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Lightweights & Gentlemen [Limited Edition]

~ LAU
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (19 Mar 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Limited Edition
  • Label: Reveal
  • ASIN: B000LPS43Y
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,572 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Hinba (Hinba/Funny Weather - medley) 5:07£0.79
Listen  2. The Butcher Boy 4:07£0.79
Listen  3. The Jigs (Mattie & Karine's/The Lau Jig/The Creche Jig - medley) 4:53£0.79
Listen  4. Waiting For The Results (Come On Wee Man/Waiting For The Results - medley) 4:38£0.79
Listen  5. The Unquiet Grave 5:14£0.79
Listen  6. Souter Creek (The Dog & The Rabbit/A Dog Called Bran/Souter Creek/Aylyth's/Muckle Moose On The Muin - medley) 6:19£0.79
Listen  7. Kris's 6:30£0.79
Listen  8. Freeborn Man 3:42£0.79
Listen  9. Moorhen (The Moorhens/Rick Taylor's/A Tune For Emily Ball - medley) 4:17£0.79
Listen10. Gallow Hill 6:06£0.79
Listen11. Twa Stewarts (Auld Stewart/Young Stewart/Last Weeks Effort - medley) 7:34£0.79
Listen12. Basil (The Planxty Lover/The Golden Slipper/Basil) 3:59£0.79

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Explosive instrumentals,maudlin ballads , 3 is the magic number !, 20 Jan 2007
By T. rose "sales5264" (Derby UK) - See all my reviews
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Recorded in the winter of 2006 , Lau's debut album is an hour of sublime anarchic folk music.This time you can believe the hype surrounding this release. Lau sound like men willing to redefine how a trio can sound, arming themselves with both highly original repertoire and some superb takes on traditional song. What strikes you is their fearless appetite for improv, some tunes dig deep into a wild array of genres taking in their influneces from around the world and spitting them out in a perfect folk -jazz stew !
Starting off with " Hinba" a supremely intricate mission statement for what is to follow, Lau's sophisticated arrangements add genuine emotion to their instrumentals whilst Kris Drever's singing on the three songs included " Butcher Boy" , " Unquiet Grave" and Ewan Maccoll's " Freeborn Man" match any song on his Album Of the year nomination " Black Water" ( indeed "Butcher Boy" with its additional words and arrangement could be the acclaimed Orkeny musicians most heart wrenching song yet.
The album is a testament to the skills of all three members, Aidan O'Rourke's playing shows you why he won Insrumentalist of the year at this seasons Celtic Music Awards as his fiddle guides and weaves the tunes into sensational climaxes - whilst Martin Green takes the Piano Accordion to places your ears can only dream of! Many albums tire at around 40 minutes but " Lightweights And Gentlemen" pulls you in all the way to the final hurrah ( bonus track " Twa Stewarts'). The bench mark for contemporary intrumental music is here by lifted several notches - Surely one of the greatest Folk releases in recent years and in time this could well be looked upon as a classic debut album. No guests, No frills just three of the finest young
artists working in traditional music today showing us what can be done when you keep one ear to the past and an eye on the future. BUY without hesitation.
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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Scottish Folk of tomorrow!, 20 Feb 2007
By Folk Fiend (Galloway, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This group are amazing! Saw them last April in Edinburgh and knew I was watching something really special. If you can see them live you are in for a real treat. Can't wait for their CD to be released. Pre-ordering mine now.
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome mighty LAU, 2 Mar 2007
By Kenn Stewart (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews
Now and again a certain new band will just blow you away and having already seen the mighty Lau perform, this debut release was very eagerly anticipated. No need to delve deep into every track enough to say it is a stunningly inventive exciting collection from this super talented trio.
It's unfair to single out anyone but Aidan O'Rourke is sheer class.
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4.0 out of 5 stars More lyrics please!
I really enjoyed this album, although I would have preferred more of the songs to have vocals.
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Published 18 months ago by MilleR

5.0 out of 5 stars lightweight champions
This was my most-played album of 2007. Excellent contemporary folk tunes and songs with exceptional musicianship. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars exceptional stuff
I'm not one for writing reviews-so sorry if this is short and to the point,
after seeing them live well what can you say about this album.... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2007 by A. Randell

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