ARTiST: Paolo Nutini
TiTLE: These Streets
LABEL: Atlantic
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 41:49 min
SiZE: 48,2 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-05-2006
RELEASE DATE: Jul-17-2006
WEBSiTE: www.paolonutini.com
Track List:
01. Jenny Don't Be Hasty 03:31
02. Last Request 03:38
03. Rewind 04:24
04. Million Faces 03:44
05. These Streets 03:56
06. New Shoes 03:30
07. White Lies 04:02
08. Loving You 04:05
09. Autumn 02:53
10. Alloway Grove Nothern Skies 08:06
Release Notes:
Introducing Paolo Nutini, a 19-year-old
singer/songwriter from Paisley, Scotland, and his
debut album 'These Streets'. Nutini's songs suggest
he knows an awful lot about the vicissitudes of life
and love, and demonstrate his unique gift for
expressing in song the attitudes and experiences of
someone his age. 'These Streets' records his
experiences of moving to London, a song which
wistfully name checks the places in which he grew up
and is sure to strike a chord with anyone who has
ever lived in bedsit-land. Many of the songs on the
album, including 'Last Request' and 'Rewind', were
inspired by a turbulent relationship with a
girlfriend, and 'Jenny Don't Be Hasty' is a true
story about encounters with an older woman.
Despite the Italian name, the Nutini family have
lived in Paisley for at least four generations.
Paolo's great-grandfather opened the fish and chip
shop in Paisley, which his parents now run. Nutini
grew up hanging out and later working in the shop
but was always surrounded by music. His grandfather
- commemorated in the elegiac 'Autumn' on the album
- played him Scottish folk songs by the Corries and
a local priest would often come round to play
boogie-woogie on the family piano. Exposure to '50s
rock'n'roll came via his father's love of the
Drifters, and amongst an aunt's record collection he
found a Ray Charles album, which began his love of
classic soul. Further influences include the work of
such classic troubadours as John Martyn and Van
Morrison. When the opportunity arose to tour the UK
as a roadie for a friend's band, Paolo quit school
in Glasgow and the die was cast. After moving to
London, he performed regularly at the Bedford in
Balham, later signing to Atlantic Records shortly
after his 18th birthday.