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Track Listings
| 1. Long Way Home/Rain On The Court |
| 2. Goldhawk Road |
| 3. In Love And War |
| 4. Rebel Song |
| 5. Swedish Skies |
| 6. There It Is (Instrumental) |
| 7. Prison Exit (Ode To My Heart) |
| 8. Private Party |
| 9. Love All Around |
| 10. All I See |
| 11. Two Funerals |
| 12. Boot Meets Skull/Silence In The Car |
| 13. Hitchhiker's Theme |
| 14. River Of What's Been |
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Tina Dico follows up 'A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending' with her first original sound track recording to accompany the new Danish film 'Oldboys'.
Titled the 'The Road To Gavle', what started out as a request to provide incidental music for the movie soundtrack, the ideas progressed into a set of songs and then in to a new fully fledged album.
Recorded in Spring 2009 in New York, Iceland, and Denmark, working alongside Tina were her trusty long-term sidekick Dennis Ahlgren and the Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Helgi Jonsson. Tina is already planning her next full studio album, but to keep everyone entranced until then, these 14 songs will more than keep her followers happy.
Titled the 'The Road To Gavle', what started out as a request to provide incidental music for the movie soundtrack, the ideas progressed into a set of songs and then in to a new fully fledged album.
Recorded in Spring 2009 in New York, Iceland, and Denmark, working alongside Tina were her trusty long-term sidekick Dennis Ahlgren and the Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Helgi Jonsson. Tina is already planning her next full studio album, but to keep everyone entranced until then, these 14 songs will more than keep her followers happy.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Billy R
Format:Audio CD
As an ardent Tina Dico fan, I have to admit to being more than a little biased in my reviews of her work.
This latest (and supposedly fill-in album) is along the lines of her previous albums but without the intimate and intricate lyrics of the Trilogy.
Another 'superb on the ear' album from one of the best (and most under-rated) female vocalists and far superior to the recent feted Norah Jones 'The Fall'.
Her voice varies on each track demonstrating her vocal ability and even though this is only the lead in to a more focused album in 2010 there is nothing lost in the lyrics and the music.
If you like her - take my advice and get it.
If she is 'new' to you - give it a whirl and then (hopefully) pick up some of the back catalogue.
If only she would return for a tour in the next few months.
This latest (and supposedly fill-in album) is along the lines of her previous albums but without the intimate and intricate lyrics of the Trilogy.
Another 'superb on the ear' album from one of the best (and most under-rated) female vocalists and far superior to the recent feted Norah Jones 'The Fall'.
Her voice varies on each track demonstrating her vocal ability and even though this is only the lead in to a more focused album in 2010 there is nothing lost in the lyrics and the music.
If you like her - take my advice and get it.
If she is 'new' to you - give it a whirl and then (hopefully) pick up some of the back catalogue.
If only she would return for a tour in the next few months.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My introduction to the world of Tina Dico came when
I heard the song 'Quarter To Forever' from her 2008
album 'A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending'.
It is a wonderful composition and performance every
bit as good as anything the young Joni Mitchell
gave us way-back-when. She really is that good.
Her new album 'The Road To Gavle' was born out of writing
the soundtrack for Nikolaj Steen's 2009 film 'Oldboys',
a bitter-sweet tale of a man re-defining himself as
something more than forgetable.
Ms Dico knows just what to do to make a melody stick
in our minds and there are many fine examples here.
Her voice is strong, clear and entirely unaffected.
'In Love and War' demonstrates both her ability to bring
a good tune to life and her winning way with harmony.
The gently understated brass arrangement is perfectly conceived.
The shuffling country rhythm of 'Rebel Song' frames a
humourous series of reflections on love and indifference.
'Swedish Skies' is a beautifully melancholic composition
not unlike some of the best that the estimable Joan Wasser
has produced.
'Private Party' is a perfectly pleasant slice of summery pop
enhanced, once again, by a witty brass arrangement and
consumately executed harmonies.
Ms Dico is at her best in the soulful number 'Love All Around'.
She pulls out all the stops to deliver the album's finest
vocal performance by a mile. Short but very, very sweet.
Final track 'River Of What's Been', with its luminous string
section, brings the album to a sad but uplifting conclusion.
'The Road To Gavle' is an understated gem of an album by
a hugely talented artist who just gets better and better.
Recommended.
I heard the song 'Quarter To Forever' from her 2008
album 'A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending'.
It is a wonderful composition and performance every
bit as good as anything the young Joni Mitchell
gave us way-back-when. She really is that good.
Her new album 'The Road To Gavle' was born out of writing
the soundtrack for Nikolaj Steen's 2009 film 'Oldboys',
a bitter-sweet tale of a man re-defining himself as
something more than forgetable.
Ms Dico knows just what to do to make a melody stick
in our minds and there are many fine examples here.
Her voice is strong, clear and entirely unaffected.
'In Love and War' demonstrates both her ability to bring
a good tune to life and her winning way with harmony.
The gently understated brass arrangement is perfectly conceived.
The shuffling country rhythm of 'Rebel Song' frames a
humourous series of reflections on love and indifference.
'Swedish Skies' is a beautifully melancholic composition
not unlike some of the best that the estimable Joan Wasser
has produced.
'Private Party' is a perfectly pleasant slice of summery pop
enhanced, once again, by a witty brass arrangement and
consumately executed harmonies.
Ms Dico is at her best in the soulful number 'Love All Around'.
She pulls out all the stops to deliver the album's finest
vocal performance by a mile. Short but very, very sweet.
Final track 'River Of What's Been', with its luminous string
section, brings the album to a sad but uplifting conclusion.
'The Road To Gavle' is an understated gem of an album by
a hugely talented artist who just gets better and better.
Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
For all Tina Dico's fans, this is a beautifully written album that signs the return to her motherland Denmark, after almost a decade spent in London. Soft and mellow, you will love it all: she's just got so good at writing new music in such a poignant style that I already look forward to what's next. Love "Goldhawk Road" and "Swedish Skies", but "All I See" remains my favorite - I actually prefer this version than the one in "A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending".
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