Watching Angels Mend

構成数 : 1
合計収録時間 : 00:42:45
Personnel: Alex Lloyd (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Tom Windriff (vocals, keyboards, drums); Sedsil Top, Bernard Fanning, Sharon Finn, Lorna Marshall (vocals); Dean Tidey, Graham Kearns (guitar); BJ Cole (pedal steel); William South (piano, keyboards, organ); Shawn Lee (keyboards, drums); Magnus Fiennes, (keyboards); Guy Pratt (bass); Clive Deamer, Ged Lynch, The Weathermen (drums). Producers: Magnus Fiennes, Alex Lloyd, The Weathermen. Personnel: Alex Lloyd (vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming); Sharon Finn, Bernard Fanning (vocals); William South (piano, keyboards); Magnus Fiennes (keyboards, programming); Jim Hayden (keyboards); Shawn Lee, Ged Lynch, Clive Deamer (drums, percussion); Ric Featherstone (programming). Audio Mixers: Niven Garland; Jeremy Wheatley. Recording information: Canelot; Dub Shack; The Town House; Town House. Illustrator: Kevin Wilkins. Photographer: Kevin Wilkins. Watching Angels Mend was already double-platinum in Australia by the time it reached the other side of the world in mid-2002. That statement might be bold, but there's truth behind it. Watching Angels Mend is an earnest effort by the Aussie singer/songwriter Alex Lloyd, and his vocal beauty is an uncanny match for the sounds of Neil Finn and Live's Ed Kowalczyk. But with all comparisons aside, Lloyd has indeed made something great. Watching Angels Mend is sonically strict with layered guitars, mega-lush choruses, and heavy-hearted melodies, and Lloyd's lyrics are vividly inquisitive of life's normal adventures. Lloyd doesn't get lost in it all, however. He lets the instrumentation take over. Well-known slide guitar player B.J. Cole lends a hand on the jubilant, country-kissed "My Friend," while Portishead drummer Clive Deamer gives "Sleep" an extra kick into slumberland. Both dreamy and dynamic, Watching Angels Mend sticks with the basics as far as rock music is concerned. There wasn't much room for over-production; just a simple record waiting to take on a life of its own. ~ MacKenzie Wilson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)