ARTiST: Tom Baxter
ALBUM: Skybound
BiTRATE: 189kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: EMI
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 81.50 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 56min 57sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-11-09
STORE DATE: 2008-01-07
专集介绍:
It's been three years since we heard anything from Tom Baxter. His 2004 release
Feather and Stone, especially its opening track My Declaration, was a Radio Two
favourite, but since then, not a sausage. Now comes Skybound, an
autobiographical album, which shows off his angelic, dreamy voice with an
eclectic mix of sounds and styles.
A woody guitar, double bass and a bluesy, jazz beat, with Baxter's trademark
orchestral accompaniment, introduces us to Skybound with A Night Like This. His
voice is rich, natural and soulful, with his stretched high notes oozing
passion.
His great singing is shown off in all its glory throughout the album, none so
more than the title track. Its classical, Spanish guitar picking sits delicately
with a light piano, brought to life with the beautifulstrings.
Other highlights include Better, a simple love song. Its heart wrenching lyrics
and tear jerking melody are again set aside from other gooey love songs with the
magical strings. It's always the string section that gives Baxter's songs a
little something extra. The arrangements are nothing out of the ordinary, but
the production is full and uplifting?and there's not a synth in sight.
The Flamenco theme continues in Tell Her Today, a strange little number, which
seems a step in the wrong direction. It's beautiful, but the end is a little
clich餠- dare I say it, too stereotypically Spanish. It digresses from an album
of lovely, simple love songs and tries a bit too hard to be something different.
A better job is done on the darker Icarus Wings, even if it is a little like the
Flamenco version of Hallowe'en.
No woman could fail to go weak at the knees with Baxter's passionate take on new
and old love and the wonders of finding that special someone, especially with
songs like Miracle, Tragic and Half a Man, despite its Beatles I Want You
rip-off ending. The effortless vocals, like a One Year Colin Blunstone or a
Grace-era Jeff Buckley, are mesmerising.
So, Skybound is beautiful, moving and very lovey-dovey, but it does run the risk
of being more of an album your mum would listen to than the latest, original and
inspiring offering from a British singer/songwriter.
On my own, I could sit in the dark and happily float away, but I would be
embarrassed to play it at a dinner party. It's a bit too much. Its melodies are
a bit too obvious, its lyrics a bit too soppy and it doesn't have the freshness
of Feather and Stone. Baxter's voice is still lovely, but he won't be pulling in
many young trendy types with this one.
专辑曲目：
01. A Night Like This 4:36
02. Skybound 6:41
03. Better 4:08
04. Tell Her Today 6:14
05. Miracle 4:32
06. The Last Shot 6:39
07. Tragic 5:20
08. Half A Man 7:34
09. Icarus Wings 6:32
10. Light Me Up 4:41
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