Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Pros: An astounding debut, mixing bits of folk, rock and gospel.

Cons: None worth mentioning.

The Bottom Line: Tracy Chapman's debut remains one of the Eighties' most solid debut efforts. With lyrical as well as vocal skill, this was the perfect introduction to a bright new talent.

Review: Can you imagine someone like Tracy Chapman becoming a star nowadays? Hell, it was hard enough to imagine Chapman becoming a star back when she actually became a star! Even though socially conscious music was more prevalent at the time of Chapman's rise ...

Pros: skeletal yet tuneful melodies whose subjects alternate between social awareness and personal relationships 

Cons: maybe a little too pious for some people

The Bottom Line: Highlights include: "Fast Car," "Baby Can I Hold You," "For My Lover," and "Mountains o' Things"

Review: Twenty years after the release of her debut album, it is pretty obvious that this is where Tracy Chapman reached her creative peak.  Oh, there are probably a handful of songs she has recorded in the years since then that can be considered among her ...

Pros: Naturally beautiful!

Cons: Could do without the make-up.

The Bottom Line: Some of the best music the 80s had to offer.

Review: A few of my thoughts when "Fast Car" became a hit:

1. Is this a man or a woman?
2. I like this song! All my friends do as well! And all we ever listen to is Motley Crue, Poison, Bon Jovi, and all those other awesome guys with...

Pros: Unique voice,song writing, and musical talent.

Cons: Waiting for the next release

The Bottom Line: I recommend this Cd to all. Truly Inspiration and thought Provoking music. I have yet to hear a song by Tracy that I did not like.

Review: If you like Passionate music with that soulful sound You will love Tracy Chapman
Preface
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I first heard of Tracy Chapman in the late eighties when I was in High School when Fast Car was...

Pros: Chapman's beautiful and emotional voice, soft and soothing music, great lyrics with true meaning

Cons: somewhat depressing and not something you'd want to listen to "get you started"

Review: Opening with her beautiful and folksy guitar playing, Tracy Chapman is one of those performers you could readily see occupying a smoky, corner bar, in some little town...if she wasn't as well-known as she is!

Her first, self-titled album,...

Pros: Great lyrics,good theme/story behind each one. Powerful..

Cons: can't think of any to be honest..more songs?

The Bottom Line: Buy it, its brilliant. It might change your opinion of good music, it changed mine. (i used to think the spice girls were quite good)

Review: It was only at school a couple of weeks ago when i heard the ‘run run run’ part of ‘Talking about a ...

Pros: Some of the best used social commentary in Rock and Roll since Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Beautiful acoustic sound, Chapman's one-of-a-kind voice is mesmerizing

Cons: None

Review: It doesn't seem like it's been that long since 1988. I can still remember the first time I heard Talkin' Bout A Revolution. I was watching MTV and this small black lady with an acoustic guitar appeared and started singing. It was like an...

Pros: too dark for certain moods

Cons: easy to relate to

Review: Tracy Chapman's self-titled album was the first cd I ever acquired. I got it for my tenth birthday after months of begging. I loved it and listened to it whenever possible. It was the first serious attachment I ever had to a cd and it continues even...

Pros: What a gorgeous voice, it will leave you thrilled

Cons: However the lyrics might leave you chilled: they are thought-provoking

The Bottom Line: Listen to it when you've got time to appreciate it and you'll understand why people say what they do about this great artist. It's full of raw emotion and passion.

Review: I first found Tracy Chapman when I discovered in my earlier teens that Boyzone didn't do the original for 'Baby Can I Hold You'. I rooted through the parents CD collection and dug this out. My first impressions were that Boyzone did it better-but after I...

Pros: One of the Very Best Debut Albums in Recent Memory

Cons: None

Review: I clearly remember hearing Tracy Chapman, the artist, and Tracy Chapman, the album, both for the first time as a college student in Boston, where she made her debut on the streets and in the subway stations, among real people who would come to...