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Danny And The Champions Of The World talk of music and brotherhood, good times and the cosmic yee-haa. Keep your eyes peeled and your ear to the ground - they say you can be a Champ too!

Grand Drive's vocalist and guitarist Danny George Wilson unveils his new musical venture - part of a journey that began with 2005's The Famous Mad Mile (Album of The Week - BBC 6 Music).

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  • Audio CD (14 April 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Loose Music
  • ASIN: B00133FBEI
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 86,043 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Stop the speculating, quit your guessing, set aside your worries; now we know what Danny George Wilson has decided to do after leaving Grand Drive: become a superhero and hook up with The Champions of The World.

As a celebration of 'brotherhood, good times, collective yesness and cosmic yee-haa', this first and eponymously titled collaboration with musical chums culled and collated from The Brakes, Electric Soft Parade and Goldrush proves to be a small but perfectly formed gem of an album, spilling over with all manner of good things.

That it sounds as if it was made up on the spur of the moment seems altogether right and adds to the charm of it all. And slender though its eight-track offering may be, that's still a song for every day of the week and a bonus for the weekend.

Among the stand out offerings are the trembling I Still Believe which seethes with all the rough-edged, gut-knotting punch of a bedsit confessional about it, and The Ghosts and Me revelling in its let's-put-the-show-on-right-here delirium. The Truest Kind (co-written with Ryan Adams sidekick Neal Casal) takes a becoming joy in the moment that will make you regret you weren't there at the recording until you're old and forgetful and plagued by incontinence.

Wilson's soft soulful voice has an affecting, puppy-dog sincerity that echoes Roddy Frame (whatever happened to him?), a gift for a memorable turn of phrase and an ability to be introspective without being indulgent and ecstatic without be irritating. Imagine Black Mountain Army shacking up with the Polyphonic Spree somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains and you won't be far wrong.

Homespun and hillbilly it all may be, but it also delights with its tweedy, rustic, big-checked shirts and corduroys charm, and where's the harm in that? --Michael Quinn

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Grand Drive's Danny George Wilson has collected around him various alt country folk from US and the Uk under the name of 'Champions of the World' - as a big fan of Grand Drive I've always been amazed that a wider audience has never been attracted to Danny's music. That should be corrected with this latest set of songs - it's stacked full of great music, songs with great melodies, lyrics and arrangements. A masterpiece that deserves to be heard.
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I quite liked Danny George Wilson's Grand Drive, although I always thought their albums were three or four great tracks topped up with fillers. With respect to his brother and Grand Drive co-songwriter Julian, those great tracks were all written by Danny. Here he takes full songwriting responsibility and gathers together a top-notch band. The result, in my opinion, is by far his best album - and probably his first classic. Granted it only 8 tracks, but every one of them is a gorgeous slice of poppy, folky Americana. Highlights for me are the radio-friendly The Truest Kind and the epic I Still Believe. I listened to this CD on repeat on a recent transatlantic flight and it made the time pass wonderfully. Looking forward to seeing them live this summer. My album so far of 2008.
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I'd seen Danny solo a few times and was really impressed but hadn't heard any Grand Drive. I went to this album's launch party at the Windmill in Brixton and had such a great time I purchased the album there. Since then I've played it practically every day. It's funny how bands become their name and how you couldn't imagine them being called anything else. 'Live' this band play like the champions they well and truly are. See this band and buy the album. Truly inspiring and uplifting music.
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Danny and the Champions of the World: Danny Champions of the world -...
Got this from and `Amazon recommendation' after looking at Dan Michaelson and Herman Dune records. Read the glowing reviews here and decided to take a punt. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Victor
fabo
saw them at the Cornbury festival 2010-amazing live,and nice regular guys an event-have both albums-can't stop playing them!
Published 22 months ago by Mr. Philip J. Seamark
Perfect summer record
As former front man to Grand Drive, Danny George Wilson had already cut his teeth on the fine art of tune smithery and this is his first 'Champions' offering and I must say I love... Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by Tommy D
Champion
Danny Wilson is very under rated and he dose not get the reconition that he diserves,and this album delivers on all fronts.Excellent!!!!
Published on 15 April 2010 by Mr. A. Bennett
great album, took me back to seeing them live.
Can I just say Ive been somewhat prejudiced against Grand Drive.I saw them in cardiff a few years back and was very unimpressed... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2008 by S. Laws
best album of 2008
the title of this item is best album of 2008 but it could have been best album of the decade! and the shame is it will probably slip into the underground and be worth £30 in a few... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by mitchell fishwick
Not quite Grand Drive but good nonetheless
I love Grand Drive, possibly the most underrated band in the UK, but they will plough the less than popular folk/alt country furrow, which unless you are singer/songwriter these... Read more
Published on 16 April 2008 by Big Jim
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