Look No Further
Studio album by
Rozalla
Released1995
Genre
LabelEpic
Producer
Rozalla chronology
Everybody's Free
(1992)		 Look No Further
(1995)		 Coming Home
(1998)

Look No Further is the second album by Zambian electronic dance music performer Rozalla, 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 The Advocate wrote, "Rozalla takes a far more catholic approach, tackling house music, disco, R&B, sleaze, and hi-NRG, all without abandoning her club roots." He also comlimented the singers' "dramatic dance 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."[2] Paul Verna from Billboard 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."[3]

Adele Sulcas from Elle declared Rozalla as a "killer-vocal dance diva".[4] 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."[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated, "She has really matured" is one of record executives' most used clichés. But believe us, it is true here. [...] "If Love Is A Dream" with its high pop and swing quotient is our favourite."[6] 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."[7]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Advocate(favorable)[2]
AllMusic[8]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[5]
Music & Media(favorable)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin(mixed)[10]

Track listing

  1. "I Love Music" – 4:02
  2. "You Never Love the Same Way Twice" – 4:23
  3. "This Time I Found Love" – 3:46
  4. "Baby" – 4:05
  5. "Look No Further" – 4:17
  6. "Do You Believe" – 4:30
  7. "Work Me" – 4:08
  8. "If Love Is a Dream" – 4:35
  9. "All That I Need" – 4:00
  10. "Love Work" – 3:48
  11. "I Can't Wait" – 4:12
  12. "Losing My Religion" – 4:30
  13. "I Love Music" (Roger's Uplifting Club Mix) – 6:05
  14. "Baby" (Love To Infinity's Deep Love Mix) – 6:37
  15. "You Never Love the Same Way Twice" (K-Klass Klub Mix) – 7:11

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rozalla – Look No Further". Discogs. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Walters, Barry (20 September 1994). "Reviews: Music". The Advocate. Here Publishing. p. 68. ISSN 0001-8996. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Verna, Paul (29 July 1995). "Album review: Dance". Billboard. Vol. 107. Issue 30.
  4. ↑ Sulcas, Adele (April 1995). "The best new CDs". Elle. Vol. 10. Issue 8.
  5. 1 2 Ehrlich, Dimitri (21 July 1995). "The week". Entertainment Weekly. Issue 284.
  6. 1 2 "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. 3 December 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 Weisel, Al (21 September 1995). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 717.
  8. ↑ "Look No Further - Rozalla - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 173.
  10. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (August 1995). "Heavy Rotation: Staff Selections". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 26. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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