Anastacia: Evolution review – melodic, warm pop-rock alternative

(Polydor)Even in her heyday, Anastacia was no pop ingenue. Thirty-two when she broke through with her 2000 disco-funk debut single I’m Outta Love, her self-possession, strong, severe vocals and impressive collection of tinted glasses stood in satisfyingly for the usual writhing coquettishness. She fell off the radar in the mid-noughties amid health troubles – but scored massive success with Left Outside Alone, which combined Evanescence-style melodrama with a stonking pop chorus. Evo