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The only link between Lanois's big-budget productions and this unassuming record is the personnel. Lanois must own one of the world's most star-studded rolodexes and he's not shy about using it: Emmylou Harris contributes backing vocals to the opening track and the song that follows it, "Falling at Your Feet", is a duet with its co-author, Bono. The remainder of Shine is thoughtful, subtle songwriting to which the limitations of Lanois's own vocals lend an engaging frailty, leavened with bleak, lonely, instrumental pieces. --Andrew Mueller
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Some tunes on "Shine" could have been on "Acadie" - yes, they are that good, some are little less convincing though. Not sure about the Bono collaboration for example. Emmylou however is lovely as usual (BTW, the Lanois produced Harris album "Wrecking Ball" is fantastic!). "Slow giving" rates among Lanois best work; he sings with a touch of Curtis Mayfield!
Lanois stands for quality. He can turn excellent performances out of any artist. Check out Dylan's "Oh Mercy" or Willie Nelson's "Teatro". Vintage Dan.
His musicians are worth the price alone. These guys are craftsmen, and every serious music-lover, regardless of taste, will appreciate their skills.
Let's hope Lanois doesn't wait 10 years for his next album.
PS: For those who don't now, Lanois also wrote the scroe for Billy Bob Thorntons "Sling Blade" movie some years back. It's worth checking out.
But he seems unaffected by that. In a positive way, I mean. When it comes to making his own music, he prefers to keep it straight and simple. "Simple" meaning using years of experience and hard work to make songs work and not showing off. It seems it all brought him to the silence between music, not wanting to fill it up.
Since his debut "Acadie" in 1989, he has been exploring the roots of American rock - country, blues, folk - from contemporary angles. "Shine" simply sounds magical in that way, less "searched-for", more natural than his previous work. Incredible how Lanois manages to make his rootsy songs blend with modern arrangements and sounds, making them strangely timeless.
His songs shimmer with the joy of making music, searching for the right melodies and notes. His rather limited vocal capacities are compensated with a clear honesty, like he says "Here is who I am, no need to hide."
It all makes "Shine" rich, a beautifully layered album: in terms of sound, lyrics, songwriting, arrangements... It is a "grower", definitely. I am sure there is plenty that waits to be discovered in every song. My album of the year so far.
Daniel Lanois work has always had something that lifts it apart, way out of the ordinary. Impeccable musical credentials, born out by the quality of the musicians who play with him (or are produced by him), but also, a power and a mystical intensity that transcends time. I still play Acadie and For the beauty of Wyoming a lot too, and they have not aged.
This is music that endures. On Shine, he has matured, the quality is sustained, the music flows like a great river full of depth, lyricism, poetry, beauty.
"May we all touch a heart somewhere, sometime" This album does.
Highly recommended
After spending the last decade producing acclaimed albums for the likes of U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, Daniel Lanois could have been excused for going big. Read more
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