release date: Oct. 14, 2013
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5) [4,18]
producer: Stuart A. Staples
label: Lucky Dog - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Friday Night" (4 / 5) - 3. "She's Gone" (5 / 5) - 4. "Dying Slowly" (4 / 5) - 5. "If You're Looking for a Way Out" (5 / 5) - 8. "A Night In" (5 / 5) - 9. "I Know That Loving" (4 / 5) - 10. "What Are You Fighting For?" (4 / 5)
10th studio album by the Tindersticks quintet released on Lucky Dog features the band's new interpretations of their own songs (except track #5 by Sandy Linzer and Ralph Kotkov) produced by lead vocalist Stuart A. Staples.
The starting point here is perhaps a little unconventional, perhaps even with a suspicion of a calculated financial strategy attempting to make profit from well-known material once again, but it all makes good sense already after a few spins. All tracks have completely new and much simpler arrangements, and some songs have simply been given so much more... attention and affection that they shine anew, all fresh. The music is generally stripped down to the very essentials of the individual track, and the whole album appears as a fulfilling refinement.
The front cover is from a painting ("Allsorts") by Robert Dukes.
Highly recommended.
2013 Favourite releases: 1. Arctic Monkeys AM - 2. Tindersticks Across Six Leap Years - 3. De Efterladte Alvorsord og etagevask
