Water to the Soul

Water to the Soul is the 1992 debut album from Colorhaus, a duo starring Phil Radford and Australian country vocalist Sherrié Austin.^[1][2]

Composition

The album was produced by Bob Mitchell. "Innocent Child", the hit single from the album, rose to No.50 on Billboard^[3] after being presented on March 26 of that same year.^[4] The song was also No.10 in airplay at KDWB in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 1992,^[5] was in rotation on Friday Night Videos at the same time,^[6] ranked No.36 on Rick Dees Weekly Top 40^[7] and was featured on Disc 8 of Windswept Pacific, a compilation album by Longitude Records.^[8]

Critical reception

Steven McDonald of AllMusic stated that Austin "hasn't quite settled on a style yet, and wanders from Kate Bush to Christina Amphlett, but her breathy voice has a nice seductive edge when she's going with the flow".^[9] Chuck Eddy described the album's music as "nonsensical" and wrote that it had "madly manipulative hooks".^{[10] [11]}

Track listing

1. Moving Mountains
2. We Talk to the Angels
3. Stone Roses
4. Innocent Child
5. Missing the Beat
6. Ghostrain
7. I Would Walk the Earth
8. Colour Me You
9. Waves
10. Feather in the Fire
11. All the Way to Marakesh
12. Oxygen (Nosferatu - The Seduction)^[9]

References