Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle (1997)

What does the org think of this album?

I bought it around the time it was released. Yeah, looking back now I can see that it was largely comprised of MOR/VH1 fluff, but I felt some of its tunes like "Wishing I Was There," "Pigeons & Crumbs," "Intuition," "Impressed" and "Torn" (I feel like such a Starbucks Coffee-sipping pansy when I hear this now).

Better get out my Jewel, Paula Cole and Meredith Brooks CDs while I'm at it. j/k

JANFAN4L said:

I'm biased coz she was a year above me in school, but I like the album, yeah

I didn't buy the ablum, but I remember being 7 & hearing "Torn"! LOL! I loved that song! & I loved the video too.

She's cute.

Her signing sux.

I'd do her.

Natalie's hot. Her second album, White Lilies Island, was better. Naturally, it was ignored.

AsianBomb777 said:

Ah, the saving grace of many a female pop star in a heterosexual male's mind.

Twistedelegance said:

SEVEN??? damn. that makes me feel old. and i'm not!!

I don't know much about the album (I only heard the first two singles) but I love your festive new avatar!

i love torn.....

VinnyM27 said:

Thank ya!

Pretty much, if you don't already own the album, you're not missing anything. I like some of the songs on it, but it's USED bin ready.

GrayKing said:

LOL! I know, right?

JANFAN4L said:

back in the woman friendly alt rock 90s lol

"smoke" i still play...i think her stuff held up alright.

she reminds me of -bic runga-....they had similar debut cds.


janfan remember POE?

Wow.

I have to say, i loved this album on its release, and i still love it - and in fact, listened to it a couple of days ago. Especially Pigeons & Crumbs (which for me is a drop dead classic, laugh all you like) and the beautiful title track.

Really, surprisingly good. I say surprisingly, because i think pretty much everyone was at the idea of another beautiful (and she is mighty beautiful) soap star having a crack at the pop scene.

So anyway, eighteen thumbs up from me.

TheFrog said:

i think it helped we didnt know who the hell she was prior in the U.s.

Christopher said:

hey, good point!

we knew her as the beautiful and subject-of-many-boys-and-girls-fantasies "Beth" from a crappy soap opera.

TheFrog said:

Neighbors?


since then times are hard..shes living on the street

Christopher said:

that's a very small toilet in the ground next to her.

i hope she has diarrhea every day, or she's going to struggle to fit it in.

VoicesCarry said:

I love this album

JANFAN4L said:

I love that album. "Pigeons & Crumbs" and "Torn" are my FAVE cuts from there

TheFrog said:

watch out for that water fountain turned Bidet in fron of the McDonalds.

JANFAN4L said:

HETERO?

Christopher said:

Now, you're taking it back to '95 with that selection.

Christopher said:

sosgemini said:

Hetero, metero, bi- try-sexuals.

JANFAN4L said:

how about natalia merchant,Meril Bainbridge(she had that song mouth),joan osborne,lisa lobe,billie myers,imani copala,....and ive run out but im sure i left tons out.
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Christopher said:

There ya go!

Loved Joan Osborne's "Relish." "One of Us" is a '90s standard.

Imani Coppola -- man, you're takin' it there. LEGEND OF A COWGRRRL!!!

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories' "Stay" was my song. The shining jewel of the Reality Bites SDTK. 'ded it.

Speaking of soundtracks, remember all those Gen X SDTKs like Empire Records, Singles, Dazed & Confused, Romeo + Juliet?

JANFAN4L said:

haha yeah i remember all that!
i think its happening now...but now its all the teen girls.


the gen-x sdtrk's, all those had some good stuff on them.the dazed and confused sdtrk is prolly the only time i ever listened to 70s rock....prolly cause it reminds me of the movie.and romeo&juilet i still play to this day.

ps)i do like all those movies. lol

Christopher said:

Ahh, the '90s. Don't 'cha just love 'em.

Congratulations, you now qualify for the Org's official "I the '90s" badge --->

OOPS! WRONG ONE

I meant...

::New Jurzey Voice:: Oh my gaud, it changes colours!

JANFAN4L said:

i do love the 90s bless them.

im gonna put on some nirvana and alanis.

Christopher said:

:::: throws on some Spin Doctors "Two Princes" ::::