So, after many attempts at acquiring her albums to share, here finally are the two Canadian albums released by Louisa Florio. Ever since I posted her single "Love Attack" on Lost Pop Treasures, I have had more requests for her albums than for anyone else's. Though she is little known outside of Canada (or even within Canada, for that matter), it appears that Miss Florio still has a rabid audience. I must first thank the always resourceful Adriana for providing me with Instant Reaction. And I also profusely thank Toby for providing me with her hard to find debut, as well as other gems that I'll feature in the future. Even more awesome, Toby added her very first single "The Effect" and it's B-side "Blast The Music", which were not on any album. Thanks SO much guys! As I mentioned on LPT, I believe that Louisa hails from Toronto, and her first album was produced by Harry Hinde, a disco producer who had worked with Shania Twain on her pre-fame demo tapes. She had released a one-off single in 1985 called "The Effect", and then "Deeper In Debt" a year later on the Tembo label. That single appeared on her debut album and several more singles from the album were released by Tembo, likely as a test to see which would possibly hit, but only "Love Attack" got any attention. On an interesting side-note, Louisa's version of "Tell It To My Heart" was not released as a single, but it was the first known version of the song recorded and was the version Taylor Dayne heard before deciding to record it herself. Tembo brought Louisa back into the studio for a second album, this time with producer Gerald O'Brien, a popular Canadian songwriter and former member of rock group Wrabit. The album kept the dance-pop vibe of her debut, and the single "Oh Boy (Can't Go On Loving Like This)" was released as a promo single, as was a video for "Crazy Love". Despite the contribution of several well-known Canadian songwriters, the album went unnoticed. From here Louisa's career is hard to trace, though she did appear on the Swedish show Top Gear on April 20, 1990 singing two songs, "Come 2 Gether" and "Body Talk", perhaps from a new album? Another single, a remake of The Emotions' "Best Of My Love", was released in 1993 on Swedish label Nouveaux Records. Then, in the mid 90s the singles "I Want" and "Set Your Heart Free", credited to 'Venus', appeared on Nouveaux and featured Louisa. One other single on Nouveaux appeared in 1999, "Gotta Get Up", credited to 'Luiza'. And that's the last bit of info I can find on her. Given the number of requests for her work, surely someone out there knows something about her whereabouts today?UPDATE: Louisa is back! She is now going by the name Lou Williams and has released two new songs and videos, "Higher And Higher" and "Watching You"! Dig her new sound!
Download Louisa Florio
| 1 | Love Attack | |||
| 2 | Tell It To My Heart | |||
| 3 | Mr. Wrong | |||
| 4 | Deeper In Debt | |||
| 5 | Made For Each Other | |||
| 6 | Woman | |||
| 7 | Living Dangerously | |||
| 8 | Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry | |||
| 9 | Left Alone | |||
| 10 | Gonna Stay In Love | |||
| 11 | Back For More | |||
| 12 | The Effect | |||
| 13 | Blast The Music |
Video for Crazy Love
Download Instant Reaction
| 1 | 'Til The Real Thing Came Along | ||
| 2 | Oh Boy (I Can't Go On Loving Like This) | ||
| 3 | Crazy Love | ||
| 4 | The Right To Live | ||
| 5 | What Can I Do To Make You Change Your Mind | ||
| 6 | Instant Reaction | ||
| 7 | Intimate Strangers | ||
| 8 | Love On A Look | ||
| 9 | Something I Can Do Without | ||
| 10 | My Heart Has A Price |
