A review of the brand new CD of HENRY VAN DYK

01 – MY HART SE WENS (My heart’s wish)

A song Henry composed himself and it is very good, it brings out his voice well and it has a good melody

02 – DIS WAT WARE LIEFDE MAAK (This is what makes true love)

I find the drums/sound too hard, it is taking away from the voice. The song is average

03 – SOMMER SO (Just like that)

Interesting title, but again I find the drums/sound too hard to really hear the lyrics properly

04 – LIED VIR MA (Song for mother)

Another song Henry composed. Good song for mothers, ideal for mother’s day

05 – EK HOU VAN JOU (I like/love you)

Many euro fans will think this is a cover of the 1984 Dutch entry, but it is a new song. It nis very commercial, good lyrics, catchy chorus which you remember instantly. Of the new songs on the CD, probably the best

06 – KOM TERUG (Come back)

This song is in duet with Werner Breytenback who is unknown to me. The original song was done many years ago by Tuto Cutugno, a previous Eurovision winner who also composed it. In the early 90’s Andre Schwartz sung it in Afrikaans. This is a good cover

07 – EK SAL BY JOU STAAN (I will stand by jou)

Another song Henry composed. This is also very commercial, radio friendly

08 – MAAK MY HEEL (Make me whole)

This is the last of the 4 songs Henry composed. It is almost a gospel song

09 – L’ESSENZIALE

Bilingual version – Afrikaans/Italian and the Eurovision entry of Italy of 2013. Really great cover and Henry sounds perfect in Italian – almost better than in Afrikaans or English

10 – THE STORY

Well known song, Henry is covering it and it is quite good

11 – IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS

This song is in duet with Dina Garipova of Russia, the 2013 singer at Eurovision for Russia. the song is the great Thomas Gson composition for Denmark 2010. The song is tri lingual with Henry singing in Afrikaans, Dina in Russian and together they sing in English. Totally different version from the original but very good. This is the kind of song I love so much, male-female duo singing in more than one language. This is how Eurovision entries should be

12 – ANGEL CHILD

My favourite on the CD, but then I love the original song by Tommy Seebach so much. it was the 1993 Danish Eurovision entry. Henry wrote the English lyrics

13 – ONS VADER

This is the gospel song, the prayer from the Bible. It brings out Henry’s voice well but I think many artists have covered it before so it is not that unique