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Time is evidently a great healer. Perhaps more cynically, it was a lack of solo success which saw guitarist Bernard Butler and vocalist David McAlmont bury their respective hatchets after having spectacularly fallen out following the release of their debut album The Sound of McAlmont & Butler in 1996. Surprisingly, the break appears to have done them more good than harm, with the appropriately titled Bring It Back encumbered with few, if any, of the bitterness which drove them apart seven years ago, getting right back on the horse with an album which operates in the best soul traditions. Although occasionally stumbling into the kind of soul-lite favored by the likes of the Lighthouse Family, the pair are at their best when turning up their noses to the bland arrangements which clog many of their contemporaries and diving deep into high maintenance strings and grinding wah-wah guitar -- McAlmont's voice is one of the few which can do justice to such over-the-top string arrangements, while Butler wields his hooks like a weapon. Although often ridiculous, with something of the do-or-die feel to the long-player as a whole, the album is at its best when tipping its hat to the heady sounds of The Temptations and their ilk -- the opening "Theme" and subsequent "Falling" possibly the closest thing modern music has come to capturing the spirit of Motown's golden age.
© Kingsley Marshall /TiVo
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Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gini Ball, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Arnold, Conductor, Strings Conductor - David McAlmont, Composer - Myles Clarke, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Steve White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Woolage, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - Jack Brockbank, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Perreira, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Lockett, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - Billy McGee, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Giles Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David McAlmont, Composer - Dominic Glover, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - George Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebastian Lewsley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nichol Thompson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hunt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - Billy McGee, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Arnold, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Giles Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Lockett, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - George Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebastian Lewsley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - Billy McGee, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Giles Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebastian Lewsley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Lockett, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebastian Lewsley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Felix Tod, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Makoto Sakamoto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Bernard Butler, Composer, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Lockett, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David McAlmont, Composer - Nick Terry, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Brilliant Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - George Shilling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hunt, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - McAlmont & Butler, MainArtist - The Street Angels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
Time is evidently a great healer. Perhaps more cynically, it was a lack of solo success which saw guitarist Bernard Butler and vocalist David McAlmont bury their respective hatchets after having spectacularly fallen out following the release of their debut album The Sound of McAlmont & Butler in 1996. Surprisingly, the break appears to have done them more good than harm, with the appropriately titled Bring It Back encumbered with few, if any, of the bitterness which drove them apart seven years ago, getting right back on the horse with an album which operates in the best soul traditions. Although occasionally stumbling into the kind of soul-lite favored by the likes of the Lighthouse Family, the pair are at their best when turning up their noses to the bland arrangements which clog many of their contemporaries and diving deep into high maintenance strings and grinding wah-wah guitar -- McAlmont's voice is one of the few which can do justice to such over-the-top string arrangements, while Butler wields his hooks like a weapon. Although often ridiculous, with something of the do-or-die feel to the long-player as a whole, the album is at its best when tipping its hat to the heady sounds of The Temptations and their ilk -- the opening "Theme" and subsequent "Falling" possibly the closest thing modern music has come to capturing the spirit of Motown's golden age.
© Kingsley Marshall /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:02
- Main artists: McAlmont & Butler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 EMI Records Ltd
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