Track Listing

1. Heaven Scent
2. It's Alright
3. Don't Die Young
4. For Whom It May Concern
5. Into The Night
6. Slow Down
7. O'er Land
8. Pictures At Sea
9. Thirteen
10. For Tomorrow
11. Falling From Grace

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48207 in Music
• Released on: 2000-06-12
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
They must be putting something in the water in Sweden. After years of enduring a musical drought, they've come up with some of the most inspired acts the UK charts have seen in years. First there were the Cardigans and the Wannadies. And then, almost simultaneously, appeared Kent and the Motorhomes. All have more than their nationality in common; they love big guitars, haunting melodies and ethereal vocals that drip with emotion. The Motorhomes in particular favour the epic guitars and soaring vocals that were the hallmark of sophisticated Britpop, sounding more than a touch like the suited gods of indie, Gene. The difference for the Motorhomes is that they succeed in finishing what Gene & Co. started, the maturing of indie rock, lifting it out of shoe-gazing miserable zone, smoothing out the rough edges and giving it a future. "For Tomorrow" and "Heaven Sent" are prime examples of what Britpop could have become had it survived the dance age: pop with style, grace, integrity and loud guitars. As it is, Songs For Me (And My Baby) is a staggering debut that will outlive any fashion fad music can throw at it. --Dan Gennoe

Customer Reviews

Two great songs and... well... some others...
bought this album because of two songs - It's Alright, which I vaguely knew and which my friend kept playing to me, and Into The Night, which I downloaded by accident. Both of those songs are simply brilliant; lovingly crafted pop songs of the highest order. The vocals are hauting, and the melodies brilliant.

The Motorhomes are out of the school of Scandinavian bands, who produce excellent mid-tempo 'indie' music. It's always mystified me why none of them - such as the Motorhomes, or Kent, for example - have become huge on this side of the North Sea. This album may be the reason.

This album is quite good. But not brilliant. Those two songs are wonderful, but the rest of them don't really add up. They are ok, but not good, or good but not great. And perhaps not edgy enough to ever be singles.

It's almost worth buying it just for It's Alright and Into the Night, but if you don't want to do that, then probably most helpful thing I can say is that this would be good music to put on in the background, but not something you'd necessarily listen to actively. And if you were to listen to the album, you'd find it difficult not to flick to those two singles. Make up your own mind!

It makes me sad to think there are people who don't own this
Buy this album. If you don't, somebody else will and their life will therefore be better than yours. Its as simple as that.

Excellent band, excellent debut
I first heard the single 'The Man' off their second album, 'The Long Distance Runner' which isn't available on here at the time of writing this review.

After purchasing 'The Long Distance Runner' in Sweden I was hooked and upon buying 'Songs For Me (And My Baby)' I didn't think it could compete. But it does, and very well.

Both albums are excellent, but with all the very best bands they change from album to album, so I can not say which is better, depends on your mood. With this album being slightly slower.

'Songs For Me (And My Baby)' on first listen reminds me of a much more accomplished Travis, a more talented Gene or even a better Marillion or an alternate Radiohead. To mention these bands when referring to The Motorhomes could be seen as a huge compliment to The Motorhomes, but perhaps it is the other way round as they really are that good.

Favourites on this album has to be, 'It's Alright', the sort of track that has to be listened to again as soon as the track has finished, The Motorhomes are very good at writing that sort of song.

One question is why I had to live in Sweden to discover them, why aren't they massive over here in the UK?