Album Review: Annie Lennox - Nostalgia

Nostalgia’s old tunes need a bit of analogue love in their melodies – call it ‘character’ or ‘heart’, or just some decent bloody feeling.

The bulk is proper oldie-worldy – a blues and pre-1950s business – and frankly, Lennox sings the shit out of it. God Bless The Child, Georgia On My Mind and Summertime have just enough restraint, while Strange Fruit is constrained in a different way – growled and unpretty, an acknowledgment rather than tribute. As a bonus, I Put A Spell On You does have an ‘80s stretch about it if you’re getting nostalgic for the Annie of old.