I've always enjoyed this album.

Love...Thy Will be Done- Still lovely
Spirit- Something about this song always made me think of Prince trynna do "Vogue", but of course I still like it.
Martika's Kitchen- a lil' gimmicky (not a huge fan of folks names in songs), but still...supercute.
Don't Say You Love Me-I've always really liked this song. (Prince's and Martika's)
It seemed somewhat wasted IMO (not released as a single by Martika).
If not for Martika, could it have worked as a hit for Prince?

I don't think "Don't Say You Love Me" would have worked for Prince. It's cute enough but sounded like it was definitely written with someone else in mind for the vocals. His version comes across as more instructional than improvised.

Glad this album gets some love. I could never hear the title track without hearing "work that fat" in my head now LOL.

"Love thy will be done" is a great track though. I often thought it had a Wendy and Lisa vibe but Iam probably way off though LOL. Though its been years since I played it, "a Magical place", a duet with Christopher Max (who also produced it), was my fav track and probably would be today. Also dug "take me to forever", a song about suicide apparantly. Again, Prince had nothing to do with that cut either

I guess the work Prince did here is comparable to Eliza Fiorillo. I give the edge to her though. Better voice, and "on the way up" and "love's no fun" were cool tracks. She sounded hot on "love machine" as well LOL.

Thanks for reminding me to dig the album out though. No sure about the album cover though? Abit arty considering how poppy the album itself was?

thesexofit said:

I the Elisa Fiorillo album.

HonestMan13 said:

I agree on his sounding instructional, but that's just because it was IMO. Didn't he record that version with her voice in mind? I think he could've performed a polished (probably with some changes here and there) release-worthy version (even if not a single) if he wanted and the song could have worked with him on vocals.

I liked Eminem's song Toy Soldiers where he sampled Martika's hit. I read in a magazine years ago that Prince was Martika's first lover. She said something like' I waited 21 years but it was worth the wait!'. Can u believe it's almost 20 years since Love thy will be done, and I agree it does have a Wendy & Lisa vibe to it.

johnart said:

Me too. "Loves no fun" is a great pop track. Decent vocal as well. "On the way up" is pretty decent if you like late 80's pop like I do LOL. "Don't change", one of the non Prince songs, is one of my favs also, along with "ain't right". Been ages since I've played that album as well LOL.
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always thought it was weird that she passed on "Open Book" but just HAD to have "Don't Say U Love Me" (which was going to be given to Paula Abdul). don't really care for the song and she passed on an A+ song. Paula benifited, though. "U" is way better.

errant said:

I agree on all counts. I do like "don't say you love me" though, but I prefer "u", even with its "gonna make you sweat" guitar sample LOL

thesexofit said:

Mostly agreed here too, but I don't care much for 'U'

Love...Thy Will Be Done is one of my favourite 'given away'songs. Beautiful.

Love this album, it's timeless! I found it at St Vincent De Paul in St Paul, my fav thrift store, for only 1.49 wish I could find my mp3 player to add it to my play list

lipstick said:

me too!

I don't know details.....all I know is that I love this album.
Love Thy Will Be done is my favorite.

TwinFlame said:

I'll have to check out the place. I've never been there.

johnart said:

I had this tape. I truly loved "Love..Thy will be done" and did not know it was a prince song. I wasn't a Prince fan until 2008 . I also had a Sinead tape and was unaware that her biggest hit was written by him.
It was just 2 days ago that I downloaded "Love...Thy will be done' onto my phone. Great minds think alike.

I used to have this CD. I have no idea what happened to it. I wish I still had it!

vivid said:

agreed!

is it weird i prefer princes version of the title track lol

I checked her out on Wiki. She has a birthday coming up soon. She will be 41 on May 18th. Now she is doing the acting thing and changed the name she uses, she's now Vida Edit. What the hell? This is like Lisa Bonet and Mr D'Arby; like I'll ever remember all their new names or refer to them as such. Martika was not her original first name; it was Marta Marrero.
Anyway, i thought this info was interesting .