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Chris Rea- ESPRESSO LOGIC- CD- 1993/2000- EastWest Records/Magnet Music Ltd.- 745099431129- 400 grn
ESPRESSO LOGIC is the thirteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released on 1st November 1993. The US edition of the album has a significantly different track listing, featuring two songs from Rea's previous album, God's Great Banana Skin, which was not released in the US. A refined, elegant, rock style characterizes the record, which continues Rea's '90s run of commercially successful albums. Rea immediately declares his multi-ethnic impulses, as the title track begins with his languidly atmospheric slide guitar shimmering like the Pacific Ocean under a full Oahu moon. Then Davy Spillane's mournful Uillean pipes inject Celtic melancholy, and the two instruments interweave throughout the track, accompanied by a Brazilian-inflected tribal rhythm, until they are nearly indistinguishable from one another. Chris Rea recorded the album using the two '62 Fender Stratocasters, plugged into a Fender piggyback amp, that he's relied on for more than a decade, and he uses a glass slide, rather than a brass one. ESPRESSO LOGIC is aptly titled, as the majority of the music would fit well in a late-night coffee house. It's a jazzier-bluesier album than most of Rea's, featuring some fine slide guitar, particularly on the title track. Smoky evocation of longing and remembrance. This hushed mood carries over into "She Closed Her Eyes", which is a poem spoken over a soothing, wistful backing. It's not all moody atmospherics, though. Like "Josephine" on his earlier Shamrock Diaries, the bright rhythm driven song "Julia" is about one of his daughters. This album was released in the U.S. with the gold sand on the cover.
PERSONNEL: Chris Rea – vocals, organ, guitars, slide guitar, steel guitar; Max Middleton – acoustic piano, keyboards; Robert Ahwai – guitars; Sylvin Marc – bass; Martin Ditcham – drums, percussion; Andy Fairweather-Low – handclaps; Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes; Dave Stewart, Pete Beachill – trombone; Emma Whittle, Linda Taylor, Val Chalmers – backing vocals.
Well, you can like, even love most of this album if you're a dedicated Chris Rea-Fan and don't expect world-moving inventions. In hope for the artist to regain at least some of his - earlier - creative spark, ESPRESSO LOGIC was a bit better than God's Great Banana Skin, but in the end most of everything is sounding too familiar once more. Chris' "Summer Love" is the best song on this album. It may sound a bit kitschy to you, but it's got a very fine melody! "Julia" went on to become a hit, while the album itself sank like a stone again, but although "Julia" may mean a lot to Chris, it's been written for his younger daughter just like "Josephine" had been written for his elder daughter and "Stainsby Girls" is a song that Chris had written for his wife, especially. "Stop" is a nice, bluesy jazz-ballad that, other than the rest of the album. All in all this album hadn't been anything to bring the satiation of the listener to a halt. It's a bit straining and heavy-weighted again, but it's honest still and nice at least. This album... it's not really bad but, sorry, it's all too comfortable. The hangovers of Road To Hell and Auberge, if you like. We could still be happy enough with signs of life like ESPRESSO LOGIC that were, at least for us fans, good enough to purchase and add to our collection. There was a rather positive surprise to come with The Blue Cafe, and Rea's turn to his Blues-roots afterwards gave us far more than anyone could have hoped for during 1993. ESPRESSO LOGIC not bad, along the way with a bluesy flavour and therefore only recommended to those who don't mind and are fan enough to take the mediocre with the best - after all, the artist himself is an outstanding one.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Black Tray And Includes 16-Page Booklet.
Made In Germany.
ПРИ ПОКУПКЕ (сразу) ТРЁХ ФИРМЕННЫХ АЛЬБОМОВ, ДОСТАВКА БЕСПЛАТНО !!!