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Arriving nearly two years after his punchy first single, "From Nowhere," Liverpool song man Dan Croll finally launches his colorful and immaculately produced debut album, Sweet Disarray. Riding the ample buzz of "From Nowhere" along with its three subsequent singles and bearing the stamp of approval from Liverpool's most famous son, Sir Paul himself, the bar was set awfully high for Croll's first full-length release. For the most part, he manages to keep up, rounding out his pre-album offerings with a group of vibrant and melodic songs that range from keyboard-laden, modern indie in the Vampire Weekend mold to sunny Afro-pop-inspired guitar tunes. From a songwriting standpoint, it's a well-rounded collection of ably written and generally catchy pop songs with occasional nods to classic troubadours like that other famous Paul (Simon). At his most stripped-down, songs like the lovely closer "Home" and the enchanting title cut show a young singer/songwriter well schooled in the classics and finding a place to plant his own two feet. On the production end, songs like "In/Out," "Wanna Know," and "Thinkin Aboutchu" display an aesthetic of modern inventiveness blending together chimey riffs, warm synths, programmed beats, and more organic elements into compact, impressive arrangements that polish merely decent material into something a bit more sterling. Croll is no retro-minded classicist and he uses all the current tools at his disposal to make a thoroughly modern pop record while still keeping a close enough eye on his role as a songwriter. It's a tough trick to pull off, with many artists leaning too hard to one side or the other of the spectrum, but Sweet Disarray proves Croll has both a forward-looking experimentalism and pretty solid songwriting chops to boot. In spite of the extremely high expectations, he has managed a pretty neat debut that will please fans who have been waiting since his early singles.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
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Rob Lewis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Bass Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Fabian Prynn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Liam Howe, Producer, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Kelly, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - George Astasio, ComposerLyricist - Jason Pebworth, ComposerLyricist - Jon Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Croll, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Bass Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Rodgers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Gilmore, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tambourine, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion, ComposerLyricist - Dustin Wong, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alex Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Johan Karlberg, ComposerLyricist - Mike Crossey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Samples, Synthesizer Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johan Hugo, Producer, Samples, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, Electronic Percussion - Joseph Rodgers, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wills, Producer, Additional Producer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Lewis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Berry, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hewins, Recording Engineer, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Joaqim Lewerin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Murray, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Zeb Tonkin, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Bennington, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Coppard, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Dan Croll, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Mixer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Lewis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Drums, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jethro Fox, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Molumby, ComposerLyricist - Fabian Prynn, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Lewis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Bass Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Fabian Prynn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Simeon Scheuber, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robin Schmidt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Croll, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Wills, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Gilmore, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andreas Westhagen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Fabian Prynn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rourke, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon Lavery, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Arriving nearly two years after his punchy first single, "From Nowhere," Liverpool song man Dan Croll finally launches his colorful and immaculately produced debut album, Sweet Disarray. Riding the ample buzz of "From Nowhere" along with its three subsequent singles and bearing the stamp of approval from Liverpool's most famous son, Sir Paul himself, the bar was set awfully high for Croll's first full-length release. For the most part, he manages to keep up, rounding out his pre-album offerings with a group of vibrant and melodic songs that range from keyboard-laden, modern indie in the Vampire Weekend mold to sunny Afro-pop-inspired guitar tunes. From a songwriting standpoint, it's a well-rounded collection of ably written and generally catchy pop songs with occasional nods to classic troubadours like that other famous Paul (Simon). At his most stripped-down, songs like the lovely closer "Home" and the enchanting title cut show a young singer/songwriter well schooled in the classics and finding a place to plant his own two feet. On the production end, songs like "In/Out," "Wanna Know," and "Thinkin Aboutchu" display an aesthetic of modern inventiveness blending together chimey riffs, warm synths, programmed beats, and more organic elements into compact, impressive arrangements that polish merely decent material into something a bit more sterling. Croll is no retro-minded classicist and he uses all the current tools at his disposal to make a thoroughly modern pop record while still keeping a close enough eye on his role as a songwriter. It's a tough trick to pull off, with many artists leaning too hard to one side or the other of the spectrum, but Sweet Disarray proves Croll has both a forward-looking experimentalism and pretty solid songwriting chops to boot. In spite of the extremely high expectations, he has managed a pretty neat debut that will please fans who have been waiting since his early singles.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:08
- Main artists: Dan Croll
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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