Product Description

'Songs Of Mass Destruction' is ex-Eurythmics and British pop icon Annie Lennox's fourth album. Recorded with veteran producer Glen Ballard this release pushes boundaries, both with its content and sound. As Lennox's most personal album it infuses raw, intelligent and emotional lyrics with a melodic, haunting and sometimes soaring sound. It also includes thetrack 'Sing' which sees Annie collaborating with 23 of the most successsful female artists of all time such as Madonna,Celine Dion, Gladys Knight and many more.

Track Listing

1. Dark Road
2. Love Is Blind
3. Smithereens
4. Ghosts In My Machine
5. Womankind
6. Through The Glass Darkly
7. Lost
8. Coloured Bedspread
9. Sing
10. Big Sky
11. Fingernail Moon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3538 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Menacing as they sound, the songs of mass destruction gathered on Annie Lennox's fifth solo disc don't manage to so much as nick the gorgeous instrument she's built her career on. Weaving artfully as ever around the contours of songs that suggest the worst--Lennox is world-wise and therefore maybe inevitably world-weary--she imparts gravity and grace in a voice as cloudless and surface-smooth as just-brewed mint tea; from the tentative beginnings of the mournful "Dark Road" to the gospel-bottomed gorgeousness of "Ghosts in My Machine," she's in full command of her considerable vocal powers. And it's possible she's never used them to such moving effect on a single record. Earlier Lennox or Eurythmics albums might have succumbed here and there to slight-seeming experiments in style, but Songs of Mass Destruction doesn't dilly-dally. All swerves, even playful ones (see "Love Is Blind" and "Coloured Bedspread," a synth-y song that wouldn't seem so out of place on a recent Madonna record), are on-message: "Womankind" busts wide open not only because it needs to (a voice this big can't be contained, it reminds us), but to demo empowerment, and the hopeful "Sing" signs off with a seconds-long African guest vocal. There's an upside to the destruction of cultural wellness that led Lennox to write this record, and it's artistic creation. Songs of Mass Destruction is a sterling, rock-solid, expert example. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

good cd bar 1.
This cd by Annie is really good, Dark Road should have been a huge hit in the UK, but unfortunatley was overlooked. OK i got absolutley bashed from all sides about reviewing the Sing single, but i can not take to that track. A track that holds the line "what wont kill you will you make strong", about HIV in Africa, well i dont know about Africa, but been an HIV carrier in UK is certainly gonna kill me and make me weaker, so i can not hold that track seriously within. However the rest of the cd is really really good. Womankind and Through The Glass Darkly are potential No.1's, these are so cute they are old style Annie, and avid fans will love them. If i was reviewing Medusa here it would definatley have got 5 stars, but Annie's music has matured with age, and if you are a new fan start from Diva and work your way up to this.

Pleasant but not gripping
This album sounds very nice with a lot of attention obviously paid to the luxurious sounds and singing. Annie Lennox's voice has lost none of its majesty, and yet somehow it fails to grip me.
Part of it may be the typical evolution of older recording artists, who tend to produce more sophisticated and introspective music as they mature. This is fine, but it turns into music from the mind rather than music from the heart.
As I said, the album sounds good, but I have been more impelled to listen to music from younger artists who write and sing from their hearts.

Forget the rest listen to the best!
It is sad that the longevity of an artist equates to them being marginalised by new acts. This is especially true when the artist is as talented a performer and writer as Annie Lennox. The saying 'out with old and in with new' often cruelly overlooks the inequality of the attention given to new acts as opposed to older acts, this often does not relate to the quality of their works either. These days the focus of attention is based on if the act has been in rehab, fined, imprisoned, allegedly using drugs, partying hard etc this to me is sad as great albums like this one are overlooked.