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album. "[WILDEVE]
have a many real hits in their repertoire. Songs like ,Touch and Go’,
the rocker ,What a Man’ or ,City Rain’ are better than 90 percent of
that stuff which VIVA or MTV present us every day." Touch and Go is a collection of lovely songs which sound as if the sky, covered with rain clouds, is full of pianos, keyboards and guitars. [VISIONS 3/97] "On her album, the singer is able to convince the listener with quiet and contemplative sounds." [BREAK OUT 4/97] "Why is one
always tempted to push a newcomer -- with a ‘that’s just a wash-out
anyway’ -- into the background when the artist comes from one’s own
country? That’s really stupid. At least in the case of Wildeve alias
Lili Plieninger, who is presenting with the CD Touch and Go her
impressing debut album -- provided that you are a lover of quieter
guitar and keyboard sounds. But such people are still supposed to exist.
"On her
debut album, the guitarist und keyboardist not only proves that she has
a powerful and remarkable voice, but that she has got what it takes to
be a songwriter." "Names like
Heather Nova, or Suzanne Vega, are leading [WILDEVE] along their
musical way. (...) Sometimes the music actually comes close to the
related alternative rock music." "This lady has a flexible voice which she uses in an impressive manner. This can particularly be heard with the quiet songs, which are at times only accompanied by piano. Here Lili proves that she is a first-class singer. Touch and Go includes influences from the seventies as well as from the area of folk and singer/songwriter which result in an outstanding mixture." [HEAVY ODER WAS? 3/97] "[The singer] interprets piano ballads, songs with lots of guitars, and pretty aggressive tracks, with a voice which is clear as a bell, almost ethereal." [PRINZ Stuttgart 5/97] "With
Cranberries, Heather Nova and Alanis Morissette we enjoyed a pleasant
boom of good female voices. It also confirmed that women perhaps don’t
write the heavier songs but the better melodies. "The voice
of singer Lili Plieninger is the most important element on the album Touch
and Go of WILDEVE. Her accessible rock and pop is inspired by blues
and folk, and it gets even better when you listen to it again and again. The band is
increasingly booked for gigs." "The German
counterpart of Sinead O’Connor or Cranberries.“ "Not just
the songwriting is convincing, but also Lili's vocal changeability and
her intensity. Keep at it, Lili!" [AUDIMAX
2/97; four out of five points] „WILDEVE
[have] released a first class album with Touch and Go."
„The first high-quality German songwriter. The debut album guarantees well arranged rock and pop songs with an expressive voice. Cranberries unplugged and far better than their recent album To the Faithful Departed.“ [CARPE DIEM 5/97] "The
creativity and the voice is really remarkable. So for example the
opener 'What a Man' or the last track 'Eternalize' sound very actual,
almost like a mixture between Cranberries and Tori Amos. This is a well balanced and very personal
album. For a debut record, it's amazingly mature and thought-out -- yet
one never misses spontaneity." The tracks
have a taste of aggressive and feverish folk. Sometimes one thinks of
Mike Oldfield and Cyndi Lauper. WILDEVE owns the simple beauty of a
romantic gable high above a sunny glade.“ „The songs
are mainly based on acoustic arrangements. With tracks like ‘What a
Man’, ‘Touch and Go’ or the marvellous ‘As the Days Go By’, WILDEVE
impressingly show their skills. This is a really positive surprise for
the hard life of a reviewer.“ „I really
like the CD very much. The vocals remind me of Cranberries, I
personally also like stuff such as ‘Zombie’ and so on. The acoustic
guitar pieces are, to my opinion, close to Donovan. The sleeve design
is, I think, very professional.“
EVEN MORE RESPONSE... "WILDEVE already did several gigs in their local area with great success." [Stadtanzeiger, 1st Oct 1996] "This was
an unplugged gig with an acoustic instrumentation. Acoustic guitars,
African percussion, and keyboards already set the direction of the
music from the very beginning: songwriter rock with blues and folk
influences, and melodies which were captivating the listeners."
"WILDEVE want to reach the 'normal' people with their music, not just musicians. For Lili, good melodies and the right 'feeling' are very important." [NWZ, 28th Sept 1996]
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