release date: Jul. 3, 2001
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,64]
producer: Tindersticks and Ian Caple
label: Beggars Banquet - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights:
1. "Dying Slowly" (4 / 5) -
2. "People Keep Comin' Around" -
3. "Tricklin" -
4. "Can Our Love" -
5. "Sweet Release" -
6. "Don't Ever Get Tired" (4 / 5) - 8. "Chilitetime"
5th studio album by Tindersticks, this time released on Beggars Banquet and produced by Tindersticks and Ian Caple like their first two albums. This is Tindersticks almost as usual: it's nice chamber pop with violins, piano, horns, and jazzy drums accompanied by Stuart's haunting dark voice in sugary and melancholic arrangements. Usually, it has been a bit of a tradition that a Tindersticks' album was almost synonymous with many tracks, some shorter and scattered around to sew the whole thing together, but this time the band introduce several songs with a longer playing time than the 'ordinary' (track #2 at 7:11 min., #5 at 8:55, #7 at 6:06, and #8 at 7:34).
Stylistically, there's not much new under the sky, but it's still a pretty solid album that contains truly fine music.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5, NME 3,5 / 5 stars ]
