- Audio CD (13 Feb 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Naim Edge
- ASIN: B006TOUIJE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 427,464 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Pines |
| 2. Tumbling Down |
| 3. Give Me A Reason |
| 4. I'll Have Mercy |
| 5. The Only Way |
| 6. Laugh Like You're Mad |
| 7. Gravy Train |
| 8. Badge Of Descension |
| 9. Hollow Eyes |
| 10. Missy |
| 11. Harder Than Stone |
| 12. High And Dry |
| 13. Angel Of Death (Exclusive CD Bonus Track) |
| 14. Waiting Around To Fall |
| 15. Don't Fool Me Love |
Product Description
CD Description
180gm LP + free HD, lossless or mp3 DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CODE from NaimLabel.com, enclosed. Phantom Limb are an unusual musical prospect, drawing together a range of different sounds and experiences. By day, various members of the group have earned their crust as session musicians, vocalists and songwriters, skirting round the edges of the industry. A glance at their collective musical CV would list collaborations with everyone from Pee Wee Ellis and Percy Sledge to Tom Jones. Charismatic lead singer Yolanda Quartey, who has sung lead spots with Nitin Sawhney and Chase & Status, spent the summer of 2008 touring with Massive Attack, written for Will Young and performed backing vocals for Adele and Dizzee Rascal. By Yolanda’s own admission, though, the band has found it hard remaining in the shadows. “You’re supposed to be able to shrink back,” as she puts it. “I’ve had to play down my voice, and that’s the worst thing, actually.” Having met by chance amidst these workmanlike sessions, Phantom Limb formed in 2004, and released their self-titled debut album in 2008. Yet it is with their second offering - The Pines - that you sense they’re truly stepping out to the front of the stage. The Pines is an assured, well-studied and heartfelt record, absorbing an array of classic influences. Musically, the songs stand at the crossroads between Country and classic R&B, which – from Ray Charles’ country albums to The Staple Singers fronting The Band – still feels relatively unexplored. Yet as Yolanda succinctly puts it, “Country and gospel are the same, just with different race singers.” The skill of Phantom Limb lies in their ability to assimilate these seemingly-disparate influences in a manner that feels effortless and idiosyncratic. The Pines was in part conceived on the road, then in rural France, before being produced by Marc Ford (The Black Crowes) in Signal Hill; the oil capital of California. All proved to be conducive settings for an album largely written about escape. It’s all there in the restlessness of the title track, as well as the bruised-hearted Muscle Shoals vibes of ‘Give Me A Reason’. The resigned, working-for-the-man sigh of ‘Gravy Train’ captures the overriding sense that the band have spent all day making ends meet, but will sing songs they love long into the night. The Pines themselves act as a central metaphor for the longing to break out, and creatively, Phantom Limb appears to provide these expert musicians with the opportunity to do just that. Some stellar musicianship aside, The Pines is arguably held together by the powerful, tender vocals of Yolanda. “My voice was pretty much incongruously massive from a very young age,” she laughs. “I used to sing Aretha Franklin as well as Dolly Parton, but I always had country licks more than soul licks. So I thought, I have to try to find a place for them both, and it took years.” And while it may have taken them their time, The Pines sees Phantom Limb find a space that is very much their own.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With an exciting blend of country and soul and fronted by the amazing voice of the supremely talented Yolanda Quartey, Phantom Limb sound as though they should have been conceived in Muscle Shoals, Alabama rather than Bristol, England.
Few bands are fortunate to have a singer as evocative and inspiring as Yolanda and notwithstanding the influences of Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples. Etta James and Aretha Franklin the sound she makes is entirely her own.
"Pines" is the groups second studio album, recorded in California and produced by Marc Ford of The Black Crowes. It features eleven songs written by the band members, one by Ford and a cd bonus track, Hank Williams' "Angels Of Death". The original songs are all high on emotion, melodically beautiful and with emotive lyrics. "It's The Only Way" is heart wrenching.
The four piece band give Quartey the backing her stunning voice deserves and guitars, pedal steel, drums, piano, Hammond organ and close harmony vocals make an intoxicating brew. This is contemporary British music at its very best. Phantom Limb deserve greater recognition.
Few bands are fortunate to have a singer as evocative and inspiring as Yolanda and notwithstanding the influences of Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples. Etta James and Aretha Franklin the sound she makes is entirely her own.
"Pines" is the groups second studio album, recorded in California and produced by Marc Ford of The Black Crowes. It features eleven songs written by the band members, one by Ford and a cd bonus track, Hank Williams' "Angels Of Death". The original songs are all high on emotion, melodically beautiful and with emotive lyrics. "It's The Only Way" is heart wrenching.
The four piece band give Quartey the backing her stunning voice deserves and guitars, pedal steel, drums, piano, Hammond organ and close harmony vocals make an intoxicating brew. This is contemporary British music at its very best. Phantom Limb deserve greater recognition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This follow up continues the high standards of the original album. As others have remarked a heady mix of soul, country and blues but there is all sorts in there. Obviously the first thing that hits you is the powerful and versatile voice of the wonderful Yolanda Quartey but the talented band provide the perfect musical background to whatever direction each track takes. An album full of great music by a band who deserve a wider platform for their music. Also excellent live performers - watching them cut loose on 'harder than stone' from this album and several others from their first album is an experience to savour.
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This album has the warmest sound of anything I've heard for years;Yolande and the guys have managed to produce a perfect mix of country,soul and gospel which is almost unique. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Stephen R. Hogarth-jeans
Leicester Bangs Review (2012):
Phantom Limb - The Pines (Naim Edge)
Think of Bristol and it's bands or artists like Massive Attack and Tricky that quickly come to mind. Read more
Think of Bristol and it's bands or artists like Massive Attack and Tricky that quickly come to mind. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Leicester Bangs
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