Dean & Britta - Back Numbers
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Artist: Dean & BrittaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-27
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Singer Sing
- Words You Used To Say
- Wait For Me
- You Turn My Head Around
- Teen Angel
- White Horses
- Me & My Babies
- Say Goodnight
- Crystal Blue
- The Sun Is Still Sunny
- Our Love Will Still Be There
Music reviews of Back Numbers
Music Review: Getting warmer... warmer... warmer...
Rating: 3 Stars
This CD is a solid set of songs that maintains continuity throughout, a rarity these days. A caveat however is that one person's "understated" is another's "boring". I would definitely rate this CD as understated but this is not a bad thing at all. The production is tastefully done, virtually all the songs feature a lovely stereo tremolo keyboard part to establish the mood lighting. Ultimately, this is a CD that demands to be listened to through headphones to demonstrate the amount of work that went into the elaborately constructed sonic space (see "Teen Angel"). Some songs however have a slightly unfinished feel to them, like demos that were only worked over once or twice. As one reviewer noted, the songs are somewhat sugary and while I agree it should be noted that they are not saccharine (an important distinction).
Songs that stick in my head are:
"You Turned My Head Around" features a deliciously 60s style, French girl chorus. I think this could have been a radio hit had Dean and Britta tweaked the bridge and finished writing the lyrics. I like it anyway though.
In "White Horses", Britta turns what would be a rather standard song into something else with her phrasing and delivery. The mini-chorus "on white horses, snowy white horses..." is the best simple vocal hook I've heard in recent memory. The song dissolves into a sonic farewell of keyboards, unfortunately not going anywhere too far but at least gives the impression that you've _been_ somewhere.
"Me and My Babies" has Dean singing on the verses before Britta comes in with some dreamy backing vocals on the chorus. A nicely floaty and meditative piece but again it feels unfinished.
The trend is obvious here. Back Numbers is a good CD but it would have benefitted from tighter songwriting and more fleshed out ideas. Oh yeah, and my girlfriend would like to point out that the "nah-nah-nah" section of "Say Goodnight" was lifted directly from Luna's "Romantica". These shortcomings aside, I think it will make a perfect lazy summer day soundtrack.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.The thoroughly excellent sophomore release by the two best-looking members of Luna should make any fans who bemoaned that group's demise happy as hell with its lovingly crafted cocktail hour visions. Back Numbers offers up perfect rainy day music on every graceful, laconic song. The album recalls the sophisticated, decadent sounds of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra throughout. Unsurprisingly, Hazlewood is covered on one song here but this is no cheesy retro exercise; in fact, no one has mined this type of material with such originality since Nick Cave approached it in the 1980s. Each song is imbued with a subtly different style, with nods to the hazy psychedelic folk-rock of Opal and Clay Allison on numbers like "Say Goodnight" and the steampunk synth washes of Sonic Boom (who performs on the album) and Suicide on "Singer Sing." Other numbers like "The Sun Is Still Sunny"--awash in sophisticated strings, hushed dual harmonies, a dash of piano and Mr. Wareham's warm and melodic guitar lines--don't sound like anyone else, at all. Huzzah! --Mike McGonigal
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