Bone

Artist: Tim Booth
Label: Sanctuary
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050159026821
ASIN: B00021LSOE

Release Date: 2004-12-28

Bone

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Tracks:

Wave Hello
Bone
Monkey God
Redneck
Love Hard
Discover
Fall in Love
Falling Down
Down to the Jen
In the Darkness
Eh Mamma
Careful What You Say

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In 2001, Tim Booth unexpectedly walked away from his former band James, shortly after selling over 1-million copies of a greatest hits album and landing the theme song to the film "American Pie" with "Laid." It takes a brave man to know when to call it quits in this business. It takes a braver man to start again. Is it any wonder Booth's solo debut radiates confidence, from the topless photo of his significant other on the cover to "Redneck," a song slamming old friends who lost his number after he lost his fan base. 'Bone is loose and fun, slapping Mediterranean rhythms and electronic burps over the songwriter's trademark arena melodies while delivering at least one or two new songs that will surely find a place on his next 'Best Of' collection. <I>--Aidin Vaziri</I>

Album Description

2004 solo album debut from the former frontman with the British alternative act James. Tim Booth spent two years recording 'Bone' which he considers to be the greatest achievement of his career. 12 tracks packaged in a slipcase. Sanctuary.

Album Details

First True Solo Album from the James Frontman.

Customer Reviews:

Some Wonderful Gems.......2005-03-17

"Down to the Sea" is such an incredible song, it alone makes this album a worthy purchase. I think it is up there with "Born of Frustration," "Just Like Fred Astaire," and "The Shining," so you have a sense of my tastes. Thankfully, there are other gems, most notably "Wave Hello." At times, there is a breeziness to some of the album, but overall a welcome return to one of the best voices and writers in music. Also check out "Booth and the Bad Angel" - his 1996 solo effort.

Excellent Solo Effort.......2005-02-08

I fell in love with this album on first listen and every time I listen to it I find another little gem in the lyrics or in the music. I am particularly moved by the songs "In the Darkness" and "Down to the Sea".

Tim Booth is not James and I like this cd because it's not re-treading what the former band did. The sound is similar but different and fresher than the last efforts of James. I applaud Booth's efforts and look forward to future cds from him.

The definitive 3.5 star album.......2005-01-20

This, to me, is the definitive 3 1/2 star album: not great, but good enough to love and welcome into your collection. This isn't a breakthrough in any way, nor is it particularly building on Tim Booth's past. It's clear, based on Booth and the Bad Angel, and this CD, that Tim Booth was rightly the main focus of James, the main component, but it's also clear that without the rest of the band (as changing in personnel as it may have been), Booth doesn't quite reach his potential. For me, it boils down to this: Would I rather James got back together? Absolutely. Would I rather have new Booth solo material or scrounge up the remaining James rareties that still haven't been collected on either "Ultra B-sides" or "The Collection"? I'll take the new Booth stuff. Hopefully he can/will build on this, and continue his post-"retirement" career. Because this IS a good start, it's just not James, and it's hard to listen to "Bone" without considering what it could have been, given the full James treatment.

Worth the solo effort.......2005-01-10

While several of the tracks seem like filler, and while a stripped down "Fall in Love" had no business on this album (why ruin the high-quality original? And why randomly insert it on an otherwise cohesive album?), the good tracks offer everything from beautiful melody to sound effects that put me into another world. And I'd say the best ingredients are used sparingly to the point I'm left starving for more... for instance, the "bridge" at the end of "Falling Down" is perhaps the most intense vocal piece on the album, and "Wave Hello" ends before we've even had a chance to rock out... is this a good thing? I think so... Tim's playing hard-to-get on this album.

Another high-quality track, "Monkey God", makes one realize how pathetic the "dance" scene is at most clubs... there's a whole lot of smarts to this gem that's too good for the clubs... this schizo-like song contains a bass/electronic sound that makes me want to throw it into DJs' faces everywhere and scream, "Here! Play this, you fool!"

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