No Sound But a Heart by Sheena Easton (CD, Mar-1999, One Way Records USA)

Sheena Easton's seventh studio album (not counting 1985's "Todo Me Recuerda A Ti" which contains mostly spanish versions of her previous pop hits) "No Sound But a Heart" is probably her best ballad album to date.
On this album, Sheena picked the right songs and producers and even the best photographer - Herb Ritts.
Tracks like "The Last To Know", "No Ordinary Love" and "Still In Love" could easily be massive pop/adult comtemporary hits - brilliantly-crafted and well-sung songs. And as a true testament of good musical taste - years later, Celine Dion covered "The Last To Know" for her English-language debut album, Unison, Chaka Khan re-interpreted "Eternity" for her 1988 album "c.k." and music powerhouse did a version of "Still In Love" for her "Be Yourself" album!
The album may not contain many songs with chart potenitial but as a whole it is a very nice and soothing love album that conjures the warm feeling of laying in bed with your lover on a lazy sunday afternoon. Even album fillers like "Floating Heart" and title track, "No Sound But A Heart" sound refreshing today!

Despite a bevy of top-notch producers like Narada Michael Walden and Prince who between them have worked magic with Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Chaka Khan, could not bring about commercial success for this album. It's a pity that the original release of the album was canceled in the United States after an initial single release, "Eternity" (penned by Prince), flopped. EMI lost interest and she subsequently moved to MCA Records in 1988.

"No Sound But a Heart" did eventually get released in the United States in 1999, with four bonus tracks, including Easton's contributions to the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night..., "Natural Love" and the minor hit single "So Far, So Good."