I would recommend both this album and their follow-up, Oxygen, to music lovers without hesitation, and I look forward to their upcoming album (....)


Best debut album I have ever heard!   December 30, 1999
J. Martin (Woodside, NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Talk about incredible voices. These three women who just happen to be absolutely stunning can outsing Mariah Carey any day. They have great dance songs like "Talk to Me" and "Supernatural" and some of the most beautiful ballads I've ever heard. "I Won't Play The Fool" and "Follow Me" are amazing. These women need to start getting some recognition. They are better than anything out there. Someone needs to explain to me why the Spice Girls are a hit and not Wild Orchid! Buy this CD! You won't stop playing it!


Great singing, good songs   June 13, 2003
Kevin (United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I would certainly recommend this album. Good songs, great singing. "Follow me" is gorgeous, and "My Tamborine" is seductive, playfully demanding, and delightfully feminine.

These ladies should have gotten a lot more attention then they did, yet big-time success always seemed to elude them. Why did they consistently stay below pop radio's radar? They were drop-dead gorgeous, very talented and seemed to be quite warm and approachable. Why then the resistence of pop radio? Most likely because the composition style of their songs harken back to the early seventies, without the analog bare-bones production qualities that gave that era's music its distinctive sound. These ladies wrote songs that could have easily fit into the pre-disco phase of pop music, which might not have had the appeal in the mid-nineties as it did way back when.

"Wild Orchid" does sound very slightly overproduced, but the ladies can sing so well as to more than compensate for their slick production values. While all the songs are quite well-written, I believe that radio during the early to mid-nineties was looking for the grunge thing, not the attractive pop sensibilities that Wild Orchid had in abundance. If they had arrived on the scene twenty years earlier they would have been huge; even if they had come out ten years after they did, they could have given Britney and Christina a run for their money. They just weren't "at the right place at the right time", and in show business, that's a killer.

Another reason why this group wasn't bigger might have been the decision to present themselves as a trio, rather than bringing Stacy Ferguson out front (a la Diana Ross and the Supremes). If you listen to some of Wild Orchid's music after Stacy's departure, it's more restrained and a bit less inspired. Miss Ferguson was the member most able to shine on her own. Perhaps if the group had capitalized on Stacy's incredible pipes and notable beauty, they would have hit bigger. Understandably, the ladies are friends and probably didn't want to encourage jealousy or ego-trips. Apparently they choose their friendship over doing what was necessary for success. That's rare these days, and quite admirable.

It's a good record, boyant and lively, even inspiring at times. As Mark Knopfler once said, "It was right, it was just that the time was wrong."


HOT!!   August 25, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Anyone who thinks white girls can't sing R&B hasn't heard Wild Orchid. Stacy Ferguson, Renee Sandstrom, and Stefanie Ridel may look like Charlie's Angels, but they belt with the fervor of a gospel choir. A few ballads on their debut droop, but smooth harmonies and slick arrangements on "Supernatural" and "Talk to Me" provide true flower power, both were huge hit's on the Billboard Pop Chart aswell as the 20 week BIllboard Pop chart lasting "At Night I Pray"!