- Audio CD (30 April 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Papillon
- ASIN: B00005AA0O
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 125,112 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Day After Day |
| 2. Clear White Light |
| 3. Something |
| 4. Walking On The Moon |
| 5. Loves Me LIke A Rock |
| 6. The Lat Time |
| 7. Overjoyed |
| 8. Lady D'Arbanville |
| 9. House Of The Rising Sun |
| 10. Once In A Lifetime |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
According to the self-penned sleeve notes on 10 Great Songs and an OK Voice, Geordie actor / singer Jimmy Nail was on the verge of taking a lengthy sabbatical from the music business. "No more getting up at the crack of lunch," he muses. Why then, does this record sound like it was dreamt up over breakfast? An arthritic rendition of George Harrison's "Something"--on which Nail is accompanied by the unmistakeably Northern English sound of a colliery-style brass band--sounds less like a smitten love song and more like an old man performing a eulogy ("Something in the way she moved") at the graveside of his dead pet whippet. And "House of the Rising Sun" is groaned in a manner which suggests an ambulance was standing by at the time. It's not all bad news. Of these 10 cover versions, Badfinger's "Day after Day" and "Lindisfarne's "Clear White Light" suit Nail's tell-it-as-it-is style down to the ground. But the big-band swing version of the Police's "Walking on the Moon" and a clumsy assault on Talking Head's "Once in a Lifetime" are further (serious) lapses of judgement. He ought to consider getting up earlier in the morning. --Kevin Maidment
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The idea of creating an album of cover versions but making them different from their more well known interpretations so you have what seems to be an album of original material has now been undertaken by more than one other artists, both Alison Moyet and The Beautiful South spring to mind, but Jimmy Nail's attempt is as good as any and is well worth a discovery trip.
Certainly Jimmy makes a great effort to cover many and varied styles within the ten songs and manages a pretty good job. In fact this for me is the only real problem with the album as sometimes it has a slightly contrived feel, as if they all sat down around a table with a list of song styles and tried to cover as many as possible.
Highlights of the album include a lovely Country and Western version of "Overjoyed", the Lindisfarne classic "Clear White Light" (probably the song most like its original), the big band sound of "Walking on the Moon" and the upbeat rock of "Once in a Lifetime"
Songs that don't quite do it for me are the acappella of "Love me like a Rock" and the almost gothic spooky classic version of "House of the Rising Sun" - as I say these just didn't ring me bell but at the very least these are brave versions.
Standout track is the brass band of "Something" which is just sweet.
If you like Jimmy Nail then this unique album will go down very nicely, personally I prefer his other original studio albums, but I can well understand the attraction of this offering.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
just what it says on the cover, except the voice is much better than OK. Great to hear Jimmy singing songs he admires and adapting them to his particular voice. Clear White Light is one of my all-time favourites, and Jimmy just does it perfectly
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Loved the different styles, the brass band rendition of 'Something' , the haunting sound of 'The Last Time',to the sheer longing of 'Overjoyed'. Mr Nails vocal versitality is shown in every track, an album to cover all moods.
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