Track Listing

1. Special Kind Of Love
2. Hold On
3. This Time
4. Falling
5. So Close
6. Ain't No Man
7. Express
8. Heaven Sent
9. You'll Never Know
10. Don't Be A Stranger
11. Why Did I Let You Go?
12. If I Knew You Then

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38471 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 55 minutes

Customer Reviews

Amazing !!!!
I found this CD recently, the sound quality is wonderful,along with her voice (she also does all the backing vocals).
The arrangements are superb, it is must buy, especially at 1p in the used section, which is where I bought my copy from.

Most Underrated Album Ever!
Not a lot of people are familiar with Dina Carroll, in actual fact they really don't know what there missing. She has a strong, unique elastic type of voice which can easily range from fun upbeat songs, to power ballads, to mid tempo numbers, this woman really knows how to put emotion into a song, for instance `Hold On', when i feel weak and i'm not on top of the world, i play this song because the message is to simply `hold on', it support's this message through the clear and powerful lyrics, i also absolutely loved the use of the saxophone in it, same with other songs like `You'll never know', the saxophone solo in that is mind blowing, and certainly not what you expect from an early 90's pop record. When i bought the CD, i never thought in a billion years it would turn out to be as truly excellent, classy, or as emotional as it was, but don't worry it's not all down-tempo songs, there some really good upbeat numbers too, such as her biggest hit 'Ain't no man' which still gets a little bit of radio play, there is also the fun yet slightly sexual 'Express', and the dance floor filler, 'Special kind of love', the moderately happy 'Falling', and just for good measure some mid-tempo songs also make an appearance on the album, such as 'Why did i let you go', the gospel inspired 'Heaven sent', and finally 'If i knew you then', which is more of a chillout song, with a light bit of emotion sprinkled onto it. Overall i would definitely recommend this album to anyone who has a passion for pop music, yet also needs a degree of emotion at the same time.

we love dina!
dina is one of my favourite singers. i thought it appropriate to leave a review at this time as dina is back recording and playing live again. i was a bit surprised to see there weren't more reviews for this album. i would recommend this or the best of cd (try and get the 2cd edition with remixes) if you have fallen for her voice and aren't sure which album to buy.
this cd opens with the clivilles and cole penned special kind of love which does exactly what it says on the tin. it is a wonderful classic pop song and starts the album off in a joyous mood. the next song is a bit more of a soul/jazz/pop affair about keeping your inner strength. this time is one of my favourites , a wonderful ballad. my favourite song on the album is you'll never know, which i think is a personal song to dina, speaking of her relationship with her father ( i think so, i could be wrong there) it also has an ambiguity to it making it a song relating to any relationship between two people where one has not been there for the other in some way.
a special mention also must got to heaven sent which is a gorgeous gospel soul song and was worked on with cissy houston who arranged the backing vocals and also features the new hope baptist choir.