Natalie Imbruglia

It’s been 12 years since Aussie singer, Natalie Imbruglia, rose to the top of the charts with the angst-filled 90′s smash Torn. Now she’s back with her new album “Come to Life” which is due out on October 12th. A taster track or ‘pre-single’ as they’re calling it, ‘Wild About It‘, has recently been released.

Imbruglia’s name is etched in 90′s music history as Torn became one of the biggest hits of the decade – breaking the all-time airplay record in the U.K in October ’97 for being the most played  for six consecutive weeks. This new album will be Imbruglia’s first new release in over 4 years and if ‘Wild About It’ is anything to judge by, Torn is unlikely to be knocked off it’s pedestal any time soon.

If you like peppy pop track with repetitive (some would equate this to being ‘catchy’) lyrics, you may be Wild About It.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHC6jHxhHFU&NR=1

After four years to put stuff together I was expecting…something more. The best bit about this release for me is the short promo vid  in which Alan Carr and David Walliams make appearances as talking a talking cushion and beach ball.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrET8j5cfQ

Come to Life is due for release in Europe on October 12th, 2009. Fingers crossed the other tracks will have a bit more oomph. There is hope though. It was produced by Ben Hillier (he’s worked with Blur, Elbow and Depeche Mode). Chris Martin of Coldplay collaborated on three tracks on the album and  Brian Eno of Roxy Music fame also produces a track. One to watch definitely.