ARTiST: Richard Hawley
TiTLE: Richard Hawley
LABEL: Setanta
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 37:42 min
SiZE: 44,1 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: May-21-2007
RELEASE DATE: May-21-2007
WEBSiTE: www.richardhawley.co.uk
Track List:
01. Going Home 04:17
02. Bang To Rights 03:46
03. Sunflower 02:26
04. Caravan 02:27
05. Naked In Pitsmoor 03:24
06. Time Has Made A Change 03:02
07. Happy Families 03:09
08. Caned 01:55
09. Cheap Spanish Whine 03:23
10. Sick Pay 04:40
11. Troublesome Waters 03:18
12. Aran Loop 01:55
Release Notes:
Prior to the release of this, his debut album,
Richard Hawley's greatest claim to fame was playing
guitar on All Saints' version of the Red Hot Chili
Peppers' "Under the Bridge". This shouldn't be held
against him too hard--and nor, while we're taking
other offences into consideration, should his
session work for Robbie Williams and Finley Quaye. A
chap has to make a living and, much more
importantly, Richard Hawley is a modestly lovely
record--if this is what he's spent his savings on,
it's been well worth it. It does seem extraordinary,
however, that Hawley has been content to keep his
mouth shut when playing behind such patently
inferior singers--no disrespect intended to his
previous employers, as most people would sound a
patently inferior singer in his company. His voice
has both the hoarse whisper of Elliott Smith and the
tremulous falsetto reminiscent of Chris Isaak, and
his songs-humble epics in the Lambchop mode-are
mostly worthy of it. This is a commendable start.