Claire Hamill - One House Left Standing
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Artist: Claire HamillEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-10-09
Music Label: Airmail Japan
Soundtracks:
- Baseball Blues
- Man Who Cannot See Tomorrow's Sunshine
- Consummation
- River Song
- Where Are Your Smiles At
- When I Was a Child
- Urge for Going
- Flowers for Grandma
- Phoenix
- Smile Your Blues Away
Free Music Notes for One House Left Standing
Free Music Review: Little House I used to Live in.
Hit: 5 Stars
I recently obtained this CD after owning the original album upon it's release. Claire Hamill is a contemporary of mine, originating, like so many capable and talented musicians, from the North East of England. Like another Northeasterner, Chris Rea, Claire comes from Middlesbrough on the third of the the great North Eastern Rivers, the Tees.
The cover of this album portrays the artist amidst the artifacts of the industrial north east, an image hardly recognisable these days as industry has long since gone and services have taken over.
The industrial backdrop permeates this album, indeed it is infused throughout. In the first song, Baseball Shoes, Claire laments her loved one's desire for baseball shoes that she has. Today, an ordinary pair costs about five pounds but a brand like converse charges upwards of eighteen! What is clear is the image of poverty that this song represents. Wanting even a pair of baseball shoes comes higher up the priority list than love which comes free. But even so the singer would give up her shoes in return for his love.
Whilst the songs themselves carry images aplenty of a simplicity of life they also carry messages of hope and inspiration. Two of my favourites in this regard are When I was A Child, which marks the transition from an age of innocence into adult life after meeting a significant other. The other, Smile Your Blues Away, offers the benefits of a positive attitude and could almost have been written for the Dalai Lama!
What is remarkable about this album is firstly Claire's voice, clear and pur with a good range. The second thing is more of a complimentarity and that is the sheer breadth of the music contained within the album, with the exquisite orchestration, masterful guitar playing of John Martyn the maestro, a country and western style song to name just three. Guests abound including the aforesaid Martyn but also David Lindley, Terry Reid and others but they supplement Claire's vocals and playing rather than supplant them.
This is a powerful introduction to Claire Hamill and an outstanding first album. She may have disappeared off the map a little these days but she is still around and with albums like this deserves a little more acclaim.
Try it, you'll like it!
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The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from JOHN MARTYN, FREE & TERRY REID. "One House Left Standing" is Claire's first album, a masterpiece of folk rock and the art of songwriting and features music of both innocence and maturity. The Esoteric reissue includes four bonus tracks, three of which are unreleased, including a version of "Meet Me On the Corner" featuring Gerry Rafferty and Steeler's Wheel as backing musicians and the evocative single B-side "Alice in the Streets of Darlington". With her songs covered by EVA CASSIDY and cited by KATE BUSH as an influence, this reissue is the first part of a programme that sees the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric RecordingsDance & DJ Music CDs
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