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The blame (if such it be) for making genre-bending the order of the day in the late '90s can probably be laid at Beck's door. Look at Cornershop, OMC, Forest For The Trees, etc. By about 1997, it got to be that an artist couldn't simply be good at one thing, they had to formulate a hodepodge of styles that incorporated the whole of pop music's last thirty years in one postmodern package. Such is the case with Jimmy Ray.
Ten or even five years earlier, his matinee idol looks and bouncy, upbeat tunes would have made for a nice, safe pop-rock smash. As it is, Ray ends up assimilating hip-hop beats, techno production moves, rockabilly guitar licks, pop choruses and even the occasional reggae rhythm on his debut album. To his credit, he doesn't take himself too seriously, and the good humor evident in such cuts as "Way Low" and "Goin' To Vegas" serves him well in his quest for the Beck crown. It's a prize no one can ever achieve, but the efforts of those who try are plenty interesting anyhow.
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Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Chyna Gordon, Background Vocal - Connagh Maclean, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Background Vocal
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Lance Ellington, Background Vocal - John Thirkell, Horn - Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Co-Producer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Background Vocal - Pat McGovern, Assistant Engineer - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Connagh Maclean, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Co-Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Brendan Power, Harmonica - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Background Vocal - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal - Richard Hinton, Assistant Engineer
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Pat McGovern, Assistant Engineer - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Gary Barnacle, Saxophone - Connagh Maclean, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Nick Nasmyth, Keyboards - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Nick Plytas, Keyboards - Finn Steele, Engineer - Gary Barnacle, Saxophone - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Programmer - Katy Kisson, Background Vocal - Matt & Matt, Assistant Engineer
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Fayyaz Virji, Trombone - Paul Smith, Saxophone - John Thirkell, Trumpet - Finn Steele, Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Con Fitzpatrick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Programmer - Nick Nasmyth, Keyboards - Katy Kisoon, Background Vocal - Richard Hinton, Assistant Engineer
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ron Warshow, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Co-Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Con Fitzpatrick, Producer, Co-Producer, Mixing Engineer - Jason Christian, Background Vocal - The Real People, Percussion, Background Vocal
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Rich King, Programmer - Finn Steele, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ron Warshow, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Ray, Composer, Lyricist, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Con Fitzpatrick, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Richard Hinton, Assistant Engineer
(p) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Album review
The blame (if such it be) for making genre-bending the order of the day in the late '90s can probably be laid at Beck's door. Look at Cornershop, OMC, Forest For The Trees, etc. By about 1997, it got to be that an artist couldn't simply be good at one thing, they had to formulate a hodepodge of styles that incorporated the whole of pop music's last thirty years in one postmodern package. Such is the case with Jimmy Ray.
Ten or even five years earlier, his matinee idol looks and bouncy, upbeat tunes would have made for a nice, safe pop-rock smash. As it is, Ray ends up assimilating hip-hop beats, techno production moves, rockabilly guitar licks, pop choruses and even the occasional reggae rhythm on his debut album. To his credit, he doesn't take himself too seriously, and the good humor evident in such cuts as "Way Low" and "Goin' To Vegas" serves him well in his quest for the Beck crown. It's a prize no one can ever achieve, but the efforts of those who try are plenty interesting anyhow.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:04
- Main artists: Jimmy Ray
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: S2
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
1997 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
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