''Look No Further'' is the second album by
Zambian
electronic dance music performer
Rozalla
Rozalla Miller (born 18 March 1964), better known as simply Rozalla, is a Zimbabwean electronic music performer who was born in what was then Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). At the age of 18, she moved with her parents to her father's country o ...
, released in 1995. The album was produced by Neal Slateford and
Neil Davidge, and includes her four hit singles "
I Love Music", "
This Time I Found Love", "
You Never Love the Same Way Twice" and "Baby", as well as a cover of "
Losing My Religion by
R.E.M..
Critical reception
The album was well received among music critics. Barry Walters from ''
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'' wrote, "Rozalla takes a far more catholic approach, tackling
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,
disco
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,
R&B, sleaze, and
hi-NRG, all without abandoning her club roots." He also comlimented the singers' "dramatic
dance
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reinterpration" of
R.E.M.'s "
Losing My Religion", as well as "respectful renderings" of "
I Love Music" and "I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby". He concluded, "More important, the new compositions are every bit as compelling."
Paul Verna from ''
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'' viewed the album as "a richly diverse, smartly song-driven collection that comfortably places radio-friendly
pop/R&B tunes with the expected dance fare." He also noted that "she displays a newly broadened vocal range, as well as a far more interesting phrasing style."
Adele Sulcas from ''
Elle'' declared Rozalla as a "killer-vocal dance diva".
[Sulcas, Adele (April 1995). "The best new CDs". '' Elle''. Vol. 10. Issue 8.] Dimitri Ehrlich from ''
Entertainment Weekly'' described it as a "club-friendly second album, which hopscotches from ecumenical dance to belly-rubbing
soul with laid-back virtuosity."
Pan-European magazine ''
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.."If Love Is A Dream" with its high pop and
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quotient is our favourite."
Al Weisel from ''
Rolling Stone'' remarked the fact that two songs, "Work Me" and "Do You Believe?", were written by Rozalla, viewing them among the best tracks on the album, "proving once again that a talented female singer isn't necessarily the mouthpiece of her producers."
Track listing
#"
I Love Music" – 4:02
#"
You Never Love the Same Way Twice" – 4:23
#"
This Time I Found Love" – 3:46
#"Baby" – 4:05
#"Look No Further" – 4:17
#"Do You Believe" – 4:30
#"Work Me" – 4:08
#"If Love Is a Dream" – 4:35
#"All That I Need" – 4:00
#"Love Work" – 3:48
#"I Can't Wait" – 4:12
#"
Losing My Religion" – 4:30
#"I Love Music" (Roger's Uplifting Club Mix) – 6:05
#"Baby" (
Love To Infinity's Deep Love Mix) – 6:37
#"You Never Love the Same Way Twice" (
K-Klass Klub Mix) – 7:11
References
External links
''Look No Further''at
Discogs
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1995 albums
Electronic dance music albums by Zambian artists
Epic Records albums
Rozalla albums
Albums produced by Neil Davidge