An enigma of late-'90s major label meddling and ultimate inaction, this difficult to find album is unfortunately not all on par with its one terrific song, 'Alright'. Featured on the Austin Powers: Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack, that tune is undoubtedly the only track most anyone will have heard by this duo, which consists of All About Eve's bassist and his partnership with vocalist Anna Nyström. In fact, it seems this album never officially "came out", existing only in its promo format and (more commonly) making the rounds as a bootleg download.
“On” was apparently first recorded in a very different format than what emerged from the board. The label brought in an outside producer to remix the album in accordance with a trip-hop aesthetic that they thought would sell better; the result is an album that is well-produced, perhaps even over-done, but is saved by some good songwriting and above all Nyström's pure, enchanting voice. Of course, for all that, the label sat on the release and only filtered the one song to the supremely spotty Austin Powers soundtrack, where it sits unassumingly near the end of the set.
For my money, this group's better than anything by All About Eve, in terms of synthesized dark 'n dreamy girl-pop. It was smart to place 'Alright' as the lead-off track, and granted the record loses a lot of steam afterwards. But lo and behold (lest you be tempted to tune out midway through) -- it picks back up later on and closes out with three great songs. From: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_lucy_nation/on/
