Still Life [Import]

Still Life [Import]

ASIN: B0000EW9P0

Editorial Reviews
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One of British pop's new breed of moody and introverted post-Thom Yorke baby boomers, Still Life finds Southampton's classically trained Matt Hales--Aqualung's songwriter and frontman--succeeding in selling both himself and his omnipotent piano as a more erudite and self-absorbed version of Coldplay. Beginning with the mitigated optimism of "Brighter than Sunshine"--a gloriously simplistic pop song spruced with cloudy strings and therefore redolent of a more sullen ELO--and climaxing with the muttered, moribund lulling of "Good Goodnight," Still Life frequently attains levels of mumbled intensity via songs as alluring and bitterly withered as "Easier to Lie" and "Extraordinary Thing." The latter not only utilizes a harpsichord and paraphrases one of Churchill's famous wartime speeches but goes on to satirize Radiohead's oeuvre with the classic--and practically comedic--opening line "Cheer up, it may never happen." It was always going to take something special to trump Aqualung's eponymous debut but Still Life really does do the job in atypically melancholic fashion. --Kevin Maidment

Product Description
Second album from singer-songwriter Matt Hales, who shot to fame in 2002 with his self-titled debut after the track 'Strange & Beautiful' was used in a Volkswagen commercial. With 'Still Life' he has refined his songwriting skills to come up with an album of epic pop, full of soaring strings & catchy melodies. Features 10 tracks including the singles 'Brighter Than Sunshine' & 'Easier To Lie'. B-Unique. 2003.

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Tracks:

1. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2. Under My Thumb
3. Let's Spend the Night Together
4. Shattered
5. Twenty Flight Rock
6. Going to a Go-Go
7. Let Me Go
8. Time Is on My Side
9. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
10. Start Me Up
11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
12. Outro: Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

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