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While it's truistic to state that success breeds success, for his seventh album, Life In Slow Motion, David Gray appears creditably disinclined to exploit the mainstream global success of White Ladder by languidly adhering to any prescripted expectations.
Evidently not one for squatting on his laurels--years of pre-fame self-sufficiency has seen to that--Gray has toiled towards new horizons, drafting in an external producer for the first time. 
Marius De Vries, whose duties grace the more recent works of Bjork, Madonna and Rufus Wainwright, adds a more poetic dimension to such Thomas Hardy-esque musical landscapes as "Now And Always" and "Nos Da Cariad", where the negligibility of human emotion is contrasted with the raw omnipotence of the environment and the succinct brutality of existence. Not that Gray is a total mope; "The One I Love"--a paean to life expressed through the lips of a dying battlefield casualty--is a fine, if anomalistic, pop song in the Springsteen tradition and the cinematic sweetness of "Alibi" disguises its hair-tearing, long-distance estrangement in one of Gray's more superlative radio friendly tunes.
Life In Slow Motion might well be David Gray's darkest hour yet but for homogeneity, ambition and self-expression it's also his most realised record by some distance. --Kevin Maidment
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Life In Slow Motion (CD Album) by David Gray - 10 Tracks: 1. Alibi 4:33, 2. The One I Love 3:30, 3. Lately 4:13, 4. Nos Da Cariad 4:10, 5. Slow Motion 5:00, 6. From Here You Can Almost See The Sea 3:39, 7. Ain't No Love 3:21, 8. Hospital Food 4:43, 9. Now And Always 6:45, 10. Disappearing World 5:04 - Co-producer : David Gray, Iestyn Polson, McClune - Engineer : Iestyn Polson - Mastered By : Bob Ludwig - Mixed By : Andy Bradfield - Producer : Marius de Vries - Programmed By : Iestyn Polson - Written By : David Gray, David Nolte (tracks: 3, 4), McClune (tracks: 2 to 5), Rob Malone (tracks: 3, 4, 8), Tim Bradshaw (tracks: 3, 4) - Format: CD, Album - Label: Iht Records (LC 01557) - Vertrieb/Company: Atlantic - Bestell-Nr./Catalog#: 5050467 9766 2 7 - VÖ/Released: 12/09/2005 - Land/Country: EU - Interpret/Artist: David Gray - Titel/Title: Life In Slow Motion - Genre: Singer/Songwriter - EAN/UPC: 5050467976627
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The single The One I Love has a rocky beat but devastatingly sad words that brought me to tears the first time I read them: a man lying on a battlefield sings to his girl as the life blood ebbs from his body.
Alibi is another great one as is the atmospheric title track Slow Motion, but the song that I like best for the moment is the almost 7 minute long Now and Always.
If you love David Gray, and don't already have this, get hold of it as fast as you can. You won't be disappointed.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is a most welcome return from David Gray.
Beautiful string arrangements combine with David's voice and guitar to create a beautiful, joyous sound.
If Mssrs Blunt, Rice etc float your boat, go back to the source and hear how it SHOULD be done by the master himself.
Beautiful string arrangements combine with David's voice and guitar to create a beautiful, joyous sound.
If Mssrs Blunt, Rice etc float your boat, go back to the source and hear how it SHOULD be done by the master himself.
I can honestly recommend you buy this album without fear of dissapointment.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am a lover of "White Ladder" and thought nothing could top it, I have to say that "Slow Motion" is coming in a very close second!!! From the second you put the disc on you don't want to turn it off! First tune you hear is "Alibi" what a great song as is "Lately", "Now and Always", " Slow Motion" if fact all are great songs!! " The one I love" is going to be a classic David Gray song, around forever! If you love White Ladder you will love this, just go and buy the cd, you will not be dissapointed! A fantastic album from a fantastic man.
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Back Up To Speed
If this is life in Slow Motion, then this is the speed I want to enjoy it at. A great album full of wonderful melodic and distinctive David Gray songs. Read more
Published on 18 July 2007 by Music Man
This is a great Sunday afternoon album
I agree with another reviewer - this album is better than New Day at Midnight, it's very close to bing as good as White Ladder, which is also one of my favourite albums ever. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2006 by JJ
Yet another great album
Every David Gray album I buy (and I've bought all of them since way back) takes a while to fully reveal itself to me. Read more
Published on 11 April 2006 by Mr
Return to Form
Life in Slow Motion is a definate return to form for David Gray.
White Ladder was superb, in fact one of my favourite albums of all time but Life In Slow Motion runs it... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2006 by Steve Hills
Slow & Wingey
Love the voice, and all of his upbeat tunes ... but there are only 3 on this album - the remainder are VERY slow, moany & wingey songs that bored me to tears. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2006 by Muppetgirl
Great!
David Gray's life in slow motion is amazing. It is the first album i have bought of his, "the one i love" tempted me into buying it. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2006
Fantastic
This album is without a doubt the best album I have purchased. The piano is great, the songs are great and the voice is great!
Buy this album, you wont be dissapointed!
Published on 14 Jan 2006 by Tim
Musical Excellence
Initially, I didn't expect much of this from what i had heard of it. I was a big fan of his previous album, and when this was announced I was expecting something great. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2006 by Joe Shaw
Awesome
Read the lyrics in the CD cover, then listen to his rendition, then go to see/hear him live (I went to his Bournemouth concert in December)I promise you will not listen to any... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2006 by Mr. Paul Dorey
brilliant!
when i got this album i wasn't sure how much i was going to like it but i was pleasantly surprised - it's really easy listening,with a mixture of sombre,moving songs and more... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2005 by Ms. S. C. Martin
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