Album
Keys To The World
2006 · Rock
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Keys To The World is an Alt/Indie album by Richard Ashcroft, originally released in 2006. On Gatefold: 29 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
If you approach Richard Ashcroft's solo works expecting to hear the space rock of The Verve's 1993 debut <i>A Storm In Heaven</i> or the Brit-pop requiems of 1997's <i>Urban Hymns</i>, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Two years before his band's 2008 reformation, Ashcroft's third solo album gave birth to some great songs that sound nothing like The Verve's penchant for over-the-top proclamations and melodramatic lyrics. The soulful "Why Not Nothing?" introduces the album with floor-stomping rhythms and rootsy instrumentation that recalls Ocean Colour Scene's adoration of the late '60s/early '70s recordings from The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. "Break The Night With Colour" still moves with the burning urgency of his emotions, but "Music Is Power" leans back on the kinds of classic arrangements heard on old soul records. Ashcroft's smoke-textured vocals provide a perfect contrast here as he sings joyfully about music being his true religion. Where The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" found him strutting arrogantly, "Music Is Power" has him walking humbly and singing with a smile on his face.
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Tracklist
- 1Why Not Nothing?4:11
- 2Music Is Power4:00
- 3Break the Night With Colour3:58
- 4Words Just Get In the Way4:55
- 5Keys to the World4:44
- 6Sweet Brother Malcolm4:53
- 7Cry Til the Morning5:06
- 8Why Do Lovers?4:47
- 9Simple Song4:07
- 10World Keeps Turning3:57
- 11Break the Night With Colour (Live At Kings College)4:58
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- lush
- earnest
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew HaveronSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Andy BrownSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Arnie SomogyiBASS
- Benjamin NabarroSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Cathy GilesSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Chris FishSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Chris VandersparSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- David JuritzSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Debbie WiddupSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Edward VandersparSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Fenella BartonSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Gerry ConwayDRUMS
- Helen HathornSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- Jim HuntSAXOPHONE, FLUTE SAXOPHONE , FLUTE
- Joel HunterSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
- John GiblinBASS
- Jon HuntSAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Jonathan TunnellSTRINGS STRINGS, PERFORMER
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 29 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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