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Reviews of: Songs For You, Truths For Meby James Morrison
Product Description So he's the acoustic-troubadour-James that isn't James Blunt. He's the other one--the one that looks a little like Chris Martin from a distance and who with those two vague affiliations was surely always pre-destined to sell an awful lot of records, even if he was equally condemned to relative anonymity by turning up too late to claim credit for his own image. And if he failed on debut album Undiscovered to distinguish himself all that much from The Other James, particularly with fluid lighter-waving singles "You Give Me Something" and "Wonderful World", then follow-up album Songs for You, Truths for Me is out to redress that. The underlying soul heritage that served as a reference point on Undiscovered but never really pushed to the fore is much more prominent, seen especially as the album blasts opens with groaning, piano-spanking, brass-heavy, Hammond-tinged "The Only Night", something like The Counting Crows do The Commitments, with unmistakable similarities to Aretha Franklin and George Michael's 1987 blockbuster hit "I Knew You Were Waiting". It's the kind of thing you can imagine him winning a Brit Award with, probably with a collaborative performance to boot. "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" takes those influences to the lounge, "Precious Love" is Otis Redding via Ray LaMontagne, and the Nelly Furtado-featuring "Broken Strings" is a breezy, stirring pop song. Even when he falls back on his debut's established strengths, this is a more than adequate showcase for his powerful voice. --James Berry Reviews Rubbish What a load of AOR tripe this is. No tunes, no balls, no clue. Worse than James Blunt and I didn't think that was possible. 2008-12-31 A winner! Bought this on the strength of You Make it Real and Broken Strings. Had bought Undiscovered and, aside from a handful of tracks, it didn't really stick with me. But this is a belter. Every track has a great melody that has grabbed me immediately, and his voice sounds great and is so suited to the songs. Have been playing it almost non-stop since I got it and i'll be putting it in a few stockings this christmas!! 2008-12-14 not enough stars Worthy of ten stars plus this guy just blows me away , something about his voice thats so unique it has a rare quality ,great lyrics well performed , its nice to find cd's like this where you love every track and dont tire of playing over and over again , mesmerising ,impossible to choose a favourite track they are all classics ... 2008-12-14 Album of the year.............. This is without doubt the album of 2008 and probably 09 as well, since I have had it it has not been out of my cd player, car, laptop, honestly anywhere that can play a cd has played it. I cannot give it a high enough review- absolutely brilliant! 2008-12-11 Best James in the music industry I'm glad I found out about James Morrison.. def the best artist I have come across in a while. His voice almost reminds me of a combination of different artists yet is unique to himself. Out of this album and his debut maybe this one just tops it, maybe.. its a close call, I like them both for different reasons 2008-12-10 |
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