- Audio CD (13 May 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: East West
- ASIN: B000024RAG
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 39,610 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was interested to read some other reviews of this very underrated album.
One of my favourite tracks is 'Run Away' - very reminiscent of the late, great Roy Orbison. I also love 'It was a very good year' - totally different from Frank Sinatra's version!
It really is a shame that not more people bought this album and made it the hit it trully deserved to be. It is an album which has instant appeal - the songs are very listenable on first hearing - and get better the more you hear them.
I have been a fan of Paul Young's for many years. I still think 'Wherever I Lay my Hat' is one of his best offerings. However, if you want to get a taste of Paul Young's new direction, look out for a band called 'Los Pacaminos' - this is Paul's tex-mex band...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With hits like Wherever I Lay My Hat, Everytime You Go Away & Comeback & Stay, Paul made his roots in soul music, reflecting the style of his voice. After a spell between his last album (Reflections 1994) Paul changed his style completely with this self-titled album.
The entire album has a country/rock feel to it & songs like the nice 'Vanish' & 'It was a very good year' reflect this.
'I Wish You Love' was the single release in 1997 but the beatiful ballard Tularose never made it as a single & should have.
The opening track 'Ball & Chain' starts the flow of the album, lively & upbeat & by time you hear 'Window World', the last track, you just want to hear it all again.
This is certainly Pauls best work to date & at the ripe old age of 43, Paul Young is not young any more but his work has matured...like a fine wine. A totally excellent album by a totally excellent singer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I do so agree with the rest of the reviewers below. The lack of promotion resulted in shockingly poor sales and then he was subsequently dropped by his record company from their rosta. I first heard and bought the single "I Wish You Love", another single that "got away" from the record buying public. Coupled with "Ball And Chain", the beautiful "Tularosa" and the wonderful "Window World" which does remind me of Pink Floyd's "Us And Them" with that lovely melodic saxaphone.
Funnily enough, I don't personally believe that "A Very Good Year" works, but nevertheless, a very good album from a singer that keeps doing the gigs on the nostalgia circuit along with his gigs with Los Pacaminos.
Funnily enough, I don't personally believe that "A Very Good Year" works, but nevertheless, a very good album from a singer that keeps doing the gigs on the nostalgia circuit along with his gigs with Los Pacaminos.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A gem!
I've had this cd since it came on the market but, with one thing and another, never really bothered to listen to it. What a little gem I've been missing! Read more
Published on 1 April 2006 by J. Marshall
Amazing (but why only 1 single from it: come on East/West)
This album contains some of Paul's best material, eg: I Wish You Love, Tularosa, Hard Cargo and It Was A Very Good Year. So why oh why did East/West Records not push it? Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2000
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