Songs From Stamford Hill

構成数 : 1
合計収録時間 : 00:50:23
Wood: James Maddock (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Bill Newsinger (guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandola, background vocals); James O'Malley (bass); Steve Jackson (drums). Additional personnel: Mike Brenner (pedal steel guitar, dobro); Steve Achenbach (accordion, Hammond organ, background vocals); Joy Askew (piano, synthesizer); Joe McGinty, Jem Pitchford (keyboards); Jim Boggia (harmonium, background vocals); Mike Klein (vibraphone, bells); Lee Humber (drums); Dr. Gibbs (percussion); Keleen Cogan, Nancy Falkow, Blackie (background vocals). Producers: Stiff, James Maddock, Jem Pitchford, Chris Brown. Recorded at Tongue And Groove Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Arnos Groove Studios, London, England. Springsteen, Dylan and Americana fans will find nothing unauthentic about James Maddock's brand of singer-songwriter music from Leicester, England which goes by the brand name, Wood. The verse to the opener "Stay You, " is Boss-ified, while "Whole Lot To Think About" is a country-Neil Young moment (Maddock must've heard "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" a time or two). With his influences on the sleeve of his peasant shirt, Maddock's dreamy, gentle songs sound familiar-it's impossible not to imagine his musings as outtakes from the Jackson Browne/Eagles songbooks. And that's the problem: Wood's best songs ("Straight Line" has a Fleetwood Mac/"Landslide"-feel; "Knock on the Head" could be an inverted "Going to California" ) sound like retreads of others'-and those are only the first four! Ultimately, Maddock will have to invent something he can claim as his own, but for now he's picked a primo crop to emulate. ~ Denise Sullivan
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)