Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl

Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl
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Label/Cat#: Hut Rec. CDHUT 82 | Country/Year: Europe 2003
Genre: Folk Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded/Filepost

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Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl

Label: Hut Recordings
Catalog#: CDHUT 82
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2003
Genre: Pop, Rock, Folk

Tracklist:

1 That Girl
2 Stay Here Close To Me
3 Inappropiate
4 When You Were Here
5 Monday Morning
6 Garden Of Dreams
7 Somebody Else’s Girl
8 Heavy Boots
9 Never In A Million Years
10 Blank White Sheet

Companies etc:

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Label Code: LC03098
Barcode: 724359094328

Review

by Johnny Loftus

Stephanie Kirkham’s debut is a collection of nicely appointed folk-pop tunes, her whispery lilt and acoustic strum accompanied nicely by subtle electronic programming. The single “Inappropriate” fortifies that formula, weaving Kirkham’s charmingly accented flutter and the layers of backup harmonies around a piano hook break and rambling electric guitar. The result is catchy and polite, quite suggestive of the Corrs’ 2000 hit, “Breathless.” In fact, most of That Girl is catchy and polite, exceedingly so. The title cut tracks the Sundays through light electronics; Kirkham’s lyrics tell the usual modernist story of a strong-willed yet fussily romantic girl stuck in a relationship with a cute mechanic. Please open your diaries to page 36. Elsewhere, the delicate “When You Were Here” and “Never in a Million Years” threaten with each plink of synthesizer or codependent lyric to drift away, while the brooding “Blank White Sheet” seems to have wandered in from a Loreena McKennitt album. It’s in this way that That Girl is pretty, but also pretty referential. From “Monday Morning”‘s “Maybe his eyes will meet mine/You never know when your life might change” to “Your problems are not my problems anymore/After this I’ll change my number for sure” (from the Dido-ish electronic putter of “Somebody Else’s Girl”), That Girl turns back and forth between hoping for happiness and wishing it never came. It’s OK that Kirkham doesn’t have the answers. But her tools for asking the questions could use some sharpening. Still, she has an attractive if thin voice, and her music should be warm, shimmering, and inviting for fans of the genre. allmusicguide

 

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The Cranberries – To The Faithful Departed

The Cranberries – To The Faithful Departed
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Label/Cat#: Island PHCR-1811 | Country/Year: Japan 1996, Bonus
Genre: Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Filepost

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Cranberries, The – To The Faithful Departed

Label: Island Records
Catalog#: PHCR-1811
Format: CD, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 18 Apr 1996
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

Tracklist:

1 Hollywood 5:07
2 Salvation 2:24
3 When You’re Gone 4:56
4 Free To Decide 4:24
5 War Child 3:50
6 Forever Yellow Skies 4:09
7 The Rebels 3:20
8 Intermission 2:03
9 I Just Shot John Lennon 2:41
10 Electric Blue 4:51
11 I’m Still Remembering 4:49
12 Will You Remember? 2:49
13 Joe 3:22
14 The Picture I View
15 Cordell 3:39
16 Bosnia 5:37

Companies etc:

Distributed By – Polygram K.K., Made In Japan

Credits:

Bass – Mike Hogan
Conductor [Strings] – Michael Kamen (tracks: 5, 7, 16)
Drums, Percussion – Feargal Lawler
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike Plotnikoff
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Noel Hogan
Percussion [Additional] – Randy Raine-Reusche
Producer – Bruce Fairbairn, Cranberries, The
Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin – Dolores O’Riordan Burton
Written-By – Dolores O’Riordan (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 11, 12, 15, 16)
Written-By, Lyrics By – Dolores O’Riordan (tracks: 2, 9, 10, 13)
Written-By, Music By – Noel Hogan (tracks: 2, 9, 10, 13)
Written-by [Orchestration], Arranged By [Orchestration] – Michael Kamen

Notes:

Tracks 8, 14 & 15 are bonus tracks.
The Japanese title of the release is: “??????”.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Rights Society: JASRAC
Other (Fix Price Japan): ¥ 2.500

Review

by Ned Raggett

To the Faithful Departed turned out to be where the Cranberries’ best intentions finally and thoroughly tripped them up. Switching producers to Bruce Fairbairn was a troubling enough move to begin with; Stephen Street’s ear for the band’s dynamics was note-perfect, but Fairbairn’s work with arena-rock monsters like Aerosmith meant that on Departed everything was scaled up accordingly. The results may have been more commercial, but they took the identity of the band with it — the opening song “Hollywood” was a sludgefest that, ironically, didn’t give the band the muscular kick that propelled songs like “Zombie.” O’Riordan, meanwhile, decided she was a generation’s spokesperson, fully taking over the songwriting, except on a couple of cuts with Noel Hogan, penning some appropriate liner notes, and running with it. Songtitles say it all — “War Child,” “I Just Shot John Lennon,” complete with cheesy gun shots, and perhaps most painfully obvious at the end, “Bosnia.” Then there’s lead single “Salvation,” which preaches against heroin addiction in a manner worthy of afterschool specials and with about as much depth. Not that good songs can’t and haven’t been written on these subjects, of course, but O’Riordan, lacking a truly individual or unique take on them, is not the person to be writing them. Or singing them — her wails and yelps now run rampant, being less voice-as-instrument as it is signature calling card to be employed throughout. There are bright points — every so often Hogan’s guitar comes through at its best, and there’s the retro-’50s finger-snapping “When You’re Gone” and the nicely arranged “Electric Blue.” Still, when compared to No Need and especially Everybody, Departed completely suffers in comparison. allmusic

 

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Bob Geldof – The Vegetarians of Love

Bob Geldof – The Vegetarians of Love
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Label/Cat#: Mercury 846 250-2 | Country/Year: Europe 1990
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

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Bob Geldof – The Vegetarians Of Love

Label: Mercury
Catalog#: 846 250-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: Jul 1990
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock

Tracklist:

1 A Gospel Song 5:23
2 Love Or Something 4:39
3 The Great Song Of Indifference 4:38
4 Talking Voyager 2 Type Things 8:20
5 Big Romantic Stuff 4:06
6 Crucified Me 2:11
7 The Chains Of Pain 3:43
8 A Rose At Night 5:42
9 No Small Wonder 4:46
10 Walking Back To Happiness 7:29
11 Let It Go 4:39
12 The End Of The World 1:52

Credits:

Accordion – Alun Dunn
Acoustic Guitar – Bob Geldof, Geoff Richardson, Phil Palmer
Backing Vocals – Kevin Godley, Rupert Hine
Bass – Bob Loveday, Pete Briquette
Clarinet, Saxophone, Ukulele, Viola – Geoff Richardson
Drums – Geoff Dugmore
Electric Guitar – Bob Geldof, Geoff Richardson*, Gerry Moffet, Phil Palmer
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler
Keyboards – Pete Briquette, Rupert Hine
Lead Vocals – Bob Geldof
Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
Mixed By – Cameron Jenkins, Stephen W. Tayler
Organ – Alun Dunn*, Paul Carrack, Steve Fletcher
Percussion – Geoff Dugmore, Rupert Hine
Piano – Rupert Hine, Steve Fletcher
Producer – Rupert Hine
Violin – Bob Loveday
Whistle [Penny] – Bob Loveday, Geoff Richardson

Notes:

Recorded at Maison Rouge Studios London and at Studios Acousti Paris

Review

by Tom Demalon

Geldof returns after a four-year absence with his second solo release, The Vegetarians of Love. Again, there are some high-profile guests including Paul Carrack, Kevin Godley, and Dave Stewart, but this Rupert Hine-produced affair has a low-key feel to it. Geldof applies his Dylanesque croak to a set that is very heavy on Irish-folk influences with rich results.

“A Gospel Song” is a gorgeous, organ-driven track that leads things off. Dave Stewart lends his guitar work to the catchy pop/rock of “Love Or Something.” “The Great Song of Indifference,” is a wry, tongue-in-cheek stomp fueled by pennywhistles, accordion and violin. There’s even the appearance of former Boomtown Rat bandmate Pete Briquette playing bass and keyboards and co-writing the pleasant, albeit meandering, “Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things.” A commercial flop on both sides of the Atlantic, this album is, nonetheless, a joyous romp from start to finish.

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