Reviews (page 7 of 9)
Not into it. His voice grates on me
Meh! I don't see what all the fuss is about? His cover of Soft Cell's "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" feels too slow.
Of all the amazing artists and albums not represented on the list, I can’t for the life of me understand why this was included. Bland, boring, awkward, and sonically dated. It’s not offensive to my ears, just lame. It’s like if you took Ed Sheeran and subtracted from him until all that remained were the things that make him uninteresting.
Virkelig positivt overrasket over det her album. Tror åbningsnummeret var med i scrubs
2000s male singer songwriter. It was like some of the early songs were over produced with cool beats to make them sound a bit modern. This just dated the album. It fell into James blunt territory at times but overs it wasn’t bad.
Greys Anatomy closing credits sounding ass...
Good songs but very low mood. Got to feel nostalgic and mellow to get in there.
Not a big fan of this, talented singer and songwriter, probably won’t listen again.
Not my thing.. sorry
So much whinging. That's what y'all call it, right? Track 1 had the least inspired use of the Amen Break that I've ever heard.
As bland and unremarkable as tepid tapwater. Every single song sounds like a budget option for a tv drama to play over end credits. the sort of stuff playing in the background of an intense coffeeshop breakup scene. It sucks. Another album taking up a spot in this list it doesn't deserve. 3/10
Always enjoyed this one.
this album has divorced parent energy. i can't explain it. this is the type of album my dad would have listened to on trips between his house and my mom's. vaguely sad, vaguely uplifting, vaguely everything. which means that this album does not hit in any particular way. not unlistenable, but insufferably boring.
Very good
Pretty boring and not my style of music. My wife liked it quite a bit though, which is nice, and there were a couple sings I liked. My Oh My is probbably my favorite here.
The second it started I couldn't wait for it to end
its ok, some classics but a little bland for me
Wasnt that into
A bit too nice, makes it dull
Easy listening
ol' wobbly head, the james Blunt prototype, the first ever singer song writer in history. remember when this music was the soundtrack to any hardship on TV in the the 2000s? everything but the singles is turgid, but i bet he's got a bloody lovely house from it.
The popularity of this basic singer songwriter album shows how bereft of guitar music 1998-2000 was. Shove it in the oven with Travis and Coldplay and serve us up some lukewarm pie.
I didn't like David Gray when the Babylon single was being pumped out every 20 minutes and I don't like him now. It's the kind of music you expect to hear sitting in a Starbucks.
Stylistically, I liked this a fair bit. Reminds me of the James Blunt era of music and he had some interesting sample/instrument selections. Vocal styling was good as well. But the album is just way, way, way too long. If every song was 1-2 min shorter, this would be a really solid album. The last song is miserable, and the album just repeats way too much. Have more to say, or cut it short. Fav tracks: Please Forgive Me, Babylon
Not good at all - why is it on this list? Just nothing to it. The singing/lyrics are weak. The chord progressions are basic. No value what so ever. 0 stars if I could.
it makes me feel blue
How anyone chooses to listen to this is incomprehensible.
Really good beats and vocals Nothing too crazy tho
Exactly what you’d expect out of an album about love. Sail away, the years love, and say hello, wave goodbye were especially good. Good stuff, 4-4.5
Partly electronic and partly acoustic. Drum machines, acoustic guitars, piano ++. Very nice sound and very soft and humble voice. Super calming and chill to listen to. The intro track is great and really kicks of the album. Not a single bad song on the album - I’m sold! Includes famous single Sail Away.
Chill, soulful, and modern
I was surprised by this one. The only song I knew was Babylon which has been so overplayed that it's hard to judge without bias. The rest of the album however is a very heartfelt singer songwriter underwritten by some strong electronic details that keep it rich and interesting.
I owned this album as an awkward teen and this trip down memory lane was enjoyable as the music holds up better than most of the CDs I owned
More MoR, albeit quite good.
3.5 staan paar nice tunes op feelme, in t herfst zonnetje op een bankie type
pretty chill ngl
One of the more enjoyable singer songwriter albums on the list, though it doesn’t add much to the genre or overly memorable pieces outside of Babylon.
David Gray from England One of the biggest albums of the year Singles: ---------------------------------- This Year's Love Babylon Please Forgive Me Sail Away Say Hello Wave Goodbye Good music, catchy songs that gets better after you are away from it for a while.... Favorite track: This Years Love 4/5
Some of this is good but not great, but the hits are great. You only need a few great songs to make a very good album. 4 stars.
Truly excellent! Very chill and unique
This faded into the background every single time for me, did not leave an impression at all. Maybe I didn't take the time to listen to it properly, 3.5/10
This is dreadfully boring, to the point where I have nearly nothing to say about it. It comes in one ear and out the other, and does not earn its extended run time at all. Perhaps there are parts that remind me of singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan, but why would I not listen to him, then? Because this certainly is worse than anything he's ever made. Scrapes by with a two.
Some interesting concepts here, but they can’t make up for an overall snooze fest. It isn’t that bad, but it is difficult to remain excited. A vibe of relaxation is fine, but if you stretch it out over the entire album, you might put your listeners to sleep. Production, instrumentation, arrangements, vocals, and lyrics are all good. Enjoyed it, only wished there was more energy here. 3/5
I know this album. Though I prefer a New Day at Midnight mostly, especially Dead in the Water
Wow I hadn't heard "Babylon" in YEARS! When it was popular, I didn't really care for it but it's grown on me while it's been in dormant in my synapses. I actually kind of liked this album. I'm not sure I'd listen to it again but it was good.
Not a bad album, but nothing special. It's something I could have on in the background while I am working on something else. Tracks I liked: Nightblindness This Year's Love
Han som tror han är Bob Dylan då. Knappt lyssningsbar om vi bortser från Soft Cell covern.
This is kind of a meh singer song writer type album. It just felt extremely vanilla. Once it was over I couldn't remember a single song. Not even boring or anything. White Ladder is the equivalent of eating Saltine Crackers. It's probably the most 3 star album I've ever heard.
Middle of the road classic, inoffensive but some absolute bangers on the record too.
Please Forgive Me…for saying this album is inessential.
I have a lot more nostalgia for this era of soft kind of nothing-rock from singer songwriters of the late 90s and early 2000s than I thought. 5/5 for the soft cell cover alone tho holy shit what a TUNE
Pleasant enough. Average.
Some really good songs.
It was OK. A few good songs. Struggle to understand why some singers who are not from America, sing in an American accent, but I suppose it is folk music.
i didnt need to hear this album again nothing bad about it just nothing exciting about it
Yet another that ended up being background noise. Interesting hearing "Babylon" heard this one a lot before and one of the ones I didn't mind on here.
I was hoping for something good this morning after a rare heavy night of mid-week drinking. But no, the music gods decided I deserved this drek instead. This is music that firmly falls into the "the world would be a better place if this didn't exist" category. I can't rate it less than 1, but I would rate it negatively if I could. Just awful, affected, bland, over-produced shite. This is the music that made me cringe at the time it came out, when you literally couldn't avoid this dross as it was everywhere. After twenty years it actually manages to sound even worse. Appalling! I promised that I would listen to each album from start to finish, but this one was difficult. Just fake music for fake people. I can't quite decide which part of this is worst, the horrible false vocal performance, the dreadful computer synth noises, the nasty harmonies, the dull and repetitive lyrics, or the relentlessly slow and drudging pace. This was audio torture. David Gray manages to sound like a goat bleating in pain at times, sometimes a failed Bob Dylan impressionist, then at other times he sounds like a talentless busker/ pub singer who has had one too many drinks. This is a vile abomination of a record and I'm going to need to listen to a lot of proper music when this is done to cleanse my soul. God he butchered "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" - that must surely be a crime against humanity? If someone gave me a gun with one bullet, a time machine, and told me to "save humankind", then I would be sorely tempted to visit David Gray at the moment of his birth. Sorry, but anyone who likes this music must have something wrong with their hearing. I can understand different people have different tastes, but this is beyond bad music.
I fell acleep mwn den va bra sorglig
Kind of liked it. I dont get the hate.
2000er nostalgie
Far too milquetoast and inoffensive. While listening, I never felt the album was *bad*, but that it just didn't grabbed my attention. Far too many of the songs faded into each other and left me with an experience that wasn't at all memorable.
Good musician but I do not like the music
Overall I thought this was a fairly boring album.
There was a time when this sort of bland music was popular - blame the search for the next Coldplay. But nowadays, many years later, it doesnt wash at all. dull.
I can understand why this would have been mildly popular when White Ladder came out. But this is yet another album that has almost put me to sleep at my work desk. It's the perfect "mum" album with that crooning voice and slow-ish tempo. Best: Sail Away Worst: Silver Lining
I used to think people who loved David Gray were a bit dull but this album was quite sweet in its own way (and also a bit dull)
extra star because I couldn’t Finnish this so can judge it propperly but damn this was boring
Very "of the times" and a bit one-dimensional but I like his voice and the music was pleasant!
David Gray se prý tímto albem dost proslavil, nicméně já o něm dosud nikdy nic neslyšela. A kéž by to tak bývalo zůstalo. Poslech tohoto alba byl pouze ztráta času, který jsem mohla vyhradit něčemu, co si aspoň budu pamatovat déle než je průběh jedné Davidovy písničky. Nejhorší je, že to není vyloženě špatná hudba. Nevím, jak lépe to popsat, než je to zcela „neutrální“. Žádný experiment, žádné riziko, sakra ani žádná emoce v tom není slyšet a přitom texty napovídají, že by mohlo jít o docela fajn melancholický počin. A to je ten nejhorší zločin, co v umění můžete udělat – stvořit něco zcela vyprázdněného, generického, kompletně bezduchého… kdyby to aspoň bylo špatné, že by to bylo něčím zajímavé, ale ani to se nekonalo. Absolutně nechápu, co na tom tolik lidí zaujalo, že se to dostalo i na seznam alb, které by člověk měl alespoň jednou před smrtí slyšet. Zní to jako pre-Ed Sheeran hudba a více než jeden poslech bych opravdu psychicky nezvládla. Nejlepší písničky: nic Nejhorší písničky: nic Hodnocení: 1/10
This was the beginning of modern pop, bollox meoldies, weary lyrics gentle sounds. It's like sitting on the toilet after a heavy night and too much curry it makes you cry and hurts in such a tender place and is just awful
Dismal, left me feeling that I've just wasted an hour of my life. Doesn't even work as background music, kept intruding into my consciousness by annoying.me.This is very, very far from being music that I like.
Are we definite that AI was not around when this was released?
Apparently "noteworthy" because he supported Dave Matthews Band and had good album sales in the US, (which always seems to surprise the UK press). What's the album like? Yawnville! 🥱
first listen a little slow for me
not my type
3/5 Best: Silver Lining Worst: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Nice chill music. While listening to the Album I was reminded a bit of Train and a bit of Dave Matthews.
Listened Before? N Mellow, nice, quiet. I've always liked Babylon, and I like this album. I'm not going to write home about it but it was good. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Babylon
Back, background all right
C’est plaaaate, c’est genre un wannabe Ed Sheeran avant qu’Ed Sheeran lui vole sa personnalité pour devenir Ed Sheeran
genérico. percusión recargada. cantante que imita a todos y a ninguno.
Pretty 90s sounding stuff. Can't say I am a fan.
Singer-songwriter discovers how to sample and loop tracks and proceeds to make music for proto wine moms. Gray is a solid song writer, but this album as a whole is so generic (especially the singles). I was 16 and working at the local shopping mall when this album really started gaining traction, and Babylon was inescapable. I'm immediately transported back to folding jeans at Anchor Blue and for that, I need to take a star off the otherwise middle of the road score I was going to give it. I did enjoy My Oh My
I get that this album had a bunch of hits, but that doesn't automatically make something this boring and bland warrant a spot on the list of albums I NEED to listen to imo. Well, to each their own I suppose
Un album bien conçu, mais c'est un peu moins mon style. Je n'ai pas trouvé ça mauvais, mais rien de cet album m'a fait un wow au point de "je devais écouter ça avant de mourir". Peut-être je ne suis pas assez fan du folktronica. 6/10
Couple of bangers
Effortless and smooth. I like the idea that he's taken the cash and fucked off from this, though.
That voice, that repetitive background music….No.
Le David Pujadas des albums
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Best Song: Please Forgive Me. That upbeat and running rhythm in the background gives a nice energy to this song, but sadly set an expectation that the rest of the album didn't uphold. Worst Song: This Year's Love. Romantically comatose. Overall: It's not bad, but it definitely feels like a sort of budget Bob Dylan. He's got a cleaner singing voice, but nothing near the writing chops. The album also gets really sleepy in the latter half.
added to library
Love it always a classic
It's ok, but never great. Better than I expected, but I had very low expectations. A lot of the songs remind me of songs by different artists. Not good enough to put it on myself, not bad enough to turn it off. Favorite song: we're not right
I fucking loved this album, gave John Martyn vibes and was oh so chill
Massive soft spot for this one. Brought back a particular time in my life.
I’m getting too many “slow” indie albums on this thing, and it’s killin’ my vibe, man…
It's ok, nothing really special imho...
I liked this one better then the first one.
Just an overall average album.
This brought back a lot of memories. Nostalgia overload from my last years of high school and the start of college. My rose colored memories create bias, but I think this is a killer album.
I thought the instrumentals where nice but nothing special. It's definitely not something you would dance to but it wasn't trying to be. The vocals on the other hand were not my cup of tea. I was not a fan of the singer and the lyrics where repetitive. The songs all just blended together.
De liefdesbaby van Bob Dylan en Nick Drake mocht contractueel zonder eigen inbreng een album uitbrengen na het winnen van een seizoen van Idols. Althans zo klinkt het. Ontzettend generiek. Daardoor wel veilig en dus makkelijk te luisteren. Vanzelfsprekend wat electronische probeersels er in, want het is 1998 en die computer met state of the art Intel Pentium II processor staat er niet voor niks. Geen ramp om te luisteren dus, maar tijdens deze lijst hoop je toch op de wat meer memorabele albums. Deze zal niet aan me voorbij flitsen op het moment dat Onze Lieve Heer me komt halen, want dit ben je binnen een half uur vergeten.
Boy, hearing Babylon and Sail Away out me right back in Woods Hole, 1999, at ten years old. That deserves a star on its own. so very 90s but in a good way. Fun to rediscover.
I was originally going to say that it is merely tolerable, but I’m afraid even that might be too generous. Even songs with some potential get scuttled by annoying indulgences: see Sail Away’s coda which is a whistling solo (yep). Certainly better than Nora Jones or Steely Dan, but that’s not praise.
This is extremely easy listening. Pleasant melodies and no real surprises. Enjoyable at first, but as the tack listing goes on, you start to wonder whether there is any actual substance beneath the digital drums and the loop pedal. I honestly don't know. 'Babylon' is great though.
White Ladder really starts out strong. Especially the very late 90’s sounding “Babylon” is a truly fantastic song. I understand why this inspired a lot of British artists in the early to mid 2000’s. The rest of the album is not as strong as the opening and at times I feel as if it’s just background music. I enjoyed it and never once got actually bored. Also - did anybody tell Bono that a man from Cheshire recorded the best selling album Ireland of all time? Anyone?
Perfect for moms baking cookies during the workday
"Sail Away" is pretty great
It was alright, slightly boring I would argue
I think this was a great album. Didn’t have any issues with any particular song or anything. This simply isn’t a form of music that I care for. No song was bad, yet I didn’t really care for any particular song. I think it was musically solid album, but it would probably be nothing more than great background music for me
I really liked this album. I listened all the way through the album without looking at the songs and the album really flowed nicely. I really enjoyed the vibe of both the instrumentals and the vocals. I dont know why but I get a lou reed and bob dylan vibes with the vocals, which I really liked If I had to pick one song from this album its Babylon. I reall like the chill vibe from this song and listened to it multiple times after the album was finished
Stuck between a 2-3. Definitely was not a bad album so I don’t wanna give a 2 but it’s just not my kinda thing. Sounds like something you’d hear in a coffee shop and is perfect in that setting so I like that this kinda music exists for that vibe but I’m not gonna seek it out. I also respect how early this album is to this sound even if it seems worn out now and I respect that he was early to the bedroom pop scene as well. Fuck this last song is almost 9 minutes for no reason. Just secured a 2 with that one David. 👍: Babylon
If negative stars were an option this would be a -2. I actually hated this album and I’m not sure why I forced myself to listen past the first song, I guess some innocent part of me thought it would turn, but that has now been robbed from me. In summary this album was as dull and melancholy as unseasoned oatmeal and reminds me of the color grey, uninspired and lacking anything mildly appealing
808s were slapping for no reason on “We’re not right” This album didn’t blow my mind but something about how well produced and crafted it was makes me really respect it. I’m gonna go with my gut on this
🥱🥱🥱🥱boring. It sounds good and all but I just need more. More substance, more character, more soul, more something. When Bryce said this was a top 50 selling album or whatever I was kinda shocked. Starting to make sense of it now though, I’m pretty sure this album is just like the background soundtrack of life. You don’t remember these songs, but you’ve heard them; they’ve just been existing in the background your whole life. Not sure what to rate this because the music itself is made well but it’s just SO uninspired. Leaning 2 here. Would it kill this guy to make a somewhat interesting song? Just one? Best: Babylon MMM: LET GO OF YOUR HEART 🫠LET GO OF YOUR HEAD 😵💫AND FEEL IT NOW🥴
I'm sure David is a nice guy.
Babylon. Rock, alternative rock, folk rock.
I thought it sounded familiar but as soon as Babylon came on I figured it out and I was very aware of the song from back then, the rest of the album I quite liked and will listen to again, I will assume it will grow on me more over time.
One of those albums everyone had Ann’s knew at the time, for that reason deserves to be on the list. Musically it’s a bit dull though.
It's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but due to the blandness of the album, I feel like I've heard it over and over. David Gray has a good voice, but the strummed guitar with the drum machine might be the most generic thing I've ever heard. I can hear its influence on so much other bland music that I find it impossible to enjoy. It's inoffensive, but it's just too safe. Even the guitar playing seems conservative. Any fingerpicking at all would be welcome at this point.
pretty good. have to be in the mood.
decent "sail away" - najbolja mi pjesma na albumu
Yuuuppppppp. Fucking love this album. The goattttt. You know what that was even better than I remembered. Nightblindess and white ladder I wasn’t so familiar with before they fuckkkk. Mega hard. Outro track too. Weakest song is probably we’re not right but that is still a tune. I was gonna say mega strong 4 but I think this deserves a 5. Banger.
Wow. I was not expecting this.
it was fine, so tasteful though
Genres: Folktronica Formed: 1993 Run time: 10 songs, 50 min, 38 sec On Spotify the least played track of the album has 4.5M plays, while the most played is “This Years Love” with 171M plays. I’ve listened to this album hundreds of times. He has a great voice, and his song writing is fantastic. It is interesting when a singer-song-writer choices a track to cover, they tend to pick something quite amazing. That is certainly the case with “Say Hello Wave Goodbye”, the Soft Cell song. He certainly does it justice. Most of the songs on this album, I absolutely love and the rest I like. I don’t know if this is a revolutionary album, but it is fantastic. If you’re looking for food for the soul. I would highly recommend it. This is the first album in the list of 1001 albums, that I have given five stars to! My Rating: *****
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Solid 90s
Easy listening
Tbh at first I was like "oh yeah I know this guy/this voice/that one song" but then throughout the whole album I was surprised at how many of this dude's songs I knew and recognized. None of them are total bangers imho but I enjoy a good nostalgia dopamine infusion.
I forgot how much Babylon took over airwaves in the late 90s. I think overall this one suffers from being built around its hits without containing much substance. White Ladder is pretty vanilla.
The firm grip this record applied to my attention with its opening track, regrettably, loosened with each subsequent song.
Chill
Hey kids let's make an album that sounds like Phil Collins B-sides.
This is quite lovely.
This was a nice and pleasant listen. I had forgotten about Babylon from back in the day, and I sense that this whole album will now suffer that fate. There’s nothing particularly bad, but it also seems to be missing a hook to draw me back.
Very nice. My Oh My, Silver Lining, and White Ladder in particular felt special.
This was a very pleasant album to listen to, maybe so much so that I couldn't shake the feeling that I wanted a little more out of it. The songs are really well constructed and my brain told me that this was a very good album but I wasn't grabbed as emotionally as I thought I should have been. After a couple of listens it did start to warm up a bit more. While I'm still not completely bowled over by this, I find it very listenable and enjoyed lazing around to this laid back album.
Used to really love this album...in fact it may have been my most listened to album of 2000. Don't think it holds up quite as welll...or maybe I wasn't in the right mood yesterday. Surprised to learn Say Hello, Wave Goodbye was a cover...that was probably my favorite song on the album. 4/5
Eh. It's alright, I guess. The lyricism is on point but the songs themselves are decidedly snooze-worthy. I liked "This Year's Love" though.
2/5
Yeah, pleasant enough. It's always weird to hear a song that was popular growing up, but that I completely forgot about (Babylon)
oh the boring Zeroes - quite how this guy dominated the charts is weird. totally inoffensive, well played for making the coin I suppose
This was rather lovely. Soothing folk with a feeling of motion. I am surprised to see that this was released in the 90s and was knocking around for a couple of years before becoming popular. I also never knew it was quite SO huge. It remains the biggest selling album of all time in Ireland. Impressive, and perhaps not entirely undeserved. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Babylon Date listened: 03/04/23
It's fine
Pleasant but at the same time it’s too strongly associated in my head with noughties London bankers with beemers singing obnoxiously to some of the singles. That said on an objective level - a bunch of very good songs, a nice version of Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - and an overall well paced album - only true fault is David Gray’s voice becomes a bit too grating at times since it’s a bit on the particular side. Overall a good record but can’t get past my prejudices.
Took me back to my youth. It’s a pleasant enough album.
Rubbish
My GOD this was boring. I think I'd rather listen to that Kid Rock record again than this sappy garbage.
medium pop
Apparently DGs success meant Ed Shearan could emerge. So thanks for that! I dismissed this when it came out as a bit populist (I am a Snob) but its ok. Hus voice is decent and there is gome guile in tbe songwriting.
Best Song - Nightblindness
Interesting album. Has the slow jam vibes that I assumed, and the wedding hits that Ive played plenty of times, but there are some tracks on here that genre jump. There's a few electronic beats, and the production is quite nice, very fitting for the vibes. I can see why it's such a liked album. That said, not sure if I'd be in a hurry to listen again. Will give it credit though for being interesting
I recognize the first song, Please Forgive Me, from a TV show. Maybe it was an episode of Scrubs. I also recognize Babylon. Honestly there were a couple songs that were good, but it was mostly boring. I will give it another chance at a future date though, because one of my co-workers is a huge fan.
This album isn't on the list because it's a fantastic album, though many do love it. It does not speak to me personally, but this album should be heard because it really came out in 1998. This sound and the whole British "emotional singer-songwriter" did not feel as played-out as it does now. "Babylon" is a great track and there are other really good tracks on this album. For those who don't like the sound, this album is like nails on a chalkboard or something that helps lull them to sleep. It cannot be denied this album is the forebearer to many popular and top-selling artists' albums.
Honestly not my cup of tea at all but I enjoyed it. One of the rare occasions I’ll give it 4 stars and probably won’t ever revisit
5/5 Good album
Bland and uninspiring instrumentation and arrangements, the last two songs are decent but I won't be revisiting this.
23rd March 2023 Listened on the drive back from the office to second Rita show. Comms team away day (in the office). The whitest album since the white album.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS EVER! I LOVE THIS! SO HAPPY IT IS ON THE LIST!
Ich kann nicht ganz beschreiben warum, aber ich lieb dieses Album ein bisschen. Der Text ist deep und chillig gesungen. Trotzdem wird es durch den Beat im Hintergrund nicht langweilig langsam. Außerdem gibt es auch coole Instrumentals. Ich weiß aber auch, dass ich es nicht oft genug hören würde für eine fünf. Ist aber bisher mein lieblings glaub ich.
Helt ukjent og veldig fint! Særlig åpningssporet treffer godt.
forgettable. un peu comme Coldplay, mais en moins bon
Pleasing listen, and reminds me a lot of Bob Dylan and The War On Drugs.
The opening two tracks were pretty great folktronica. I was excited for the rest of the album because those tracks felt kind of novel but after that he dropped the “tronica” part of folktronica and I enjoyed it a lot less. The pure folk/pop rock tracks sound like music I hear often in commercials. This Year’s Love actually does get used in commercials so maybe that’s it. I really loved that window-rattler bass intro on We're Not Right. I think this is a good example of how important track order can be. If the -tronica songs came later and it opened with 2 folk/pop rock songs I may have enjoyed it more.
Please forgive me - idk it was aight. Nothing super crazy going on. Instrumental also boring Babylon - boring, especially instrumental My oh my - I do not like this guys voice We’re not right - what the fuck is this instrumental. This weird ass beat. I do not like it
Pretty good.
Not my jam, but it is not bad.
Great tunes and it doesn't outstay its welcome
3?
Oh wow. There was a time that this album was on regular rotation in my MP3 library. I think that hard drive failed, or something, and the collection was lost. In that instant it's as if this album completely disappeared from the face of the earth. That is until 1001 brought it back into existence.
Music for people that has a Brad Pitt poster in their room.
Well, that was boring.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Surprisingly boring for an album in the 1001.
started out pretty strong but kinda petered out
Babylon is a classic. Rest of it is kind of plodding and dreary and repetitive, Silver Lining and Sail Away are all right.
Easy listening
Here's Gray talking about that breakthrough album of his... "When I started out, a man with a guitar baring his soul wasn't in vogue at all. Suddenly, it's everywhere! [The album's] success came from nowhere, and it changed how the business thought about what music should be. Since then, there have been lots of artists who've taken it on and done their own thing." Er... Elliott Smith, anyone? Like, he had gone to a breakthrough of his own a couple of years earlier, and even playing during the oscar ceremony, right? And if not him, maybe countless other singer-songwriters from the sixties to the nineties, some of them famous, others less so, but all of them still managing to sound anything but vanilla when they're indeed "baring their souls". There's a NME review which perfectly encapsulates my feelings here. It was written at the time of *White Ladder*'s re-release through a bigger label, following its commercial success: " 'This Years Love' is Beverley Craven on a testosterone drip; the dilute dance rhythms of 'Please Forgive Me' and 'Babylon' offer a hand-knitted, festival-stall melancholy, while the title track might be Fleetwood Mac if they'd gone into organic farming. Think of the American singer-songwriter reinvention however, and 'White Ladder' seems as quaint as a wireless set." Boom. Oh, a fun anecdote now, taken out of a Guardian article. Well, "fun" isn't the best term for music used as a torture device in compounds such as Guantanamo, but you'll soon get what I mean here: ' Gray's music became associated with the torture debate after Haj Ali, the hooded man in the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs, told of being stripped, handcuffed and forced to listen to a looped sample of Babylon, at a volume so high he feared that his head would burst. "It's an issue that no one in the music industry wants to deal with," says David Gray, one of the few artists willing to speak about the subject. "It's shocking that there isn't more of an outcry. I'd gladly sign up to a petition that says don't use my music, but it seems to be missing the point a bit." "The moral niceties of whether they're using my song or not are totally irrelevant," says Gray. "We are thinking below the level of the people we're supposed to oppose, and it goes against our entire history and everything we claim to represent. It's disgusting, really. Anything that draws attention to the scale of the horror and how low we've sunk is a good thing." The singer wonders whether governments who use music as a torture technique without asking permission from the artists involved could face legal action. "In order to play something publicly, you have to have legal permission and you have to apply for that. I wonder if the US government bothered, but I very much doubt it. Perhaps you could sue, but let's face it, they're outside the law on the whole thing anyway." ' Well, given that Gray was almost the only artist unwittingly involved in those despicuous and inhumane actions willing to discuss the issue and somehow protest about the whole thing, I'll give him an extra point in my review. He's a decent, perceptive and articulate person, there's no doubt about that. Under that light, maybe I'll be able to spot reedeeming details about his music later on. We're all subjective beings, after all. That said, and to indeed return to the music itself, my personal opinion is that *White Ladder* is anything but "essential". The chord progressions are mostly bland and predictable, the vocal melodies are as well, and Gray's voice is often grating--with a performance that's either undercooked or overcooked (it depends on his inflexions). Oh, and the chill-out-type club arrangements for the rythmic patterns have aged quite horribly, very often diverting to what these songs really are or really should sound like. Folktronica can sound good. But not in here. Of course, I imagine those cheesy arrangements made Gray's songs likely candidates for ads soundtracks or "wedding dances" at the time, helping him reach commercial success. But even with that in mind it's hard to conceptualize how one out of four Irish households ended up having a copy of this record. Are Irish folks that permeable to snorefests? I didn't think so. It's also funny how recent *positive* articles about this LP actually tip-toe their way around the fact that their author actually *know* the whole thing is embarrassing to a degree. Take this piece from Pitchfork, written by a reviewer who inexplicably gave a 7.9 grade to it: ' “Please Forgive Me” was also included in the pilot of Scrubs, more indicative than its club cameos of the album’s future in meet-cute media. Half of its 10 songs were released as singles, so White Ladder clearly worked as a collection of episodes that could be experienced discretely and repeatedly. There’s no linguistic subtext to any song on White Ladder: Recall that Gray’s sincerity and plainspokenness are his main selling points, but the lack of specificity leaves space for emotional interpretation. (...) It all ends with an unfathomably sad, nine-minute cover of Soft Cell’s “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” that interpolates Van Morrison’s “Madame George” and “Into the Mystic.” (...) *White Ladder* might not exist without Dave Matthews; Gray promoted the album while opening for Matthews, a close friend and a notable influence on White Ladder’s more grating vocal tics—on the title track, when Gray wheezes, “There’s no rhyme or reeeeeason,” a John Popper harmonica solo wouldn’t be entirely unexpected. (...) While *White Ladder* was virtually inescapable in public spaces during the early 2000s, its influence has dissipated in the time since, though it is audible in the crystalline, cosmic folk of Amen Dunes’ 2018 album Freedom. Gray himself suggested that he had paved the way for folk-pop idols like Ed Sheeran and James Blunt." OK. Amen Dunes' *Freedom*, Ed Sheeran, James Blunt... That's why I don't like this album. Makes sense. Number of albums left to review: 643 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 179 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 84 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 101 (including this one)
I've gone my whole life thinking Babylon was Tracy Chapman. Would've continued to believe that if not for this site. That aside, really good music. Good songwriting. Great voice.
Loved the vibes on this.
Aggressively bland. Not my kind of music.
How about that, a singer-songwriter album that doesn't sound like a pretentious dickhead moaning while playing a single guitar. This album was worth my time with well-arranged instrumentals. Favorite track: We're Not Right
Fördjefla tråkigt. Snäll singer-songwriter folkpop. Här tas aldrig några risker, inga äventyrliga utflykter. Nejdå, vi stannar i det trygga smöriga skitpoplandet och tittar på alla oinspirerande gitarrackord och klyschiga textrader. Tvi vale, jag betackar mig. David Gray har själv sagt att framgången detta album hade banade vägen för artister som James Blunt och Ed Sheeran. Det kan jag höra, han var säkert inflytelserik. Det ÄR att bana vägen för något. Du banade vägen för SKIT, David Gray. Av de låtarna som gjorde intryck kom följande betraktelser: Dricker cyanid före jag frivilligt lyssnar på 'Silver Lining' igen. 'Sail Away' har något lite fint över sig. ELAKT att avsluta ett sånt här album med en 9-minuterslåt. Den är iofs helt ok, men det är nog mest för att det är en cover. Albumet beskrivs som "folktronica", och i första låten, 'Please Forgive Me', finns ändå ett härligt elektrobeat i bakgrunden, låter lite brittiskt och big-beatigt. Utöver detta är det lika bra att gräva ned detta album sex fot under jorden och gå vidare med livet. Bästa låt: Please Forgive Me.
Big fan .5ish
Kinda boring
This brings back memories. Listening back now it's pretty generic and the production is uninspiring (were any instruments actually played?). Still, the songs give off a gentle vibe which is enjoyable despite that and there's certainly enough hits on show.
Garbage
Gets better with age!
Kind of a snooze fest
David Gray’s magnum opus? Excellent album, boss voice. Saw him at the philharmonic and he was boss - funny fella too. I back DG x
Solid album. Good voice and carried by the proper sound releases. 'Please Forgive Me' is a cracker and 'This Years Love' is a song I dont think he can top. Just a lovely song with the simple piano, the hook, the bridge and the slow strings in the background. That song alone brings it up a star
Oh boy. I dated a girl in college that was a big folk fan. This dude was one of her favorites but she always got mad about the songs that got radio play because they weren't "real folk" or whatever. Those radio songs are, to me, way better than the rest of the album. It's very, very, dull. Luckily I ended up marrying a woman who does not listen to such boring crap.
I feel like I used to have one of his albums. Listening now, it feels kind of dated. Not super impressed.
This album did not offend my ears but it didn't interest them either. If I had to sum it up in a word, I would say unremarkable.
I remember when 'Babylon' was released as a single and it was everywhere. It did not withstand the test of time if you ask me. Overall pretty boring album. 2/5
This is the kind of music I usually really like, but instead I just found this horrifically boring
Didn't do anything for me
all of the songs are solid but the album becomes slightly one-note after awhile
3.5!
not bad
It's actually pretty wild to think that this was released 25 years ago. It's wilder to think how fantastically successful it was. I listen to it now, for the first time in 20 years or so, and I can't say that it's a good album. Far from it. It's a feelgoodish album. I mean, it's David Gray - you're never going to feel good listening to it, it's sad white boy music. But some of the tracks have a familiar, goodish feeling about them. Like, you know that maybe it isn't all that bad out there, you know. At least you're not listening to a David Gray album or something... Ah, fuck. You're listening to a David Gray album aren't you? It must be that bad. Sad white boy music is sad white boy music. There is a vague twang of optimism to it though - not quite sure I can quite define it, because I can't really describe the vague twang of optimism there was generally in the late 90s. It is very, very much of its time. I don't think there's a place for it in the mid-2020s, but it's not as objectively bad as many reviews make out.
If Sour Cream could make music, this would be it. This was the blandest thing I've heard in this journey so far. At one point while listening to the album I said to myself "this whole album sounds like something that would play at the end of a bad Scrubs episode" and I googled "David Gray Scrubs" out of curiosity and turns out "Please Forgive Me" DID play on Scrubs. Glad this one's over.
Singer songwriter. Ruhig und entspannt
listening to the first song i thought i was going to LOVE this album but i didn’t. still good though!
Definitely adult contemporary, but very good. Nice songwriting and delivery
Nostalgia.
An absolute classic. Desert Island Disc worthy album.
This was a great album, I've listened to it many times. So many good tracks, Babylon, please forgive me, sail away, and last year's love to name a few.
started strong but fell off
Usually wouldn’t go for more folksy rock, but this one is lovely. Makes me feel like I’m walking down a dimly lit street in Dublin in 1999. Favorite is Babylon followed closely by Nightblindness.
Too cheesy for me and the cover of Soft Cell's nice&campy Say Hello Wave Goodbye hurts my ears
Jævlig fra første sekund. Lure på om eg har 20-årsjubileum på å mislika han fyren her i år? Ref første sesong av idol
Pliisu levy josta vaikea löytää tartuntapintaa. Harmiton taustamusa ilman mausteita.
Siisti paketti. Hyviä elementtejä
Beginnt schwach, lässt dann aber stark nach, hab bei der Hälfte abgebrochen. Naja.
Great album... had the CD when it came out but was excited to listen again when it came up on here.
Enjoying it. Good energy. Good lyrics and music. Feels really cohesive.
Background music, whiney voice
Wow, this takes me back to '98. One of my Dad's favourite albums, rest his soul.
Really liked this one! I like the production, a few of the instrumentals aged very well and sound great but some definitely sound dated. The vocals throughout the whole album are SO good, his voice and lyrics were engaging the entire time. I will definitely be listening to this one again! Favorite songs were Please forgive me and Say hello wave goodbye
Meh. I guess it’s good but just a little sad
ugh
8/10 it’s actually pretty fun, I’m a really big fan of all the electronic techniques he uses but the 90s folksy stuff is a tad annoying, and when I found out this was released on Dave Matthews label, it makes sense
Kul med nåt jag aldrig hört talas om. Tråkigt att det var så tråkigt.
Så länge en lasagne inte är rent kass så är den alltid ok. Precis tvärtom med singer-songwritergrejen tyvärr. Den är ju rätt väl inmutad av genier, så om nåt bara är bra så är det bara tråkigt.
PREFS : Please Forgive Me, White Ladder, This Year's Love, Say Hello, Wave Goodbye MOINS PREF : Sail Away
Boring
Ye
Quite nice
One-hit wonder for a reason and he should be grateful about that. Manifests every cliche of singer-songwriters and not in a good way.
Liked #8 This Year's Love
I enjoyed the album
Awwwwwww... this brings me back to my college days. I loved Babylon and I would listen to this CD over, and over, and over, and over again. Beautiful trip down memory lane.
Its like some sort of a more electro-pop Jeff Buckley
Not for me, but huge album on Irish market
I got through it, it wasn’t bad. But I wouldn’t put it above a meal of salt and pepper chicken, boiled potatoes, and slightly over cooked broccoli, completed with a small bowl of wet vanilla pudding. It wasn’t anything worth coming back to.
Seems racist that a white man would make an album called white ladder. Seems like a corollary to corporate America and the fact that for women and minorities in the workplace there is a glass ceiling that prevents individuals from reaching their true potential while others have a proverbial white ladder to the top. As a white man going into corporate America, I not very offended by the title. Not to mention the song Babylon brought back happy memories from my childhood that I forgot existed. However, the overall album lacked a certain shebang. 2 stars for overall album, bonus star for the nostalgia.
Wait I recognize this album, sail away always found its way onto my playlists but also was always a song I found myself skipping. So idk what that bodes for this album. Here's the thing, I'm at the second song and I already know how this story goes. The songs are good, but it's not something I'll come back to. It's the music you would hear in the background at the white person barbeque, but those damn blacks having their cookout 50 yards to the right of you in the park are blasting their music and the Mexicans 100 yards behind you are seemingly building a chipotle and playing music from mos eisley taqueria just loud enough to make you wonder what happened to the neighborhood park. Solid 6.5 out of 10, screw this rating system, I'm calling for quarter stars now.
Very good. I’d prolly give it a 3.5 if I could, but I’m forced to subject it to a 3. I liked it a lot, but it’s not really sticking with me. I’ll listen more and see if it deserves the bump to 4. Update: na, stuck at a free. Sorry love.
Listenable. Can only take so much of his voice.
Fantastic
Nothing in it
not for me but see the appeal
first two songs are superb. whole thing is real good but i’m a sucker for singer songwriters. 7.5/10
- that weird feeling when he sounds like Ed Sheeran but its actually Ed Sheeran sounding like David Gray? And my mind is not understanding this
Growing up in Ireland in the early 2000s, this album was absolutely EVERYWHERE. In shops, comstantly on the radio, at dinner parties, in pubs, etc. The stat about 1 out of every 4 households having a copy is very believable. Because of that, it's very nostalgic for me and is obviously an influential album. Ireland had a run of wannabe David Grays over the following 10 years, none of whom ever came close. But is it any good, you ask? Well, yes! The first 3 songs and the last 3 are fantastic, but I do think they overshadow the more average songs in the middle. This is a pretty solid 4 star for me.
Mamalón
3.8/5
Ei kauheasti sanottavaa. Aika medium
Decent
Very pleasant and good. But on the other hand not particularly unique.
The fact that Spotify's first listening recommendation after this album is a playlist for 'Calm Labor and Delivery' says more about this record than I ever could
Relaxed indie-folk-pop. Recognized a few songs
didn't like
It’s okay, I suppose.
Cool arrangements, deep songwriting, excellent album
Good
I thoroughly enjoyed this album. My favourite track is the title track.
I listened to this quite a lot at the time but in retrospect it's a bit of a bland nothing. The production sound is "terrible" even on the remaster, which I guess is a result of the technology of the time he home recorded it. One or two nice tunes but mainly a bit blah. It's not a 1 star though - there's enough dross in this list to give this two.
In het algemeen krijg ik een beetje kromme tenen als ik de creatieve ideeën van singer-songwriters hoor. Deze man is echt heel toegankelijk met lekker relaxte pop-nummers. Het nummer "Babylon" is wereldberoemd, maar de andere nummers zijn ook heel lekker te luisteren. ***
"White Ladder" eh? What kind of album name is that? The album cover did not help. It's among the worst one that I have ever seen so far. Here we have a mundane scene of behind some sort of iron fence. In front there's a black square with a glowing diagonal line in it. What the heck is that? It tells a lot about the music itself. Mundane and annoyingly generic. My heart sank when I learned that I'm listening to another "folktronica" album. After that Goldfrapp album, I knew mixing folk and electronica is a bad idea. I enjoyed it a bit more though. I like the electronic tunes in some places, particularly in the moments where emotions can be felt. However, that does not necessarily mean that it's better than Goldfrapp's "Seventh Tree". The mentioned album is more inventive and less generic than this. This is some well-produced folk pop for malls, and it's evident with that voice. In conclusion, David Gray's album is, well, gray. I can accept the first track, but as a whole, it's another proof that the robotic electronica and the emotional, human folk is at least very difficult to marry.
Nope
Some strange folk-ish music with a slight electronic beat. Despite being kind of "unique" it just seemed awfully generic really... Nothing about this really stood out to me, and I can't say I enjoyed this album very much. Favourite: Sail Away
Felt torn about rating this one because I do think David Gray has written a good set of songs here, and that isn't easy to pull off. But it is just so dreary to listen to. He should have sold the songs and have them turned into great pop hits by a songwriting team.
Babylon alone
White Ladder is the fourth album by English folk singer-songwriter David Gray. At initial release the album failed to make a splash - except only in Ireland - and this is a result of Gray releasing it himself on his own small label. The album was re-released in 2000 by Dave Matthews' label which allowed it to chart at 69 before climbing to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart - a year after the re-release. White Ladder made an impact with this re-release - especially in the UK where it is one of the best-selling albums of all time - and it launched Gray into worldwide fame. It's surprising to see how successful this album was & is in Ireland specifically. The Irish really love this folk album and it's hard to blame them. They heard something in White Ladder that no one else was tuning into until around 3 years later. I can appreciate a good folk album and liked this album. It was relaxing, but not to the point of falling asleep, and it had the right amount of pop sprinkled in. Great album from a solo artist that did all the hard work himself to put out this piece of music.
Hmmm, what is this and who is this? Who is David Gray and why is he saying these things? I have to admit I'd only heard We're Not Right before as it popped up on one of those brilliant Q Magazine Best Tracks Of cd's, and I didn't give it much thought then and having just listened to the album I've probably dedicated far too much of my mortal coil allotment on this stuff. It's like the male companion piece to Lisa Stansfield, seriously it's for people who send food back in cafes. And yet....a quick glance on Spotify shows millions of hits, good to know I'm completely out of step with the bourgeois zeitgeist. I know I'm sounding very smug and self satisfied, but I think it was Balzac who put it best when he said "this sucks"..
One word: “meh”. It’s not terrible, it’s just not very interesting to me.
Apart from Babylon, the material on this album was unfamiliar to me. Now I have to try to erase it from my memory. Very forgettable, I hope.
Oh my god, I am dying of boredom. Even attempting to describe the boredom is deadly dull. I did actually listen to this all the way through, but I cannot express how much I hated this pre-masticated pablum. Deathly, deathly, boring. His name is boring. The album cover is boring. His voice could bore for England. Apparently, Mr Gray believes (and I have no reason to doubt him) that the success (175 weeks on the UK charts!) paved the way for "soul-baring" artist such as James Blunt, Ed Sheeran and others. As if I need any more reason to despise this record, and yet here it is. It is neither hot nor cold, and I shall spit it out of my mouth.
This album is meh. The first two songs start off alright, but it just does not keep the energy through the rest of the album. It's not my kind of pop music. Favorite song: Please Forgive Me Worst song: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
71/100
ik min kop te
Such a strong start but really falls off. 30 minutes would be the right length for this album, a tempo change at any point also wouldn’t have hurt.
I listen it with pleasure…
There's something about his singing style that seems so typical for its time: late 90's early 00's. Or maybe he just sounds a lot like Ryan Adams who I remember was pretty popular back then (born in the 90's I could easily misremember). I discover that I like the album best when there's little guitar in the arrangements. Example is the opening track and This Year's Love. This being called Folktronics I guess I prefer the tronic part of it, as well as rhe piano. On many songs, something about the guitar cuts against the other instruments when it's in the foreground, in a way that mostly doesn't work for me. It really does sound like folk pop taken into a more modern time. Which does not make it timeless in any way, rather the contrary. And that has its certain charm. What makes it work and what makes it popular is the song writing. I have no trouble understanding this album being so popular when it was released. The first and biggest hit from White Ladder, Babylon, is probably one of my least favourite songs on the album leading myself to believe that I wouldn't like this album. It's so uncool, but I find myself unable to resist this cheesy, urban sounding folk pop.
literally one of the most boring albums i have ever listened to
Not for me.
meh
I don't have much background knowledge about this album, but it's 90's pop, so I wasn't expecting to like it very much. I wasn't wrong with that assumption. I don't understand why every song is at least 4 minutes or longer. They don't really need to be. I also don't much care for his voice. The instrumentation isn't bad, and it'd be accurate to say it's my favourite part of the album, but it still doesn't make me like the songs very much. The music isn't offensively bad or anything, but it sure did go in one ear and out the other. It's interesting that there's a cover of a Soft Cell song, but it's inferior to the original. Also, I know the Soft Cell version is already five minutes long, but there was really no reason to extend this cover to be nine minutes long. I was glad to be done with this. My favourite song was My Oh My.
Unworthy of the list. The single "babylon" belongs in the Hall of OK songs. The rest of the album sounds like something from down the road's open-mike night: overly long songs, bland lyrics, uninspired melodies, average voice. I can forgive an inoffensive and unremarkable album, just don't put it on the list and have us listen to its entirety. Special place in hell for its producer. About half of the tracks included forward-mixed additions well out of place. Most notable in opening track and Babylon, with terrible clicky drum track.
Meh
top! ga ik nog luisteren die goede 2000 rock vibe
Genieten, hoop hier nog eens naar terug te keren
Found this to be a little easy-listening for my taste. Nothing against it but nothing particularly stood out for me either.
This was a trip listening to again for the first time in at least 20 years. "Babylon" was a big hit on the radio, I guess around the time I was in middle school. I associate it with a time when I was having a crisis about whether God exists - I was raised going to church, and had just heard the theory of evolution explained. Since this song has biblical references, a lot of that angst and emotion was poured into listening to the song. There's something really lonely about the album, a longing, and the synth they're using just sucks the soul out of the songs to the point where I'm left craving more richness - therefore planting that feeling of longing in me. It works perfectly. The last song, "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" hit me just right for some reason.
The definition of mediocrity. And yet somehow, mediocrity, served just the right way, often manages to become wildly popular. I'm not gonna compare this to a McDonald's burger, because I don't think it's analogous. A McDonald's burger might not be a culinary masterpiece, but I can at least basically remember what it tastes like - even years later. No, this album is like a Wendy's burger. Although I've had Wendy's burgers before, I can't really remember what they taste like. There just aren't enough distinct characteristics to hold onto. I saw this album cover and I was like "oh yeah, that album...I remember that...No wait a minute, no I guess I don't..." It had basically completely faded from my memory, and I liked it that way. It kind of makes me sad that this list is going to perpetuate an album like this, even by a smidge. Just let it continue to die slowly from our collective memories.
Surprised how many songs I remembered from 90s radio. It’s definitely inoffensive 90s pop, he’s a good singer but everything else is pretty uninspired to me.
Folk inglés. Entretenido. Un 3.
Babylon. Rock, alternative rock, folk rock
Trevligt, känslomässigt indie-album. Härligt singersongwriter vibe med sköna vocals. Jävligt chill.
Wow, gotta say, this album surprised me. I have to admit that when I read on this guy's wikipedia that he thought he paved the way for James Blunt to popular, my expectations couldn't have been lower. I guess because I hadn't actually heard of him (though, I definitely knew Babylon), I didn't really have any of the preconceived notions that tend to make me predisposed to not liking something before I've heard it. Another solid 3. Standouts: Please Forgive Me, Babylon, White Ladder, Sail Away
Good solid sound. Liked the progressive sounds
Bland and dated with only a few interesting bits
1/10, 10%
The big thing that gets me about this CD is how repetitive it is. I think he’s making this stuff with a sequencer, and it feels like it. Every song is an endlessly-repeated 4-bar sequence, sometimes (on the more diverse tracks) about a minute of one followed by a minute of another. And there isn’t a ton of evolution of inventiveness in them- be really tends to stick with the same sequence, as originally presented, for the whole song. “Please Forgive Me” and “My Oh My” the phrase is actually two chords, back-and-forth, with brief B-sections. And the drums are clearly a machine, there’s no drift at all. It just means that there’s very little for the mind to play with here- far from revealing more on repeat listens, I get bored midway through each song (partly that’s that they’re slow and sad too). It’s a shame, because he actually has quite a nice sound- he’s got a pleasant, soulful voice, with decent power and projection, and the combination of basically sad country music with piano rock is a little novel. Bottom-line, I didn’t hate this, but if this is on here, he better have EVERY Coldplay CD, because they just do the same thing better.
Album will probably get a lot of hate from others on here but it was honestly better than I was expecting. Feels like he was a typical singer/songwriter who began experimenting with some different sounds and it worked well. Not my cup of tea but solid for what it is.
Je reconnais des trucs et j’aime le rythme du texte et comment il chante. Je me suis tanné rapidement par contre. Le dernier tier de l’album m’a paru très long.