From: Erik Borälv (Erik.Boralv_at_it.uu.se)
Date: 2004-12-02 19:03:07
First, welcome back Elson.
Lewis Taylor has a new album out - The lost album. Rumors say he wrote
this years ago just to show he was *not* a new Marvin Gaye or soul
artist, as many reviews said back when his first album came out.
There's quite a change going on here. It doesn't sound much like his
first albums, even if some of the songs actually are the same...
The production is what changed the most, it's way better and a lot
different. When compared to some of the older albums, they almost sound
like recorded on a porta studio. At the same time I miss some of the
rough indie sound he used to have.
Some are sure this is a rock album, and comparisons to Brian Wilson's
"Smile" have been made. I'm not so sure even if there are plenty of 70s
rock influences and that "creamy multi-layered vocal choirs" he always uses.
There is a piece of everything here: rock, soul, funk, film music, black
music, white music (not sure what I mean by that really), etc. It's like
he's showing us he really can do them all.
www.lewistaylormusic.com
Cheers,
-- Erik Borälv, http://user.it.uu.se/~erikb/ AJ: http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz Admin: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu