After years in the musical wilderness, Furtado celebrated 2006's triumphant return to international pop stardom last night with a show that in many ways would have been more suitable for a stadium.
Having recently enjoyed enormous success with an edgier, more electronic sound, the Canadian/Portuguese singer applied similarly innovative arrangements to her earlier work.
There could be no doubting the effort that had gone into the performance or her showmanship, but raucous, speeded-up versions of early favourites did not provoke the singalong familiarity they deserved.
Turn Off The Light in particular was robbed of the vocal and emotional subtlety that made it special.
Her first hit I'm Like A Bird had its lovely soaring chorus drowned by clattering drums and squealing synths.
Ironically, the best-received and most effective section of the show was when she sang with only two acoustic guitars for backing.
The unique warmth and quality of her voice shone through on Wait For You and an excellent rendition of Gnarls Barkley's hit, Crazy.
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