Satisfied (Taylor Dayne album)

Satisfied is the fifth studio album released by singer-songwriter Taylor Dayne. It includes the lead single, "Beautiful" which went to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Charts in May 2008.^[3] "Crash" was used in a promotional commercial for the ABC network. "My Heart Can't Change" is announced as second single.

Critical reception

The album has received positive to mixed reviews form music critics.

• Allmusic described Taylor's voice on the album as older and more mature and said that she also sounded "warm, rounded, and tonal".^[6] The site gave a positive response to her covers of "Under The Bridge", "Fool to Cry", and "Kissing You", and praised the album's first single, "Beautiful".

• Slant Magazine gave the album a less favorable review with only 2 and half stars.^[7] It called some of the songs "underwhelming" and "awkward". It also criticizes the covers on the album especially "Under The Bridge". However the magazine does compliment the album track "Crash" by calling it a "bombastic Celine Dion-style power ballad".^[8]

Track listing

1. "Beautiful" (Taylor Dayne, Helgi M. Hubner) – 3:49
2. "I'm Over My Head" (Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg) – 3:15
3. "My Heart Can't Change" (Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels) – 3:45
4. "She Don't Love You" (Teron Beal, Peter Wade Keusch, Jayms Madison) – 4:06
5. "Under the Bridge" (Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith) – 4:03
6. "Satisfied" (Mike Mondesir, Andrew Lewis Taylor) – 4:19
7. "Dedicated" (John Graham Hill, Keusch, Stephanie McKay) – 3:51
8. "Kissing You" (Tim Atack, Des'ree) – 4:09
9. "Crash" (Jack David Elliot, Janice Robinson) – 4:33
10. "The Fall" (Keith Brown, Dayne, Margie Hauser) – 3:42
11. "Love Chain" (Brown, Dayne, Sebastian Nylund) – 3:52
12. "Fool to Cry" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:33
13. "Hymn" (Dayne, Luigie Gonzales) – 3:10

Singles

• Beautiful
• Crash March 11, 2008 [1]
• My Heart Can't Change

References