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5.0 out of 5 stars
A forgotten classic, 5 April 2005
This is Hope carry's on from Loss and Us, and certainly keeps up Colin MacIntyre's rich vein of form.Peculiar gets the album of to an upbeat start, and draws parallels with earlier releases such as Watching Xanadu. How Bout I Love You More, the first (and currently only) song lifted from the album, keeps up this tempo, and is a great sing-a-long moment to live concerts. Treescavengers, slows the pace down, with it's piano driven intro slightly reminiscent of Coldplay. This is the Hebrides, obviously influenced by MacIntyres recent jaunts to America, is mainly acoustic based, but is a real highlight of this album, and really grows on you. Tobermory Zoo is a slice of the quirky pop Mull Historical Society are so apt at producing. Again, it has hidden qualities, which really shine when played live. You can't help but sing along here. Conversely, Death of a Scientist is a slower, stop start number, and is as close to an epic as Mull Historical Society have produced thus far. Based around a third person narrative of the death of Dr David Kelly (Uk Weapons expert, who comitted suicide during the Iraq war scandal), this is as lyrically brilliant a song as I've ever heard from Mr MacIntyre. Your Love My Gain is a lush, piano fed ballad. A real chill out song. Really pays testiment to how Colin MacIntyres song writing has matured. This is simply brilliant. Casanova at the Weekend is next. This one has future single written all over it, My god it's good. Apparently it deals with human cloning. Really? I'd never have guessed unless I hadn't heard it from Colin himself. Turn this one up, and watch as even the most placid of listeners will begin to dance around the room and sing along. My absolute favourite from this stonking album! My Friend the Addict appears over the horizon next, and actually takes the listener by surprise. One of the slower numbers from the album. Not that it's out of place. Len is the penultimate track. And is a fairly mid-tempo slice of pop dealing with a fairly serious issue. Not that you'd really notice it. The chorus is excellent. On to the last track, In The Next Life (A Requiem). I'm not sure really where to start with this one. It never really did much for me, untill I listened to it through the earphones on my iriver. God, there is so much you don't hear. Gospel singers, a conversation about Hitler, an appearence by Colins Granny. Give this one time. It's not instantanious like Casanova at the Weekend, but hey, it really does get there. It's a bit stop/starty, like Death of a Scientist. Colins voice really shines through here. Such beatiful, personal lyrics. Stunning. It's such a pity that this album didn't recieve the airplay or publicity it really does richly deserve. I can only hope it gets the praise it so richly deserves.
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