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Home Again is the first album from Edwyn Collins since his cerebral haemorrhage in 2005, which left the former Orange Juice frontman seriously ill in hospital. Don’t be fooled by the title, though. Recorded before Collins’ hospitalisation but only mixed after his recovery, this record isn’t so much a story of rehabilitation as and album written in the spirit of reflection. Much of Home Again, you see, finds Edwyn chasing his history, retracing his roots--see the ancient-sounding, folksy "Leviathan", written about Collins’ hometown in the East Highlands of Scotland, or "Libertinage Rag", which finds him singing "I’ll take a train/I’ll take a plane/Way up north, where they know my name/Where they don’t bug me/How some folk do" over deft, finger-plucked guitar and subtle percussion. Elsewhere, there’re songs of love and affection ("In Your Heart" and "One Track Mind"), a bluesy, Biblical stomp in the shape of "7th Son", and the gorgeous title track--a delicate, classic-sounding torch song that stands not just as a symbol of Edwyn Collins’ survival, but as a story of joyful salvation for any of life’s tired travellers. --Louis Pattison
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Edinburgh-born Edwyn Collins began his musical journey in the early 1980's as frontman of pop revivalists Orange Juice,while the biggest hit of his solo career came in 1994 with the single 'A Girl Like You'. Recorded in 2004 and mixed in 2006 - in between he unfortunately suffered two cerebral haemorrhages and a bout of MRSA - Collins' sixth studio album follows 2002's 'Syntax' and is a triumph of songwriting. Lyrics of struggles and hope, blended with nostalgia of Scottishyouth, ring above bass heavy soul music and beautiful acoustic work. Singles include 'You'll Never Know'.
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