Stop All the World Now

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:52:31
Personnel: Howie Day (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Howie Day; Leslie Hall (guitar, tamboura, piano, harmonium, organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, vibraphone); Les Hall (guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, harmonium, Mellotron, synthesizer, vibraphone, tambour); James Clifford, J. Clifford (guitar, background vocals); Simon Jones (bass guitar); Gareth Jones (programming); Laurie Jenkins (drums, percussion); Mark Heaney (drums). Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Clive Goddard; Michael Brauer. Recording information: Olympic Studios, London, England. Photographers: Adam Howe; Jake Chessum; Spencer Heyfron; Greg Waterman. Unknown Contributor Role: London Session Orchestra. Though his first indie LP was subsequently reissued on Epic, this is Howie Day's first full-length album for a major label. If it's a bit less quirky than his previous MADRIGALS EP, it's also more confident-sounding and not quite as precious. Not that Day has abandoned his gentle, Coldplay-meets-Jeff Buckley folk-rock sound. It's simply that STOP ALL THE WORLD NOW, produced by Killing Joke bassist Youth, evens out Day's style a bit. The soaring, angelic falsetto is frequently accompanied by ascending dynamics and some forthright electric guitar backing. No one's going to mistake songs like the vibraphone-laden lazy-Sunday ballad "I'll Take You On" (from whose lyrics this album's title is drawn) for the Strokes or anything, but fans of the poppier side of Britpop might just take a fancy to this emotive singer-songwriter's modestly rocking mood music.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)