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At 21 years of age, Liverpudlian Nathan Carter may look like a member of a fresh-faced boy band, but his old-school brand of Irish country music has more in common with traditional crooners like Daniel O'Donnell than anything by the Wanted, as evident on his second album, Time of My Life. Recorded in County Longford and Nashville, the follow-up to The Way That You Love Me offers the odd concession to contemporary music, such as the slide guitar-based reworking of Green Day's "Time of Your Life" and a Mavericks-esque take on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's classic "Fishing in the Dark," but the majority of its 12 tracks are firmly entrenched in the '50s/'60s show band scene of his adopted homeland. Alongside faithful renditions of traditional Irish folk songs such as "Home to Aherlow" and the medley of "Spanish Lady/Higher Ground/Westmeath Bachelor," and country classics like Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" and Don Williams' "Lay Down Beside Me," Carter's slight American twang tackles vintage pop standards such as Erma Franklin's "Take a Little Piece of My Heart" and Peter Sarstedt's "Where Do You Go to My Lovely" in a countrified manner, while the three new John Farry-penned compositions, the honky tonk-inspired "The Rainbow in Glenfarne," the slow accordion-led waltz of "The Dancer," and the Celtic rockabilly of "One for the Road" also sound like authentic Irish dancehall numbers from a bygone era. Fellow Scouser and trad country revivalist Charlie Landsborough lends a spiritual air to the proceedings with his soothing tones on the emotive duet "My Forever Friend," but Time of My Life is only ever really concerned with providing a party atmosphere. It may be hopelessly old-fashioned, but its relentlessly upbeat nature and Carter's charming if heavily affected vocal presence suggest the Irish cabaret scene isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Pritchard, Composer - Billy Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - FRANK WRIGHT, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Farry, ComposerLyricist - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Moffatt, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
BERT BERNS, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - JERRY RAGOVOY, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Nick McCarthy, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Ralph Murphy, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Owens, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Williams, Composer - Gary Carter, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, Steel Guitar, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nelson, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hodges, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Photoglo, Composer - Wendy Waldman, Composer - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Sarstedt, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alex Harvey, ComposerLyricist - Larry Collins, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Landsborough, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bill Shanley, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - William Whelan, ComposerLyricist - Eamon McLoughlin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Sheerin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Farry, Arranger, Work Arranger - Jim McVeigh, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Owens, Producer, Drums, Mastering Engineer, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Sheerin, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Carter, Accordion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Farry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Arkins, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Curran, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hanway, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Owens, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
At 21 years of age, Liverpudlian Nathan Carter may look like a member of a fresh-faced boy band, but his old-school brand of Irish country music has more in common with traditional crooners like Daniel O'Donnell than anything by the Wanted, as evident on his second album, Time of My Life. Recorded in County Longford and Nashville, the follow-up to The Way That You Love Me offers the odd concession to contemporary music, such as the slide guitar-based reworking of Green Day's "Time of Your Life" and a Mavericks-esque take on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's classic "Fishing in the Dark," but the majority of its 12 tracks are firmly entrenched in the '50s/'60s show band scene of his adopted homeland. Alongside faithful renditions of traditional Irish folk songs such as "Home to Aherlow" and the medley of "Spanish Lady/Higher Ground/Westmeath Bachelor," and country classics like Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" and Don Williams' "Lay Down Beside Me," Carter's slight American twang tackles vintage pop standards such as Erma Franklin's "Take a Little Piece of My Heart" and Peter Sarstedt's "Where Do You Go to My Lovely" in a countrified manner, while the three new John Farry-penned compositions, the honky tonk-inspired "The Rainbow in Glenfarne," the slow accordion-led waltz of "The Dancer," and the Celtic rockabilly of "One for the Road" also sound like authentic Irish dancehall numbers from a bygone era. Fellow Scouser and trad country revivalist Charlie Landsborough lends a spiritual air to the proceedings with his soothing tones on the emotive duet "My Forever Friend," but Time of My Life is only ever really concerned with providing a party atmosphere. It may be hopelessly old-fashioned, but its relentlessly upbeat nature and Carter's charming if heavily affected vocal presence suggest the Irish cabaret scene isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:24
- Main artists: Nathan Carter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2014 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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