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Not as baroque as Rufus Wainwright, and more downtown than Matchbox Twenty, but embodying elements of both acts, Gavin DeGraw's J Records debut is a strong showcase for his soulful wail and piano playing, even if it's occasionally grayed out by bells-and-whistles production that pushes it too strongly toward beigeist AAA accessibility. DeGraw's willowy vocal on opener "Follow Through" brings to mind Jeff Buckley, even if the cut is musically vacant adult alterna-whatever, but the title track and "Just Friends" are much better. There's meaningful sway in the piano, and palpable bitterness/hurt in DeGraw's vocal on the latter. "You were just friends/At least that's what you said," he sings. "Now I know better/From his fingers in your hair." It's a nice little lyric, adding impressive emotional gravity to an easily identifiable everyday moment. The flirty "Chemical Party" crosses chunky electric guitar with easy twang and vintage R&B -- it's a stylistic match with label mates Maroon 5, who took the same cocktail to number one and beyond with 2002's Songs About Jane. While the majority of Chariot follows a similar, basically catchy path, it can be hard to locate DeGraw inside the soundalike arrangements of "Crush" or "(Nice to Meet You) Anyway." Even "I Don't Want to Be," which enjoyed placement as the theme to the WB's high-school-and-perfect-cheekbones drama One Tree Hill, only makes an impression during its rousing chorus. Still, DeGraw's piano and vocal work is strong enough to keep Chariot largely on course, and mark it as a promising, mainstream-ready debut.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Patrick Warren, Arranger, Harmonium, Organ - Michael Ward, Guitar - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer
(P) 2003 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Patrick Warren, Arranger, Harmonium, Organ - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Patrick Warren, Arranger, Harmonium, Organ - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Michael McCoy, Overdub Engineer - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Patrick Warren, Arranger, Harmonium, Organ
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Patrick Warren, Arranger, Harmonium, Organ - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Michael Ward, Guitar - Steve Gryphon, Editor, Programmer - Joey Waronker, Drums - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2005 BMG Music, a unit of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
DISC 2
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Gavin DeGraw, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Associated Performer, Piano - James Diener, Producer - Jon Kaplan, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Sam Cooke, Composer, Lyricist - Alvin Moody, Bass Guitar - Oz Noy, Guitar - Rodney Howard, Percussion - Paulo Coelho, Guitar
(P) 2004 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Album review
Not as baroque as Rufus Wainwright, and more downtown than Matchbox Twenty, but embodying elements of both acts, Gavin DeGraw's J Records debut is a strong showcase for his soulful wail and piano playing, even if it's occasionally grayed out by bells-and-whistles production that pushes it too strongly toward beigeist AAA accessibility. DeGraw's willowy vocal on opener "Follow Through" brings to mind Jeff Buckley, even if the cut is musically vacant adult alterna-whatever, but the title track and "Just Friends" are much better. There's meaningful sway in the piano, and palpable bitterness/hurt in DeGraw's vocal on the latter. "You were just friends/At least that's what you said," he sings. "Now I know better/From his fingers in your hair." It's a nice little lyric, adding impressive emotional gravity to an easily identifiable everyday moment. The flirty "Chemical Party" crosses chunky electric guitar with easy twang and vintage R&B -- it's a stylistic match with label mates Maroon 5, who took the same cocktail to number one and beyond with 2002's Songs About Jane. While the majority of Chariot follows a similar, basically catchy path, it can be hard to locate DeGraw inside the soundalike arrangements of "Crush" or "(Nice to Meet You) Anyway." Even "I Don't Want to Be," which enjoyed placement as the theme to the WB's high-school-and-perfect-cheekbones drama One Tree Hill, only makes an impression during its rousing chorus. Still, DeGraw's piano and vocal work is strong enough to keep Chariot largely on course, and mark it as a promising, mainstream-ready debut.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:45:44
- Main artists: Gavin DeGraw
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: J Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2003 J Records a unit of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited.
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