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When the Feeling first appeared in 2006 with Twelve Stops and Home, they were pop/rock architects wielding the proper tools (harmony vocals, organs, and tight songcraft) to build a fine shrine to ELO and Supertramp. Two years later, Join with Us shows the five bandmates getting a bit overzealous with their abilities, mixing strong power pop songs with an oversized scoop of melodrama and the occasional pinch of musical absurdity. For starters, there's a show-stopping, room-emptying sax solo in the middle of "Won't Go Away," an embellishment that turns the song into something from a 1980s movie soundtrack (think Rob Lowe blowing his horn during St. Elmo's Fire, minus the dangly earring). Those ten seconds may be the album's worst offense, but Join with Us' 12 tracks (plus one bonus cut) sound more indebted to the Carpenters than the Beatles, and the surplus of theatrical soft pop (no matter how well-crafted) doesn't pack the same appeal as the energetic numbers that dominated the band's debut. Thankfully, several standout tracks still pepper this set list, and "I Thought It Was Over" nimbly opens the album with disco beats, twinkling piano arpeggios, harmonized guitar leads, and one of the band's best bridges to date. Later, the lively mood continues with the bouncy title track (featuring a call-and-answer chorus sung mostly in falsetto) and "Turn It Up," a Queen-sized romp that is unabashedly grandiose and, as a result, all the more appealing. All three are first-rate pop songs, but they can't quite balance out the smooth piano noodling and Broadway-worthy crooning that dominate the rest of Join with Us.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Niles, Recording Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other - Greg Velasquez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - TOM LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2006 Universal Music Operations Limited
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - TOM LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Wareham, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Grahame Flowers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Wareham, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gita Harcourt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Langley, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Stanford, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Niles, Recording Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Owen Denham, Unknown, Other
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
DISC 2
Richard Jones, Composer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Stewart, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Gillespie Sells, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Universal Music Operations Limited
Trevor Horn, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Woolley, ComposerLyricist - Richard Jones, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Downes, ComposerLyricist - Paul Stewart, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Gillespie Sells, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Feeling, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
Richard Jones, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Stewart, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Richard Jones, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Stewart, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Andy Green, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Jones, ComposerLyricist - Paul Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Gabriel, ComposerLyricist - Richard Jones, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Stewart, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Gillespie Sells, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Universal Music Operations Limited
Richard Jones, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Bushby, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Stewart, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Gillespie Sells, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Jeremiah, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Feeling, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Sells, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Universal Music Operations Limited
Richard Jones, Composer - Paul Stewart, Composer - Ed Boyer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Gillespie Sells, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - Ciaran Jeremiah, ComposerLyricist - The Tufts Beelzebubs, MainArtist - Bill Hare, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Fernandi, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
When the Feeling first appeared in 2006 with Twelve Stops and Home, they were pop/rock architects wielding the proper tools (harmony vocals, organs, and tight songcraft) to build a fine shrine to ELO and Supertramp. Two years later, Join with Us shows the five bandmates getting a bit overzealous with their abilities, mixing strong power pop songs with an oversized scoop of melodrama and the occasional pinch of musical absurdity. For starters, there's a show-stopping, room-emptying sax solo in the middle of "Won't Go Away," an embellishment that turns the song into something from a 1980s movie soundtrack (think Rob Lowe blowing his horn during St. Elmo's Fire, minus the dangly earring). Those ten seconds may be the album's worst offense, but Join with Us' 12 tracks (plus one bonus cut) sound more indebted to the Carpenters than the Beatles, and the surplus of theatrical soft pop (no matter how well-crafted) doesn't pack the same appeal as the energetic numbers that dominated the band's debut. Thankfully, several standout tracks still pepper this set list, and "I Thought It Was Over" nimbly opens the album with disco beats, twinkling piano arpeggios, harmonized guitar leads, and one of the band's best bridges to date. Later, the lively mood continues with the bouncy title track (featuring a call-and-answer chorus sung mostly in falsetto) and "Turn It Up," a Queen-sized romp that is unabashedly grandiose and, as a result, all the more appealing. All three are first-rate pop songs, but they can't quite balance out the smooth piano noodling and Broadway-worthy crooning that dominate the rest of Join with Us.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:28:29
- Main artists: The Feeling
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2008 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. ℗ 2008 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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