Grace/Wastelands (EU) [Limited] ［CD+DVD］

伝説のバンド、ザ・リバティーンズ、そしてベイビーシャンブルズのフロントマン。詩人の魂とロックの血を持つ最高の問題児にして最高の天才、ピート・ドハーティ初のソロ・アルバム！　ロック史に残る名曲「フォー･ラヴァーズ」を全英シングル・チャート7位に叩き込んでから5年。ピート・ドハーティのソングライターとしての煌く才能が鮮やかに刻まれた1枚がここに登場する。あのグレアム･コクソン、ドット・アリソンなどが制作に参加しているのも話題。

Rolling Stone (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "With Blur's Graham Coxon on guitar, the U.K. singer and former Libertine effuses a certain wastrel charm on tunes like 'Last of the English Roses' and 'Sheepskin Tearaway'..." Spin (p.80) - "[I]n a narcotized haze of lounge blues, New Orleans jazz, gauzy retro soul, and understated guitar pop, he has made the most compelling record of his career." Entertainment Weekly (p.63) - "He conjures an understated and fantastical vision of his homeland..." -- Grade: B+ Uncut - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Largely acoustic, featuring Graham Coxon on all but one track, and with jauntiness taking a slight lead over lethargy for a change, this is a record that does defy the odd expectation." Alternative Press (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] kinder, gentler variation on the sensibilities he's been exploring all along. With Graham Coxon pitching in on nearly every track, he sets the tone with 'Arcadie,' an understated country-blues number." Q (Magazine) (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he single 'Last Of The English Roses' serves notice that something new and pretty special is afoot here. It's an epic affair that takes its cues from early-'90s trip-hop and ends up in similar melancholic territory to Damon Albarn's London concept album THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN." Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the songs -- funny, literate, doomed -- which get under your skin....[Doherty] has a lurching but melodic way with a melody: what a joy to hear him exercising it so beautifully." Clash (Magazine) (p.110) - "'Last Of The English Roses' shares musical DNA with Coxon's bandmate Damon Albarn's Gorillaz output with low-slung bass and slapback melodica tootlings."