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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: EMI Int'l
Salesrank: 129117
Released: October 3, 2005 |
| Our Price: $3.54 |
| Used Price: $0.01 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Head over Heels Track Listing:
1. Crazy Cool
2. My Love Is For Real
3. Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up
4. Love Don't Come Easy
5. If I Were Your Girl
6. Sexy Thoughts
7. The Choice Is Yours
8. Ho-down
9. Under The Influence
10. I Never Knew It
11. Get Your Groove On
12. Missing You
13. It's All About Feeling Good
14. Cry For Me
Editorial Review:
The Former Laker Girl and American Idol Judge's Third and Final Studio Album for Virgin Records is an Overlooked Mature Work that Didn't Cut the Mustard at the Time of It's Release. However, Re-examination after her Appearances on Television and Notoriety have Prompted Many to Re-evaluate and Find a Minor Pop Masterpiece that Reveals an Artist at the Height of her Powers.
Head over Heels Reviews:
best so far` 
2006-04-23 - this album, i thought was the best she put out, dont get me wrong i love paula's music and everyone laughs at me, im sure im not the only one. i just love the more grown-up sound it vibes out to us. if virgin records would or gave the album it's credit, there would be four or five top ten singles..my love is for real it's real fresh nothing out there now could put that song to the test..crazy cool i thought was outstanding if it was released at a remix if i were your girl absoulty would made a great single.. i really do think that everyone has this impression that paula bombed out for four years and never gave her the credit she should get, maybe if her fans put out a voice the album could be remixed and be re-released and put her back on the charts were she belongs
Her Best :-() 
2006-02-16 - I do love every album of Paula's. I've been a fan of hers from the very start. But this is the best cd to me, because she's a little beyond the pop, and moved in a more funky direction here. The songs are amazing and really cool. If I Were Your Girl, My Love Is For Real and Crazy Cool are the best best songs here, but really they are all good. She has kept her unique voice throughout the years, but the music has progressed and if she was great at the start, - just imagine how excellent she is now. I really wish her new music (which has been promised) would take a front seat and she'd get on with recording a new cd for all her die-hard fans (especially if it's this kind of quality).
Paula's best work
2005-02-19 - I guess you can't please everyone all the time. It seems that by the time this record dropped in 1995, Paula wasn't really welcomed back to the pop fold with open arms. And while clearly this is Paula's best work, from reading others reviews...most people thought her first two records were better than this.
I have to say that Paula began to continue what she started on "Spellbound". Creating a record that could not only produce radio ready singles, but also have album material that could hold its own next to the singles as well. Here, with "Head Over Heels" Paula accomplishes this.
The record literally pulsates with groove ready tracks. The funk play of "Crazy Cool" (which is even better in its single version) is slick, hip, & well...refreshing. The music on this record unlike her first two doesn't automatically date itself, which is why this record can be spun today & be seen as more than a nostalgia trip.
Songs such as the Middle Eastern tinged "My Love Is For Real" (possibly Paula's best single?) featuring vocals by the late Ofra Haza & the Motown pizazz of "Ain't Never Gonna give You Up" with an irresistable horn hook smoulder, & clearly outshine most of the pop songs on the radio today.
No, Paula isn't a diva like singer. But with each recording Paula's voice has gotten stronger, & her charisma shines through every song & she carries a tune very well.
Many fans complained that while there was good material here, there was far too much filler. For me, there were about only two tracks that could've been left off. That said the songs here are just simply better than most of the filler on her first two records, & with each spin the album tracks get better.
In short I recommend that if you are starting off as a Paula fan, this is a good record to start with. While (criminally) no longer in print, this is a record you can find in most second hand used music stores today, & I advise you to pick up probably one of the most underrated pop records of the 1990's.
HEAD OVER HEELS...GREAT HIP-HOP-JAZZ-FUNK
2004-03-02 - Abdul never expected that her comeback as a judge in American Idol will revive her long hybernating famous status, indeed miss Abdul do knows what it is to be at top, and then flop, and get back on your feet, Paula's last effort in music is an impressive mature album that didn't got the attention it deserve mainly for two reasons, first: she got out of the music for far too much time(between Spellbound and Head...4 years), second: the face of music has change, POP had to survive been less POP more R&B, to compete against a more angry rock radio audience hypnotized by VH1's favorites like Morissette, Jewel, Merchant, etc. Paula didn't stick to the formula of those days, "the result a commercial flop", but not artisticaly, the proof is the leading single "My Love Is For Real" an exquisitte pop-r&b masterpiece, with such an enchanting sound, driven by an midestearn sound, and featuring world wide known singer Ofra Haza, this is a song that preceeded many songs like Sting "Desert Rose", the message of the song, and the sound of it, makes this a underrated song, that should get some attention because it sounds timeless, "Head Over Heels" begans with "Crazy Cool" the second single produced by the Family Stand, the funkadelic group that produced her previous album Spellbound, the beat constantly wins over the lyrics, a great tune that failed to reached the attention of the radiowaves, that enchantes with the ay ay ay chorus line, although the single version is better, the original version included here has it's worth the listen, "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" it's a song that it's old school driven with a lot of funkyness and jazz in it, totally danceable, although the songs stand up for great meaningful lyrics and great music, the inclution of Color Me Badd harmonized voices as an acompanion made this song sound a little bit dated, but still enjoyable, "Love Don't Come Easy" it's a latin flavored song, that tells a story about a latin girl in love, great dance, it reminds you a bit of 40's decade dance song, great production in this one, "If I Were Your Girl" melancolic, sexy song, written by "Wings" star "Crystal Benard", has great lyrics to it, but somehow the song got lost in monotony, although it's worth the listen, specially the part when Paula sings " I keep you up all night...(twice)..." delightful and mature, "Sexy Thoughts" although a favorite at the beginning when I bought this, time pass by, and it's the most dated-sound-alike in the whole album, but if you want to hear the good stuff, well is easy to dance with and amazing mixup vocals, "The Choice Is Yours" the most hiphop flavored song in the whole album produced by "Dallas Austin", intelligent lyrics, great beat, should've been a great single material by those years, "Ho-Down" one of the best songs of the album, funny lyrics, speed singing, Cab Calloway, 40's sounds with Hip Hop, great song....great to dance to(if u can). "Under The Influence" many say this is Paula's rendition to the Beatles 60's sounds, easy to swallow and easy to remember, so I guess they're alright..."I Never Knew It" well I never knew this song sounded so cheesy pop, but after all it works, silly-love song with a easy pop beat that carries the song to the end, "Get Your Groove On" disco-a-like song, mindless lyrics, great beat, a Paula-dance-alike song, great for an upbeat time, "Missing You"....I just love the way Abdul delivers the line "Casablanca and wild orchid I sent to you...." great vocals, one of Paula's best, amazing lyrics in a simple love song..."It's All About Feeling Good", it's an R&B-dance stomper, the title say it all, it's not a love song, it's just a song to feel good, "Cry For Me" well, I have always said that this is one of Abdul less likeable interpreation, but in time I have learned that this song has strong lyrics, and a sincere vocal deliver, if you got the chance to get the Japanese Import, you can get your hands on "Crazy Love" a typical fun Paula joint, infectuous and easy to follow song, great tune, "High School Crush" a story ballad, that not exactly portrait about what the title talks about, it's not a 30 yeard old singing about teenager love, it's about a mature woman singing to her long time lost hughschool crush who returns to her hometown and telling him that this time is not a joke, it's for real...great message, Head Over Heels it's an album that inspire you to dance, to love, and to forget each days problems, it's just an album that deserved better, great LP try it, you won't regret it....amazing album.....and waiting for the next Abdul album after 10 years....
Great Album, Didn't Get The Credit It Deserved
2004-02-19 - This was a very good album that was underrated and didn't get the attention that it deserved because Virgin Records failed to promote it. The album is much better than Spellbound IMO. Paula worked with several producers on this album and it gave her a new, fresh sound. The first single, "My Love Is For Real," is probably one of the best songs on the album. Thick bass backed with a Middle Eastern groove makes this song unlike anything that had been done before in pop/R&B music. Unfortunately, the single didn't catch on and it didn't make the Top 20. My favorite song on the album "The Choice Is Yours," was produced by TLC producer Dallas Austin and the song definitely has a TLC feel to it. "Crazy Cool", "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up," and "Love Don't Come Easy" are the other top songs on this album. As with just about all albums though, it does have some filler songs. "Missing You," "Sexy Thoughts," and "It's All About Feeling Good" are songs to skip over. But the album is definetly worth buying. I guarantee it's better than the pop and R&B music that you hear today.
