ARTiST: Mick Harvey
TiTLE: Two Of Diamonds
LABEL: Mute
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 39:52 min
SiZE: 56,8 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Apr-10-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-23-2007
WEBSiTE: www.mickharvey.com
Track List:
01. Photograph 03:12
02. I Don't Want You On My Mind 03:54
03. Sad Dark Eyes 02:57
04. Here I Am 03:26
05. Blue Arrows 02:24
06. No Doubt 03:00
07. Everything Is Fixed 04:29
08. A Walk On The Wild Side 03:04
09. Little Star 02:42
10. Slow-Motion-Movie-Star 04:09
11. Out Of Time Man 02:58
12. Home Is Far From Here 03:37
Release Notes:
Celebrated Australian musician Mick Harvey returns
with his second enthralling 'solo' album, Two Of
Diamonds.
Encouraged by the very positive critical acclaim and
the audience reaction to the live shows for his 2005
LP One Man's Treasure, Harvey - an internationally
renowned arranger, producer, multi instrumentalist,
film soundtrack composer and co-founder of The
Birthday Party and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - has
created a further wonderful collection of classic
songs. For the eagerly awaited Two Of Diamonds, the
redoubtable Mick Harvey is this time accompanied by
his solo band, featuring Rosie Westbrook (double
bass) and fellow Bad Seeds' James Johnston (organ
and guitar) and Thomas Wydler (drums). Guest
musicians on two tracks also include Rob Ellis from
P.J. Harvey's band (piano/drums), who has also
toured with Mick, and Julitha Ryan (piano) from
Melbourne instrumental band Silver Ray.
"It's a very different thing when you get into
playing live in the studio," says singer Mick Harvey
of Two Of Diamonds. "The last record (One Man's
Treasure) I did all by myself, building it up bit by
bit. This time most of the tracks, not all of them,
but most of them were recorded live in the studio.
The addition of the double bass was really perfect
for what I was trying to do. It gives an amount of
room... a lot of space for things to get really
quiet and leaves a lot of room for the singing, so
I'm not fighting against a lot of electrified
instruments."
Two Of Diamonds, mostly recorded at Harvey's Grace
Lane studio and Atlantis Studios, Melbourne,
features an eclectic collection of songs which
Harvey has chosen to interoperate in his own
distinctive and emotive style. Some are original
Harvey compositions (the dream-like 'Blue Arrows'
and the graceful 'Little Star'), and, as with 'One
Man's Treasure' these are combined with more obscure
classics, sometimes stemming from the pens of well
known enigmatic songwriters. What once again unites
this timeless material is Mick Harvey's deeply
personal connection with every song included on Two
Of Diamonds. The recorded interpretive work of Nina
Simone and Johnny Cash, two of Mick Harvey's
favourite artists, still inspire him to grasp the
essence of his elected material and make it his own.
On Two Of Diamonds Mick Harvey seeks to bring the
songs to their most emotionally powerful level. The
arrangements are kept as straightforward as
possible, and in a deceptively effortless manner, he
and his band succeed in their aim. Two Of Diamonds
is another Mick Harvey record passionately delivered
straight from the heart.