Track Listing

1. Last Year
2. Sinking In
3. The Same Side
4. Trying Not To Lose
5. Something About You
6. Place To Hide
7. Almost
8. Right Here
9. Counting
10. Already Gone
11. Alone
12. Passionate You/Stolen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12245 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Lucie Silvas: Doesn't Quite Hit The Mark This Time
When Lucie Silvas first arrived onto the mainstream in late 2004, I thought here we go again... it was quite the fad at the time to sit pretty young women in front of a piano to belt out lacklustre pop-love songs. But her debut album dispelled such accusations. It was a fine example of how to do good pop music. The lyrics were thoughtful, the melodies and arrangements were catchy and memorable and as for the voice... well it was refreshing to listen to someone who genuinely had vocal talent for a change and a real soulful one at that.

This album sadly isn't a match for her first, there's just no denying it. It sees Silvas abandon the sort of radio-ready numbers that made her debut album so catchy and easy to listen to. There are moments where it takes you back to the sort of path her debut followed but largely this time, Silvas has opted for downbeat, slow numbers that sound sort of folky as they rely mainly on acoustic guitar to carry them. Her vocal abilities and piano skills are largely untapped on this album

She seems despearate to restrain her voice and sings in an understated manner most of the time ... kind of like Katie Melua and co. There's nothing horrible of course in these songs but they just seem to lack a bit of life.
This time out she has abandoned her piano skills as the focal point for the tracks. Not a crime to try something different but this is only album number two so it would have been nice to hear her explore her songwriting further through the piano.

Of course there are moments that are up to past glories....
Lead single Last Year is catchy enough... it's sort of a hybrid of her past style with her new folky sound... I can see why it didn't even dent the charts, it's enjoyable but it kinda floats over you.. you could take it or leave it..

Sinking In is another catchy enough track, you can kinda tell she was asked to write this for the album so it could be chosen as a single as it's far more energetic than the rest of the album.

The same side is another reasonable effort. One of the better tracks here, a nice piano-led track with good pace to it.

Trying Not To lose is the first real shock of the album,,, it's this new folky style she's trying out. An acoustic guitar carries this tune but it's quite lifeless.

Something About You is another track that could have been lifted from her debut.. a nice track with good lyrics

Place to Hide is where the album heads downhill fast... another folk-style number. Bland is all I can think of

Right Here is another bland folky song.... Might be some people's cup of tea, not for me
Counting is yet another bland track.. by this stage you feel they are starting to sound the same, something her debut album never did

Already Gone is a return to her earlier style, a nice piano track but nothing special really.

Alone is another track that I personally don't care for.. sounds country instead of folky this time

Passionate you is a piano led track, nice but by this stage, I feel underwhelmed by the album and am indifferent to it.

Overall, this album fails to match her debut. It's neither catchy nor soulful. This folky style might have made Katie Melua but I don't think it will do Lucie any favours.
Of course, it's not all bad and I think it could have fared better if it had been marketed better. I mean I didn't see Lucie pop up anywhere on t.v. to promote this. Hopefully, she'll get to work on a third album and recapture the success of her debut.

Not as good as previous album but still very good
Let me start by saying I adored Lucie Silvas' first album - Breathe In - which I'm still listening to ever since 2004. She is undoubtedly talented and I've awaited this particular album with eager anticipation for years. Sadly, I was left disappointed with 'The Same Side'.

Maybe my expectations were set too high (especially after reading some of the stellar reviews on here) but 'The Same Side' lacks that special magic that made 'Breathe In' such a fantastic album.

It's not a bad album by any stretch of the imagination but I expected something more. Maybe I'm unfairly comparing 'The Same Side' to 'Breathe In' (which was a 5-star album) but there aren't any breath-taking tracks on here like 'What You're Made Of', 'Forget Me Not' and 'Like You Love Me' which can be found on 'Breathe In'.

However, this album may prove to be a grower but only time will tell. For the moment, 'The Same Side' is still a lot, lot better than the over-hyped, over-publicised and mediocre artists that litter the charts with their annoying trash. It's a travesty how under-rated Lucie Silvas' work is and how her music is poorly advertised to the music buying audience. Her record label seriously needs to take a look at themselves.

I'm already hoping there'll be an album No.3!

Very very good!
I became a Lucie fan after I saw the "What You're Made Of" video on VH1. I bought her first album and absolutely loved it. I love that kind of pop music - with piano, good melodies, great lyrics. So I was very excited for the second album. I admit that the 2 singles "Last Year" and "Sinkin In" are the only two tracks I skip. I was afraid I won't like the album. BUT that was not the case. It's as good as the first one. I love all the other songs. It's just a pity there was no promotion so the album wasn't a success. It's a shame really. It's very good and deserves to be heard. A lot of people don't even know she released a second album.