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In a sea of millennial singer/songwriters eagerly strumming their guitars and singing about things that concern twentysomethings (George Ezra, James Bay, Vance Joy), a more mature voice has emerged from the adult contemporary ranks, buoyed by the king of those young crooners, no less.
Jamie Lawson -- the first to sign to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records -- has been around the sun a couple more times than the average bloke releasing their first album, and it shows. On his self-titled debut, Lawson's naturally sweet voice lilts over 11 tracks of pretty and benign guitar pop that, as Sheeran once quipped, would be perfect for his "dad's dinner party." And that's no insult, despite coming from someone 15 years younger. Lovely tracks like "Still Yours," "In Our Own Worlds," and "Wasn't Expecting That" ache with a romantic yearning not unlike the most heart-on-the-sleeve acoustic numbers by Coldplay, James Blunt, or Glen Hansard. On "Sometimes It's Hard" and "All Is Beauty," his voice cracks and breaks in a most heart-rending fashion, the emotion indicative of the album as a whole. He's pouring his soul out. Elsewhere, uptempo (relatively) tunes "Someone for Everyone" and "Ahead of Myself" should please younger fans looking for that plucky energetic vibe.
Despite his years of experience in the Irish club circuit, he still seems a little uncomfortable with his newfound success: traveling the world with his new best friend and career savior, Ed Sheeran, and opening for the One Direction lads on their U.K. arena tour. The jump is jarring. But he still retains some of that innocence and purity on this comforting collection, almost 40 years in the making.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
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Fred Abbott, Piano - Will Hicks, Producer, Bass Guitar, Percussion - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Bernard Butler, Additional Guitar - Tim Ross, Writer - John Tilley, Hammond Organ, Piano, Mellotron - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Jack Birchwood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Nik Carter, Saxophone - Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, Percussion, Additional Production, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Kim Richey, Writer - Ed Sheeran, Background Vocals - John Tilley, Harmonium - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Will Hicks, Producer, Percussion - Jamie Lawson, Additional Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, Percussion, Additional Production, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
John Tilley, Hammond Organ, Piano, Mellotron - Bailey Tzuke, Background Vocals - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Jack Birchwood, Fluegel Horn, Trombone, Trumpet - Nik Carter, Saxophone - Will Hicks, Producer, Electric Guitar - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
John Tilley, Hammond Organ, Piano - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
John Tilley, Glockenspiel, Harmonium, Wurlitzer - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Amy Wadge, Writer - Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
John Tilley, Hammond Organ, Piano - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Jack Birchwood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Amy Wadge, Writer - Will Hicks, Producer, Electric Guitar - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Bernard Butler, Additional Guitar - Ed Sheeran, Background Vocals - John Tilley, Piano, Harmonium, Mellotron - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Jack Birchwood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet - James Hicks, Vocals - Will Hicks, Producer, Vocals - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, Percussion, Additional Production, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Ania Smarzack, Additional Vocals - Josh Watkins, Vocals - Louise Astbury, Background Vocals - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
John Tilley, Piano, Harmonium - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Tim Ross, Writer - John Tilley, Piano, Mellotron - Henrik Irgens, Bass Guitar - Will Hicks, Producer - Jamie Lawson, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ruadhri Cushnan at Rhubarb for Z Management, MixingEngineer - Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, MasteringEngineer - Sam Harper, MixingEngineer - Matt Racher, Drums, Percussion
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
Album review
In a sea of millennial singer/songwriters eagerly strumming their guitars and singing about things that concern twentysomethings (George Ezra, James Bay, Vance Joy), a more mature voice has emerged from the adult contemporary ranks, buoyed by the king of those young crooners, no less.
Jamie Lawson -- the first to sign to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records -- has been around the sun a couple more times than the average bloke releasing their first album, and it shows. On his self-titled debut, Lawson's naturally sweet voice lilts over 11 tracks of pretty and benign guitar pop that, as Sheeran once quipped, would be perfect for his "dad's dinner party." And that's no insult, despite coming from someone 15 years younger. Lovely tracks like "Still Yours," "In Our Own Worlds," and "Wasn't Expecting That" ache with a romantic yearning not unlike the most heart-on-the-sleeve acoustic numbers by Coldplay, James Blunt, or Glen Hansard. On "Sometimes It's Hard" and "All Is Beauty," his voice cracks and breaks in a most heart-rending fashion, the emotion indicative of the album as a whole. He's pouring his soul out. Elsewhere, uptempo (relatively) tunes "Someone for Everyone" and "Ahead of Myself" should please younger fans looking for that plucky energetic vibe.
Despite his years of experience in the Irish club circuit, he still seems a little uncomfortable with his newfound success: traveling the world with his new best friend and career savior, Ed Sheeran, and opening for the One Direction lads on their U.K. arena tour. The jump is jarring. But he still retains some of that innocence and purity on this comforting collection, almost 40 years in the making.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:35
- Main artists: Jamie Lawson
- Label: Gingerbread Man Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Gingerbread Man Records, an Atlantic Records UK / Warner Music Group Company
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