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Critics normally prefer an album to contain both good songs and bad songs -- it makes the album easier to review, since you can compare and contrast. So the Clarks' latest effort is kind of irritating. How can all 12 songs be such perfectly formed slabs of emotional power pop? And for that matter, how can a band this good have remained largely a Pittsburgh-area phenomenon for so long? No matter. What's important is that from the huge and cathartic "Snowman" that opens the album to the gently soulful "If Memory Serves" that closes it, Let It Go just moves from strength to strength: "I'm a Fool" is a confession of romantic helplessness that veers from spare funk to roadhouse country-rock; "Born Too Late" name-checks various historical heroes over a shimmering bed of 12-string guitar; and "Flame" juxtaposes looped drums with jazzy guitar chords and a subtlety brilliant bassline. No, the lyrics aren't very deep; songs with titles like "Chasin' Girls" and "Better Off Without You" don't offer any surprises. But who needs surprises? There's enough pure pleasure in this album to make you give up sophistication for good.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Greg Joseph, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - Robert James, ComposerLyricist - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist - Robert J Hertweck, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Joseph, ComposerLyricist - David Minarik, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Greg Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist - Robert J Hertweck, ComposerLyricist - David Malcom Minarik JR, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Greg Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist - Robert J Hertweck, ComposerLyricist - David Minarik, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Greg Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist - Robert J Hertweck, ComposerLyricist - David Minarik, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, Adapter
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
JUstin Niebank, Producer, Recording Producer - The Clarks, MainArtist - Scott Blasey, ComposerLyricist - Robert J Hertweck, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Joseph, ComposerLyricist - David Minarik, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
Album review
Critics normally prefer an album to contain both good songs and bad songs -- it makes the album easier to review, since you can compare and contrast. So the Clarks' latest effort is kind of irritating. How can all 12 songs be such perfectly formed slabs of emotional power pop? And for that matter, how can a band this good have remained largely a Pittsburgh-area phenomenon for so long? No matter. What's important is that from the huge and cathartic "Snowman" that opens the album to the gently soulful "If Memory Serves" that closes it, Let It Go just moves from strength to strength: "I'm a Fool" is a confession of romantic helplessness that veers from spare funk to roadhouse country-rock; "Born Too Late" name-checks various historical heroes over a shimmering bed of 12-string guitar; and "Flame" juxtaposes looped drums with jazzy guitar chords and a subtlety brilliant bassline. No, the lyrics aren't very deep; songs with titles like "Chasin' Girls" and "Better Off Without You" don't offer any surprises. But who needs surprises? There's enough pure pleasure in this album to make you give up sophistication for good.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:03
- Main artists: The Clarks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Razor & Tie
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings. ℗ 2000 New Razor & Tie Enterprises LLC d/b/a Razor & Tie Recordings.
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