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Shine: The Best of the Early Years
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Product Description
Issued in 2007, SHINE draws the finest tracks from David Gray's first three albums--A CENTURY ENDS (1993), FLESH ('94),and SELL, SELL, SELL ('96). The result is an excellent non-chronological overview of the British singer-songwriter's formative era, before he found a fuller sound and a wider audience with WHITE LADDER. Highlights of the collection includethe plaintive title song, the dreamy "Coming Down", and thefiery "Faster, Sooner, Now", which all call attention to Gray's bold, emotive voice and thoughtful lyrics. Edging out Gray's EP compilation (a shorter set that covers similar ground), SHINE serves as one of the best introductions to the earnest U.K. performer, second only to WHITE LADDER itself.
Track Listing
- Shine
- Late Night Radio
- Coming Down
- Birds Without Wings
- Light
- Everytime
- Century Ends
- Lullaby
- Faster Sooner Now
- Wisdom
- Falling Free
- Sell Sell Sell
- Debauchery
- Flesh
- Hold On To Nothing
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #50868 in Music
- Released on: 2007-03-26
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .21 pounds
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
This is not the first collection of David Gray's "pre-success" recordings, but it is the best one. Unlike many such collections of early works by noted artists, you're not seeing the artist's abilities in their infant state--each of these 15 songs is already great. The Mancunian musician's performing abilities were well developed by the time he first recorded in the early '90s; one might even argue that they sound best in the often stripped-down, more raw state on display here. The songs themselves, however, have definitely matured since Gray hit the alt-adult-contemporary big time with the electronica-tinged White Ladder in 2000; such songs as "Wisdom" and "Birds Without Wings" do show the marks of other singer-songers (notably Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan). These days, of course, David Gray is himself often used as an adjective, to describe all the other scruffy-bearded blue-eyed songsters reaching for the sensitive crooner's crown. --Mike McGonigal
Customer Reviews
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well nothing can ever beat the famous Babyon etc. however this album has a certain edge to it. you wouldn't be wasting your money by getting this album.
