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Gossip hounds hoping that Nick Lachey's first post-divorce album would be laden with songs about his doomed marriage to Jessica Simpson will be pleased -- scratch that, delighted -- with What's Left of Me. If the album title doesn't clue you in to what it's all about, a glance at the song titles tip off its content: "I Can't Hate You Anymore," "On Your Own," "Outside Looking In," "Everywhere But Here," "Ghosts," "You're Not Alone," "Resolution" -- it's a virtual greatest-hits of brokenhearted laments, all sequenced as if it were a concept album about a man coming to terms with a painful divorce. To top it off, the centerfold photo finds Lachey sprawled out on a mattress in a grungy trailer, a stack of worn books, a TV with rabbit ears, and an empty beer bottle within reach, all bearing the unmistakable subtext that this is what the separation from Jessica has left him with (he also offers the following thanks: "most importantly, Miller Brewing...thank you!" -- but don't get ahead of yourself and think that this is a nod of gratitude to the beverages that got him through this difficult time; it's part of an extended thank you to "all of my friends who help to satisfy my sports addiction," which takes up as much space as his business, family, and fans thanks).
So, this second album from the former 98° star provides plenty of voyeuristic satisfaction, as each song -- whether it's written by Lachey or not (and chances are, it is, since he has writing credits on eight of the 12 songs) -- plays into the theme, which makes it kind of like the boy band Blood on the Tracks. And it's hard not to have sympathy for a guy whose sexpot ex allegedly cuckolded him through her affairs with Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera (it's possible to imagine a more humiliating list of lovers for Lachey, but even if you added anyone from Wilmer Valderhama to Artie Lange to that list, it wouldn't seem as bullying, as violent as that pair; it's practically a Jackass stunt). Lachey also deserves credit for not patterning his record after Jon Secada's early work, which the Backstreet Boys inexplicably did. He tries hard to sound modern, incorporating elements of anything from Ashlee-styled modern pop (ironic, isn't it?) to Coldplay, whose spacy surfaces are heard throughout (most notably on "Beautiful," whose echoing piano riff can't help but recall "Clocks"). This gives What's Left of Me a relatively fresh feel, although the songs slavishly follow the boy band formula for the turn of the century. That doesn't mean What's Left of Me isn't interesting -- Lachey's valiant twin struggles to modernize his sound and get past his impending divorce certainly make this album interesting. It's memorably odd, and even if it suggests that Lachey may have a rough time growing old with his signature sound, it still is hard not to finish the album and have a twinge of sympathy for the guy. Plus, he'll likely have the last laugh: he and Jessica had no prenup, so half of that marriage is his, so even if What's Left of Me fails to kick-start his career, he's probably not gonna wind up struggling to get by in that trailer.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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David Channing, Edited By - David Channing, Engineer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Arranger - Emanuel Kiriakou, Background Vocal - Emanuel Kiriakou, Composer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Drum Programmer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Edited By - Emanuel Kiriakou, Engineer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Guitar - Emanuel Kiriakou, Keyboards - Emanuel Kiriakou, Lyricist - Emanuel Kiriakou, Producer - Jack Joseph Puig, Mixing Engineer - Jeff Bova, Programmer - Jess Cates, Composer - Jess Cates, Keyboards - Jess Cates, Lyricist - Jimmy Englund, Percussion - Lindy Robbins, Composer - Lindy Robbins, Lyricist - Mike Schroffel, 2nd Engineer - Nick Lachey, Background Vocal - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Pat Thrall, Programmer - Rich Davis, Coordinator - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer - Weasly Seidman, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Greg Johnston, Acoustic Bass - Greg Johnston, Guitar - Jess Cates, Composer - Jess Cates, Lyricist - Jim Carauana, Engineer - John Adams, 2nd Engineer - Lindy Robbins, Composer - Lindy Robbins, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Wells, Composer - Rob Wells, Engineer - Rob Wells, Keyboards - Rob Wells, Lyricist - Rob Wells, Performer - Rob Wells, Producer - Rob Wells, Programmer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Alex Pavlides, 2nd Engineer - Joey Warnoker, Drums - Joey Warnoker, Percussion - Luke McMaster, Composer - Luke McMaster, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Dennler, 2nd Engineer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer - Wally Gagel, Acoustic Bass - Wally Gagel, Composer - Wally Gagel, Engineer - Wally Gagel, Guitar - Wally Gagel, Lyricist - Wally Gagel, Producer - Xandy Barry, Background Vocal - Xandy Barry, Composer - Xandy Barry, Engineer - Xandy Barry, Guitar - Xandy Barry, Keyboards - Xandy Barry, Lyricist - Xandy Barry, Producer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Adam Lester, Guitar - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Chuck Butler, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Dan Muckala, Arranger - Dan Muckala, Composer - Dan Muckala, Engineer - Dan Muckala, Keyboards - Dan Muckala, Lyricist - Dan Muckala, Piano - Dan Muckala, Producer - Dan Needham, Percussion - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Jess Cates, Composer - Jess Cates, Lyricist - Josh Muckala, 2nd Engineer - Lee Bridges, Edited By - Lindy Robbins, Composer - Lindy Robbins, Lyricist - Luke, Brown, Background Vocal - Michael Head, Edited By - Nick Lachey, Background Vocal - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Chuck Butler, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chuck Butler, Electric Guitar - Dan Muckala, Arranger - Dan Muckala, Composer - Dan Muckala, Engineer - Dan Muckala, Keyboards - Dan Muckala, Lyricist - Dan Muckala, Piano - Dan Muckala, Producer - Dan Needham, Percussion - Keith Armstrong, 2nd Engineer - Liz Vidal, Composer - Liz Vidal, Lyricist - Luke, Brown, Background Vocal - Michael Head, 2nd Engineer - Michael Head, Edited By - Nick Lachey, Background Vocal - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Wells, Keyboards - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Anders Bagge, Arranger - Anders Bagge, Composer - Anders Bagge, Engineer - Anders Bagge, Lyricist - Anders Bagge, Producer - Andreas Carlsson, Arranger - Andreas Carlsson, Composer - Andreas Carlsson, Engineer - Andreas Carlsson, Lyricist - Andreas Carlsson, Producer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Edited By - Emanuel Kiriakou, Engineer - Lasse Mårtén, Percussion - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Peer Astrom, Arranger - Peer Astrom, Composer - Peer Astrom, Engineer - Peer Astrom, Lyricist - Peer Astrom, Producer - Peter Ljung, Keyboards - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chris Anderson, Edited By - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - David C. Martin, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Greg Johnston, Acoustic Bass - Greg Johnston, Electric Guitar - Jim Carauana, Engineer - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Wells, Composer - Rob Wells, Engineer - Rob Wells, Keyboards - Rob Wells, Lyricist - Rob Wells, Performer - Rob Wells, Producer - Rob Wells, Programmer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Anders Bagge, Arranger - Anders Bagge, Composer - Anders Bagge, Engineer - Anders Bagge, Lyricist - Anders Bagge, Producer - Andreas Carlsson, Arranger - Andreas Carlsson, Composer - Andreas Carlsson, Engineer - Andreas Carlsson, Lyricist - Andreas Carlsson, Producer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Corky James, Guitar - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Lasse Mårtén, Percussion - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Peer Astrom, Arranger - Peer Astrom, Composer - Peer Astrom, Engineer - Peer Astrom, Lyricist - Peer Astrom, Producer - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Adam Lester, Guitar - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Chuck Butler, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Chuck Butler, Electric Guitar - Dan Muckala, Arranger - Dan Muckala, Composer - Dan Muckala, Engineer - Dan Muckala, Keyboards - Dan Muckala, Lyricist - Dan Muckala, Piano - Dan Muckala, Producer - Dan Needham, Percussion - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Jess Cates, Composer - Jess Cates, Lyricist - Josh Muckala, 2nd Engineer - Lindy Robbins, Composer - Lindy Robbins, Lyricist - Luke, Brown, Background Vocal - Michael Head, 2nd Engineer - Michael Head, Edited By - Mike O'Connor, 2nd Engineer - Nick Lachey, Background Vocal - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Wells, Keyboards - Skye McCaskey, Engineer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Chris Steffen, Engineer - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Drew Pearson, Engineer - Greg Wells, Acoustic Bass - Greg Wells, Composer - Greg Wells, Drums - Greg Wells, Lyricist - Greg Wells, Producer - Jamie Cullum, Composer - Jamie Cullum, Keyboards - Jamie Cullum, Lyricist - Kara DioGuardi, Composer - Kara DioGuardi, Lyricist - Kara DioGuardi, Producer - Nick Lachey, Performer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Anders Bagge, Arranger - Anders Bagge, Composer - Anders Bagge, Engineer - Anders Bagge, Lyricist - Anders Bagge, Producer - Andreas Carlsson, Arranger - Andreas Carlsson, Composer - Andreas Carlsson, Engineer - Andreas Carlsson, Lyricist - Andreas Carlsson, Producer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Corky James, Guitar - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Janson & Janson, Arranger - Lasse Mårtén, Percussion - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Peer Astrom, Arranger - Peer Astrom, Composer - Peer Astrom, Engineer - Peer Astrom, Lyricist - Peer Astrom, Producer - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chris Anderson, Edited By - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Jess Cates, Composer - Jess Cates, Lyricist - John Adams, Engineer - Lindy Robbins, Composer - Lindy Robbins, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Rob Wells, Composer - Rob Wells, Keyboards - Rob Wells, Lyricist - Rob Wells, Producer - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Brian Paturalski, Engineer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Dim'e Krnjaic, 2nd Engineer - Jeff Cohen, Composer - Jeff Cohen, Lyricist - Kara DioGuardi, Composer - Kara DioGuardi, Lyricist - Kara DioGuardi, Producer - Marti Frederiksen, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Marti Frederiksen, Acoustic Bass - Marti Frederiksen, Background Vocal - Marti Frederiksen, Electric Guitar - Marti Frederiksen, Keyboards - Marti Frederiksen, Percussion - Marti Frederiksen, Producer - Mikal Reid, Guitar - Nick Lachey, Composer - Nick Lachey, Lyricist - Nick Lachey, Performer - Ryan Brown, Percussion - Suzie McNeil, Background Vocal - Teresa LaBarbera Whites, A&R Director - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
Chronique
Gossip hounds hoping that Nick Lachey's first post-divorce album would be laden with songs about his doomed marriage to Jessica Simpson will be pleased -- scratch that, delighted -- with What's Left of Me. If the album title doesn't clue you in to what it's all about, a glance at the song titles tip off its content: "I Can't Hate You Anymore," "On Your Own," "Outside Looking In," "Everywhere But Here," "Ghosts," "You're Not Alone," "Resolution" -- it's a virtual greatest-hits of brokenhearted laments, all sequenced as if it were a concept album about a man coming to terms with a painful divorce. To top it off, the centerfold photo finds Lachey sprawled out on a mattress in a grungy trailer, a stack of worn books, a TV with rabbit ears, and an empty beer bottle within reach, all bearing the unmistakable subtext that this is what the separation from Jessica has left him with (he also offers the following thanks: "most importantly, Miller Brewing...thank you!" -- but don't get ahead of yourself and think that this is a nod of gratitude to the beverages that got him through this difficult time; it's part of an extended thank you to "all of my friends who help to satisfy my sports addiction," which takes up as much space as his business, family, and fans thanks).
So, this second album from the former 98° star provides plenty of voyeuristic satisfaction, as each song -- whether it's written by Lachey or not (and chances are, it is, since he has writing credits on eight of the 12 songs) -- plays into the theme, which makes it kind of like the boy band Blood on the Tracks. And it's hard not to have sympathy for a guy whose sexpot ex allegedly cuckolded him through her affairs with Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera (it's possible to imagine a more humiliating list of lovers for Lachey, but even if you added anyone from Wilmer Valderhama to Artie Lange to that list, it wouldn't seem as bullying, as violent as that pair; it's practically a Jackass stunt). Lachey also deserves credit for not patterning his record after Jon Secada's early work, which the Backstreet Boys inexplicably did. He tries hard to sound modern, incorporating elements of anything from Ashlee-styled modern pop (ironic, isn't it?) to Coldplay, whose spacy surfaces are heard throughout (most notably on "Beautiful," whose echoing piano riff can't help but recall "Clocks"). This gives What's Left of Me a relatively fresh feel, although the songs slavishly follow the boy band formula for the turn of the century. That doesn't mean What's Left of Me isn't interesting -- Lachey's valiant twin struggles to modernize his sound and get past his impending divorce certainly make this album interesting. It's memorably odd, and even if it suggests that Lachey may have a rough time growing old with his signature sound, it still is hard not to finish the album and have a twinge of sympathy for the guy. Plus, he'll likely have the last laugh: he and Jessica had no prenup, so half of that marriage is his, so even if What's Left of Me fails to kick-start his career, he's probably not gonna wind up struggling to get by in that trailer.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:47:29
- Artistes principaux : Nick Lachey
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Jive
- Genre : Pop/Rock
(P) 2006 Zomba Recording, LLC
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