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Unwaveringly inspired
Goldmine magazine reviews Candice Night’s recent solo album Sea Glass, released earlier this year:
Sea Glass is drenched in classically resounding pure folk and soft rock incantations, conjuring up the spirit of true singer/songwriter compositions and productions. Save for a few selections which bring in a slightly heavier production quality, the album is reminiscent of classic era folk artists who use modest orchestrations and deep storytelling to convey their songs. Here, Night’s vocals blatantly take center stage throughout the whole of the album and present some of her most impressive vocal performances over her three-album solo run. Her tonality and her voice deliveries are more heartfelt and personal than we’ve ever experienced them previously to these recordings. There are sporadic renaissance-inflected sonic influences that are obvious to her music created with Blackmore’s Night (especially with regard to the instrumental, “Dark Carnival” and the track, “When I Want To Fly”), and though that style of music seems to fit naturally with her (seeing as how she is well-versed in many medieval-period instruments), this is by far not a Blackmore’s Night album, nor is it as pop-driven as her previous solo efforts. It is evident that every unique selection found within is all unwaveringly inspired totally and wholly from the mind and the individualistic musical mentality of Candice Night, and Night alone.
Read more in Goldmine.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
The album pretty much fell on deaf ears here at the HS – interest in Candice when with (almost) no Ritchie seems to be muted – and I admit that I only bought it out of sheer curiosity (I would have gotten it even without the two tracks where Ritchie guests in a barely noticeable way), not having been a fan of Ms Blackmore‘s first two solo outings (her debut and the lullabies one). But hark and listen: The album is actually quite good, more adult, better lyrics (mostly around relationships) than the Renaissance Faire waffle, and unlike most BN releases relatively cringe-free. Candice’s own compositions on this album (there is no songwriting input from Ritchie) are actually less Schlager than a lot of her husband’s own songs and cover choices. Yes, it‘s New Age’ish and spiritual, but for the most part not cheesy.
Even for skeptics worth a listen if they have retained an open mind.
October 9th, 2025 at 05:55noooo!! leave me alone!! heeeeelp!! 😱
October 9th, 2025 at 13:11Like Goldmine says, the album has pretty much a Carly Simon vibe. Now Carly, gorgeous as she is, was no Carole King or Laura Nyro in the songwriting department nor a Joni Mitchell as regards the seamless incorporation of more sophisticated and eclectic elements into her music, but you could do worse than listen to one of her records and she wasn‘t just You‘re So Vain either.
https://youtu.be/hjM4SWoJ59E
There is a progression in Candice‘s music from what we heard on the BN debut to Sea Glass that really isn‘t matched by her hubby‘s path during the same nearly 30 years – not that a lot of Ritchie‘s fans want him to change too much! 😈 Granted, she is much younger and development is not always evenly spaced over a person‘s life cycle.
October 9th, 2025 at 13:46