I really like the backing, the strings are gorgeous, but I’m not fond of her voice. Or, I’m
mostly not enamoured with it: It was a perfect match for the early Cheiron productions, and it has glimmered occasionally more recently too (‘Who's That Girl’ and also her cover of Shot’s ‘Main Thing’, for example). Check out
‘O Baby’ from 2002’s
Don't Stop the Music for another Robyn track with a dazzling string arrangement (one of my favourite tracks of hers, as it happens—01.20 forwards = c'est magnifique). Wikipedia says it was not a single, but it did the rounds on Swedish radio so that might be incorrect. Of the recent ones, I actually like the one with the Fleshquartet, ‘This One's for You’, the best, which is odd since it’s very indie-rawky.
Does anyone like the Sally Shapiro album, by the way? ‘I'll Be by Your Side’ is too consciously retro for my taste, but ‘I Know’ is goody, goody! Great song-writing always wins me over.