Steven Houghton – Steven Houghton (1997) CD Album
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Steven Houghton – Steven Houghton (1997)
Steven Houghton is the debut studio album by Steven Houghton, released in 1997 on RCA Records / BMG. Houghton — best known to British television audiences as Greg Lake in the long-running ITV drama Soldier Soldier — had established himself as a popular figure before transitioning to a recording career, and this debut album draws on the classic pop standards and ballad tradition that suited his warm, accessible tenor voice. The 11-track set is a collection of well-loved covers spanning several decades of popular song, from Ewan MacColl's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1957) and Sam Cooke's Wonderful World (1960) through to Elton John's Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (1976) and Bill Withers' Ain't No Sunshine (1971). The album reached the UK Top 10 and demonstrated the enduring commercial appeal of the classic pop ballad tradition in the hands of a vocalist with genuine warmth and emotional directness.
Highlights
- Wind Beneath My Wings — The album's most immediately recognisable track; the song — written by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley and made famous by Bette Midler in the 1988 film Beaches — is one of the great pop ballads of the era, and Houghton's reading is warm and emotionally direct, giving the familiar song a sincerity that suits his voice's natural expressiveness.
- You'll Never Walk Alone — Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1945 standard from Carousel, one of the most performed songs in the English language; Houghton's reading is confident and emotionally generous, and the song's message of solidarity and courage gives the album one of its most immediately uplifting and resonant moments.
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face — Ewan MacColl's 1957 folk ballad, written for Peggy Seeger and made famous by Roberta Flack's 1972 Grammy-winning recording; Houghton's reading is intimate and completely sincere, and the song's lyric of overwhelming romantic wonder suits his voice's natural warmth with complete ease.
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word — Elton John and Bernie Taupin's 1976 ballad of romantic regret; one of the most emotionally direct songs in the Elton John catalogue and a natural vehicle for Houghton's warm, accessible tenor, giving the album one of its most immediately replayable and emotionally satisfying moments.
- Wonderful World — Sam Cooke's 1960 classic, one of the most joyful and melodically generous songs in the American pop canon; Houghton's reading is warm and completely unpretentious, and the song's simple, heartfelt lyric of romantic contentment gives the album one of its most charming and immediately appealing moments.
CD Details
- Title: Steven Houghton
- Artist: Steven Houghton
- Year: 1997
- Label: RCA Records / BMG
- Format: CD Album
- Tracks: 11
- Barcode: 743215425922
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