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Till the Sun Turns Black

~ Ray LaMontagne
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (9 Oct 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • ASIN: B000I8OMLM
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,237 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

How do you follow a debut record that achieved out-of-the-blue grandeur on its way to selling a quarter of a million copies? For Maine's Ray LaMontagne, it's all about shaking up the formula, evading repetition and delivering the unexpected. Till the Sun Turns Black finds the introspective singer/songwriter complementing his folk-country ways with traces of strings and horns and spooky soulful background voices. Songs like "You Can Bring Me Flowers" and "Three More Days" are the most R&B-influenced, the latter shuffling about ala The Band or Tony Joe White. Despite its brooding lyrics, "Empty" has a rollicking, almost breezy delivery, a perfect balance to either the hushed title track, the unnerving "Be Here Now" or the horn-fortified waltz, "Gone Away From Me." Throughout the 11-song sequence, and especially on the final song "Within You," LaMontagne's voice remains the record's most crucial element, as vibrant as it is tattered and as harsh as it is flawless. --Scott Holter


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Ray LaMontagne's second release on RCA, 2006's TILL THE SUNTURNS BLACK, follows many of the cues of his superb debut TROUBLE. He is still a consummate student of classic singer-songwriter rock in the vein of Neil Young, and as in some of Young's most heartfelt work, cinematic string flourishes swell behind introspective lyrics and the thrust of a beautifully understated voice. "Never learned to count my blessings, I choose instead to dwell in my disasters" La Montagne singson "Empty," and his near whisper invites the listener to dothe same. "You Can Bring Me Flowers" rewrites the Stones' classic "Dead Flowers" from the perspective of the jilted lover and "Three More Days" echoes the blue-eyed husky funk of Joe Cocker. LaMontagne is certainly a classicist, but his deft chops reinvigorate the familiar with a flair all the singer's own.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ray - top of his game, 10 Oct 2006
By P. Wilkins "musophil" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Ray Lamontagne's first album has been relaunched four or five times (but the record company never seems to follow through). As a result Trouble has been out for sometime now and the multiple launches has delayed the release of his second album here in the UK, which is a shame as the sequel- Till The Sun Turns Black, seriously eclipses his debut Trouble, not that Trouble was a poor effort, far from it.



Till The Sun Turns Black sees Ray's vocal delivery coming across a little sweeter and a little less dry than on Trouble, and the instrumentation is far richer, running from a Stax/Memphis Horns backing on a couple of tracks to a muted trumpet that wouldn't sound out of place in a Northern England brass band, then there is the purest simplicity of a guitar and voice (Lesson Learned); then we have a simple string backing on the title track. The overall effect is that the music carries you along without detracting from the Ray's vocal performances.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like , 3 Aug 2006
By irishcornboy "music lover" (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Till the Sun Turns Black (Audio CD)
How refreshing it is when a master producer and a great artist collaborate for a second time , only to reward listeners with a collection of songs that sound nothing like the prior recording. Ethan Johns and Ray LaMontagne hook up to produce one of the real stunning and rewarding discs I've heard this year. Stunning, because how different the disc is from it's predecessor. Overall the recording is a hushed, lush affair with orchestration and simple use of acoustic sounds which at times sound so fluid, yet fragile, that you think the song is about to fall apart. Organ , guitar, flute, you name it, seems that Ethan pulls them all out of the closet for use at the right time. Ray's vocals are far more subdued on this release and he only let's it fly on the radio single, "Three More Days" which relies heavily on a simple funky organ groove that slowly rises into an all out rocking affair with the added bonus of Memphis horns. Because of the song's slow build up, it fits nicely into the mix and doesn't stand out of place. There's flourishes of everyone from George Martin with The Beatles, John Lennon with Billy Preston, Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" era and Joe Boyd with Nick Drake. The gorgeous Spanish guitar on "Lesson Learned" is of heart breaking stuff which then leads the listener into the only instrumental track, "Truly, Madly, Deeply. The album closes with "Within You" which has to be one of the most beautiful, simple pleads for love and peace in our world since John Lennon and Yoko Ono were doing it in the 70's. Yeah, the lyrics are short and repetitive, but that's the point, to focus our ears on the simple message backed by the New Orleans style horns, ukulele, strings and Ray's amazing voice, which sounds amazingly like a slide guitar on this track. Good stuff!

Stand out tracks for me:
-"Within You"
-"Lesson Learned"
-"Be Here Now"
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you loved Trouble..., 25 Jul 2006
This review is from: Till the Sun Turns Black (Audio CD)
Then you should love this! This for me is a real progression from his first album. It is quite simply a beautiful piece of work. The songs follow each other with a real sense of continuation-it isn't a concept album, but it all works. Of course, some of the songs are meant to segue into each other. The join between the penultimate and the last song is so sweet. And the instrumental "Truly, Madly, Deeply" which follows to bitter "Lesson Learned is incredible. The last line of the latter song is sung with such an understated edge of resignation and venomous bitterness. God, this man can sing.

But what I love about his singing is the way he seems to be able convey massive amounts of emotion, yet sound as if he is holding so much back! I don't know how to explain what I mean, but if you listen you'll get it.


There is so much on this album to love. He crosses again (as he did with "Trouble") so many genres, but never sounds as if he's just trying to impress!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Wonderful album, fairly quirky but hooks you right in. I've had it for quite a while now and it still gets me most of the time. Good quality recording too.
Published 7 months ago by malteser

5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece
this album is a masterpiece. cant stop listening to it, it gets in to your head and his voice gets into your soul.
Published 9 months ago by traildog71

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible
I have only had this album for two days and it is already one of my favourites! Although I had heard of Ray Lamontagne, I had not heard any of his music and ordered this album... Read more
Published 12 months ago by C. Rides

4.0 out of 5 stars Really really good.
My brother pointed me to Ray lamontagne, I have not listened to the Trouble album But I love this... Read more
Published 13 months ago by spacecadet

5.0 out of 5 stars Ground-breaking and captivating music
'Till the Sun...' is so much more better than 'Trouble' in so many ways, I think I'd have to be a quadruped with 60 toes to count them all! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Robert Head

5.0 out of 5 stars Just give it time, it grows and grows and grows
Initially I wasn't that impressed with Ray's second album, perhaps it was the mood I was in at the time but I am so glad I perservered. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rocketdoctor

5.0 out of 5 stars ray lamontagne
get this album its so mellow so full of soul chilled me right out , he has an awesome voice like melted chocolate !!!!! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Da Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Just buy it!

Trouble was impressive but has been eclipsed by Till the sun turns black.I don't do reviews-just felt powererd to type this. Read more
Published 22 months ago by KoolDaddi

5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say?
Listen to this album and don't feel for him. I dare ya. This is a very public exorcism of some deep rooted hurt and deep feelings and for someone who suffers from extreme... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Emer Henry

2.0 out of 5 stars It depends what you're after....
If you're after a continuation of Trouble, with Ray's heartfelt and blistering vocal delivery allied with, dare I say it, catchy tunes (Burn, Jolene, All the Wild Horses-hmmm... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Bootsy

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