Bee
|
This CD didn’t
impress me that much but I still liked the songs ("Mirror of Love"
and "Innocent Love"). The good thing about “Mirrors” was all male
background vocals are combined with Sandra. I liked that, it seemed like
the whole group worked and sang together on this album (Hubert Kemmler,
Michael Cretu, Peter Ries, and Thissy Thiers). Especially the voice in
"Mirror
of Love"... Hubert sounded so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… I loved
his voice, I still do now. In this song, both voices (Sandra and him) were
very emotional. |
Frankie
|
No question: "Mirrors"
is a clear improvement compared to "The Long Play". A better production
and also better "filling songs". The influence of co-producer Armand Volker
is strongly recognizable. Only thing that disturbs me a bit is that some
songs sound very much alike. Michael Cretu shouldn't try to copy himself,
he can do better than that, although again he shows that he's a wizard
when it comes to the creation of new synthesizer sounds to give a song
the certain touch. I especially like "Midnight Man" - it has power!
With "Mirrors"
Sandra proved that she is not a one-hit-wonder and that more and even better
things are to be expected for the future. |
Harry
|
Follow up to her
debut shows improvements in production and songwriting, but has a major
problem all early sandra albums have: It is just not long enough to keep
you waiting for good. Best song on the album is "Innocent Love",
because it still reminds me of her first big one. There is an unrecognized
song on it however - "Two Lovers tonight" - which caught my breath
from the start because of its romantic touch and a great piano tune. |
Slava
|
The breakup of
the world!... I think, that Sandra doesn't have bad albums. This album
sounds great from the first to the last note. And the lyrics are more...
hmm... daring than on "The Long Play" album. But, in my opinion, those
two albums sound almost the same. I don't mean that it is bad. Songs are
very different, optimistic and I feel a big love in each of her words.
This is great!!! So I have many favourite songs in this album. Best? I
don't know, maybe
"Loreen", but "Two Lovers Tonight" is great,
too. |
Gosia
|
Much better than
the first album. However, again the same situation: It is nothing really
special. It has a few ear-pleasing songs (like “Loreen” and
“Don’t
Cry”), but it also contains the ones of a worse kind… (“You’ll Be
Mine”). I personally think that she could have done much better. |
Jordi
|
The first time
I heard "Don’t cry", it made me shiver, it stands out of the rest
of the album for my tastes. The rest of the album is far better than "The
Long Play". Sandra was moving in the right direction. |
Pakis
|
The album which
made me dance very much back in the '80s. I heard it on all the media and
it was the first tape I bought. The songs of this album have Sandra's stamp
on them and they are pure dance pop music. One of the best disco pop albums
of '80s. The songs I love most are "Hi Hi Hi", "Two Lovers tonight"
and "You'll be mine". |
Bostjan
|
Very good album,
with many great songs. My favourite 2 are "You’ll be mine" and "Mirror
of Love". These two never made it to "Greatest Hits" or any other "best
of"-album but for me, especially "Mirror of Love" is one of the
best. |
Farhad
|
Regarding arts,
it's a very successful album. Although it also has the same sharp beats
and interchanges, generally, the album's style differs from that of the
preceding album. It "emits" more confidence; more place given to experiment,
but the general line remains untouched, it's natural - this is a new style
for SANDRA. Vocal talent of Ms. Lauer rules over the music, 70 percent
of which I consider as background, like in "The Long Play".
Engineering and
arrangement by Michael Cretu is very competent. |
Ken
|
"Mirrors" really
continues on from where "The Long Play" left off.
There is no radical
change in the style of the music and builds on the success on the previous
one, but I think the album generally has a slightly lighter more upbeat
feel to it. Again, this album has so many great songs on it, that it causes
me great problems in trying to pick out the best ones. The key to Sandra's
music is her soft, sexy and sensual voice that she has, which was what
captured my heart in the first place, and pulled me in, wanting more. The
other key to Sandra's music is Michael Cretu, who creates such wonderful
music to accompany her voice, there's always usually a catchy tune or instrumental
bit in the background music that makes all of Sandra's songs so brilliant.
What more can I
say, its a nice album which I like. |