Verden i stårelease date: Oct. 20, 2014
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,88]
producer: Søren Mikkelsen & Rasmus Walter
label: Playground - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Indtil du lægger mig på plads" - 2. "Verden i stå" - 3. "På en dag som i dag" - 7. "Dit nordlige sind"
3rd studio album by Rasmus Walter following 1½ years after Lige her, lige nu (Mar. 2013).
Walter continues exactly where he ended on the predecessor, and it mostly sounds as a new chapter to whatever he started on the debut. The production sound is fine, Walter's vocal is a honey-dripping instrument that could take him far, and it's a strong choice to keep to his native tongue, but the overall sensation is still a bit: "So, what's next, Walter?!" Quite typically, the album starts out on a high level with the culmination on track #3, a fine and strong composition that truly exposes his best qualities, and then the album drops... very much as usual, and you sit back pondering if what he does is to make one great song per year and release that with 9 other compositions. It's (harmless) middle-of-the-road mainstream pop that comes in gallons, and the pop / rock style is so subdued that it's difficult to maintain the idea of something with bonds to rock music.
I must confess that although it's nicely produced and you cannot put a finger on Walter's qualities as a vocalist, I cannot help thinking that he could have been a great singer in the right band with the right people around him to help compose original material 'cause Verden i stå ["The World at a Halt"] is the mirror of Rasmus Walter, who stands still in knee-deep waters without the intention to produce new music. Listen to any song by this talented dude, and you have no clue as to what collection of songs it originates from. Musically, it seems suitable as background music for X-Factor contenders of the upcoming 188th season.
Not recommended.
[ Gaffa.dk 3 / 6 stars ]
