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Re: Films For Radio Track List/Mini-Review
I just heard "Give Me Strength" on a local radio station
this morning. I really liked it and it's a definite turn
from GDBD which is mostly a plus for me.
It reminded me of a very good Dido song.
Ron
Johncatt at aol_com wrote:
> Through a friend of mine in radio, I was fortunate enough to get to
> hear the
> new album in its entirety last night. It's terrific....a lot more
> texture
> (and percussion!) than we've come to expect from OTR....I was reminded
> a bit
> of Everything But The Girl's transition a few years back from dreamy
> acoustic
> recordings to still-gorgeous melodies laid on a bed of drums n' bass.
> "Films"
> is not as ethereal and other-worldly as GDBD, but I think it's more
> commercial and radio-friendly.
>
> I rank having to follow-up Good Dog Bad Dog along the lines of Brian
> Wilson
> trying to top Pet Sounds (what do you do after you've made one of the
> greatest albums of all time?). Not only have Karen and Linford emerged
>
> without going mad (presumably!), but they've made a truly worthy
> successor to
> their masterpiece. I probably won't play "Films" as often as GDBD, but
> it's
> precisely the album they should have made and I think and hope it will
> bring
> them the success they so richly deserve.
>
> With a couple of lucky breaks and some well-placed airplay (to these
> ears, If
> Nothing Else and Give Me Strength are the "singles"), I think the
> secret's
> going to be out on these folks!
>
> Incidentally, the copy I heard and saw had was different than the
> advance CD
> someone's been selling on eBay. It appears K&L may have changed the
> running
> order at the last minute.
>
> For the record, here's the track list and times:
>
> The World Can Wait (5:46)
> If Nothing Else (5:17)
> Give Me Strength (4:17)
> Fairpoint Diary (4:35)
> I Radio Heaven (4:44)
> Little Blue River (8:12)!
> Goodbye (5:27)
> Whatever You Say (3:43)
> The Body Is A Stairway Of Skin (4:19)
> Moth (4:37)
> When I Go (6:25)
>
>
>
>
>
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