performed.

Tear’s For Fears track Mad World is next led in with a solo guitar with the instrumentation kept very simple. Another track where the instrumentation is kept to a minimum is Autumn Leaves. This Will Be The Year follows this and reminds us of Wild Horses from the first album. Return is one of those songs tracks that builds from the moment it starts to it’s crescendo ending. The final track is in fact the title track of the album, Someone To Watch Over Me and is simply just Susan and a piano.

Overall, the instrumentation has been done well, keeping it fairly basic where is needed and full on in other tracks, all the time allow Susan’s voice to ring clearly through though, reminding us why she’s sold so many records worldwide. Yes it is only 10 tracks, but they are 10 tracks full of emotion and it’s something that you don’t get these days and in our opinion, is just the right amount.  Beautiful selection of tracks, beautifully performed allowing Susan to bring her own take to the songs.

Rating 5/5