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On their sophomore album, 2016's Perspective, Britain's Lawson offer up a pleasant brand of adult contemporary pop that, while slickly produced, is also believably earnest. Centered around lead singer/guitarist Andy Brown, Lawson debuted in 2012 with Chapman Square. Working in Nashville with producer John Fields (Switchfoot, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers), Lawson have crafted an album that will draw in plenty of ears, both for the hooky songs and for the fact that they sound a lot like bands that are already fairly popular. Essentially, Lawson are like '90s boy band Take That reimagined as uber-hitmakers OneRepublic with bits of the folk-inflections of the Lumineers and dancy reggae-pop of Canada's Magic! thrown in for good measure. Lead singer Brown has a pleasantly warm and yearning voice that often endearingly sways into a Liverpudlian lilt. It's a sound the band puts to good use on the Bruno Mars-esque "Money." Similarly, tracks like "Love & War" and "Only Water" showcase the band's knack for sincerely delivered romantic balladry. Admittedly, there's nothing particularly original about Lawson's sound on Perspective. "We Are the Fire" borrows from the anthemic post-U2 playbook, while the dramatic "I Look Anyway" and club-ready dance-pop of "Rio" would fit nicely alongside similarly inclined tracks from Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, and Ireland's the Script. That said, it's hard not to like a band whose members seem to really believe in what they are doing, so much so that Brown even incorporated a marriage proposal to his wife in the band's video for the single "Where My Love Goes." If that song appeals to you and the romantic gestures don't make you ill, then you are probably the kind of listener Lawson are aiming for. Ultimately, it's that kind of grand pop sincerity, regardless of how original any of it sounds, that lends depth to Lawson's Perspective.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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John Fields, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Sommerdahl, ComposerLyricist - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Lu, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lawson, MainArtist - Matt Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
Tim Woodcock, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Alyssa Bonagura, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Dawood, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ki Fitzgerald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Manon Grandjean, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Caleb, ComposerLyricist - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Eg White, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Lu, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Hamby, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adriano Buffone, ComposerLyricist - Gerard O'Connell, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - TONY MASERATI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Sommerdahl, ComposerLyricist - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duck Blackwell, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
Tim Woodcock, ComposerLyricist - John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Brown, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawson, MainArtist - Paul David Hager, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alyssa Bonagura, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ki Fitzgerald, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Fletcher, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto Olvera, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Barba, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Allgood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Peat, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pitts, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Global Talent Records Limited
Album review
On their sophomore album, 2016's Perspective, Britain's Lawson offer up a pleasant brand of adult contemporary pop that, while slickly produced, is also believably earnest. Centered around lead singer/guitarist Andy Brown, Lawson debuted in 2012 with Chapman Square. Working in Nashville with producer John Fields (Switchfoot, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers), Lawson have crafted an album that will draw in plenty of ears, both for the hooky songs and for the fact that they sound a lot like bands that are already fairly popular. Essentially, Lawson are like '90s boy band Take That reimagined as uber-hitmakers OneRepublic with bits of the folk-inflections of the Lumineers and dancy reggae-pop of Canada's Magic! thrown in for good measure. Lead singer Brown has a pleasantly warm and yearning voice that often endearingly sways into a Liverpudlian lilt. It's a sound the band puts to good use on the Bruno Mars-esque "Money." Similarly, tracks like "Love & War" and "Only Water" showcase the band's knack for sincerely delivered romantic balladry. Admittedly, there's nothing particularly original about Lawson's sound on Perspective. "We Are the Fire" borrows from the anthemic post-U2 playbook, while the dramatic "I Look Anyway" and club-ready dance-pop of "Rio" would fit nicely alongside similarly inclined tracks from Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, and Ireland's the Script. That said, it's hard not to like a band whose members seem to really believe in what they are doing, so much so that Brown even incorporated a marriage proposal to his wife in the band's video for the single "Where My Love Goes." If that song appeals to you and the romantic gestures don't make you ill, then you are probably the kind of listener Lawson are aiming for. Ultimately, it's that kind of grand pop sincerity, regardless of how original any of it sounds, that lends depth to Lawson's Perspective.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:04
- Main artists: Lawson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Global Music - UMGD
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2016 Global Entertainment ℗ 2016 Global Entertainment
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