Grand Drive

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:01:14
Grand Drive: Danny Wilson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin); Julian Wilson (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion); Ed Balch (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bass, background vocals); Paul Wigens (drums, percussion). Additional personnel includes: The Little Big Horns. Producers: Jim Cregan, Grand Drive, Peter Hoffman. Principally recorded at RMS, Miloco Studios, London, England. Personnel: Ed Balch, Danny Wilson (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Julian Wilson (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, percussion); Simon Alpin (lap steel guitar, dobro); Jeremy Martin, Frances Dewar (violin); Kathleen Keane (fiddle); Robert Bailey (cello); Paul Hewson , Ted Milton (alto saxophone); Pat Gamble (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mick Foster (baritone saxophone); Barbara Snow (trumpet); Little Big Horns (brass); Joe Solomon, Paul Wigens (drums, percussion). Audio Mixers: Clive Goddard; Peter Hofmann; Phil Vinall. Recording information: Intimate; Livingstone; Miloco Studios; RMS, London, England; Stone room; Strongroom Studios, London, England. The English four-piece Grand Drive takes note from its alt-country counterparts (Wilco, Whiskeytown) and derives a sun-soaked Americana sound all its own on the band's self-titled U.S. debut. Grand Drive, which marks the quartet's first stateside release, collects 13 tracks from the group's three previous albums -- Road Music (1999), True Love and High Adventure (2000), and See the Morning In (2002) -- originally issued on BMG in the U.K., highlighting a lilting mix of soul, folk, and country. Brothers Danny and Julian Wilson are a solid musical pair; as songwriters, they're quick-witted and smart, and as musicians, they're exact and simple in shaping up classic bits of rock & roll. From the blue-eyed soul of "Needle in the Groove" to the honeyed acoustics of "Firefly," Grand Drive composes an honest, laid-back sound. Fiddles shyly chime throughout the bittersweet "A Little Like You," while "Sleepy" captures slow dancin' with classic '60s soul-pop. Grand Drive makes its biggest rock effort yet on "Tell It Like It Is." Like the majority of the album, its piano-driven, feel-good classic rock sound glows with a passion similar to Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. The members of Grand Drive are earnest and pure with their craft, honing what's musically tried and true to them as a band. In the process, they recorded a pleasurable set of songs. Not bad for a bunch of Australian boys raised in London. ~ MacKenzie Wilson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)